Ornament met Pan en Syrinx, Gerrit Visscher, 1690 - 1710

Title(s)

Ornament met Pan en Syrinx

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-6499

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2166

Artist

• print maker: Gerrit Visscher (mentioned on object)

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

1690 - 1710

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

height 119 mm × width 171 mm

What

• ornaments ~ art
• 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)

Acquisition

unknown 2013

Copyright

Public domain