WorkLucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus)

Pharsalia [De Bello Civili]

Pharsalia [De Bello Civili] (c. 65 CE) Inferred

Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) (39–65 CE) · c. 65 CE

InferredFuller attributes the Aurora lines to Lucan, but the verses appear primarily as the inscription on the engraving after Guido Reni's Aurora fresco (Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi, 1614) — their actual source in classical literature has not been confirmed in Lucan's Pharsalia.

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Notebook: Artists

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“Lines affixed to the beautiful / engraving of Guido's Aurora / from Lucan.”

Fuller, Margaret. "Notebook: Artists." Houghton Library, Harvard University; bMS Am 1086 (94); Box 6.

Inferred Fuller attributes the Aurora lines to Lucan, but the verses appear primarily as the inscription on the engraving after Guido Reni's Aurora fresco (Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi, 1614) — their actual source in classical literature has not been confirmed in Lucan's Pharsalia.

Fuller transcribes four Latin hexameter lines attributed by her to 'Lucan,' described as 'Lines affixed to the beautiful engraving of Guido's Aurora.' These verses appear as the standard inscription on widely circulated 18th–19th-century engravings (notably Raphael Morghen's engraving c. 1787) after Guido Reni's Aurora fresco in the Casino dell'Aurora, Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi, Rome (c. 1613–14).