Pan en Syrinx, Lou Strik, 1952

Title(s)

Pan en Syrinx (original title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1994-260

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Scène uit de Griekse mythologie waarin de nimf Syrinx achterna wordt gezeten door de god Pan. Wanneer hij haar probeert te pakken verandert zij in riet.

Artist

• print maker: Lou Strik (signed by artist)

Place

Netherlands

Dating

1952

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 236 mm × width 169 mm

What

• Syrinx changed into a reed: while fleeing from Pan, the nymph Syrinx is changed into reed by her sisters, the Naiads (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 705)

Credit line

• Gift of the heirs of I.Q. van Regteren Altena, Amersfoort

Acquisition

gift 1993

Copyright

erven Lou Strik

• Lou Strik, Lou, 1922-2001 Strik, p. 34-35, cat.nr. 7