Pan en Syrinx, Francesco Fontebasso, c. 1656 - 1746

Title(s)

Pan en Syrinx

Object type

• drawing

Object number

RP-T-1948-321(R)

Artist

• draughtsman: Francesco Fontebasso
• draughtsman: Giovanni Fontana
• draughtsman: Giacomo Triga

Dating

1719 - 1769 and/or c. 1731 - c. 1736 and/or c. 1656 - 1746

Material

• paper
• ink
• chalk

Technique

pen / brush

Measurements

height 324 mm × width 265 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)
• 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

purchase 5-Dec-1948

Copyright

Public domain

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