Pierre-Narcisse GuérinFrench, 1774–1833Aurora and Cephalus
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Not on view at present
Where is “Aurora and Cephalus” now? Collection: State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. Not on view at present. Checked August 29, 2026.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- ГЭ-10310
In the catalog
Sources
- State Hermitage Museum
- Image: State Hermitage Museum — Museum open access
In the life of Pierre-Narcisse Guérin
The whole life1805–1822 · Workplace
Paris
1810
The Paris Salon of 1810: three paintings
Returning to Paris after several years in Italy, Guérin appeared at the Salon again with three paintings. “Dawn Abducting Cephalus” was received coldly, while “Napoleon Pardoning the Rebels in Cairo, 30 October 1798” drew sharp criticism.
1810
Opens a studio in Paris
Guérin’s studio soon became very lively: the best-known French Romantic painters came out of it — Théodore Géricault, Eugène Delacroix, Ary Scheffer, Léon Cogniet, André Jacques Orsel, Louis-Pierre Henriquel-Dupont, Paul Huet and others. Unmarried and childless, he devoted himself entirely to his studio and his pupils, with whom he was very close.
