# Aurora and Cephalus

- By: François Boucher (French, 1703 - 1770)
- Date: c. 1766
- Medium: brown chalk with stumping on light beige laid paper, with later framing line in brown ink
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: overall: 32.7 x 21.9 cm (12 7/8 x 8 5/8 in.) ; support: 37.6 x 27.1 cm (14 13/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
- Culture: French
- Credit line: Widener Collection
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.2156.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/179169eb-b891-4025-a2ee-f7c815bfcd75/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)