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Pan and Syrinx
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Pan and Syrinx

Caesar van Everdingen

c. 1644 - c. 1652

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

h 49.3cm × w 36.8cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

panel; oil paint (paint); oak (wood)

Object Type

painting

Subject Matter

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 Method

purchase

Acquired

1992

Notes

signature, with ligated monogram, centre left, on a rock: ‘cVE’

Collection Type

paintings

About Caesar van Everdingen

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