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Pan Punished by Nymphs

Jacques Jordaens

c. 1640

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

h 76.8cm × w 120cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

canvas; oil paint (paint)

Object Type

painting

Subject Matter

Pan maltreated, teased by the nymphs (Philostratus, Imagines II 11)

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1809

Notes

oil on canvas

Collection Type

paintings

About Jacques Jordaens

1593–1678 • Spanish Netherlands

Flemish painter, tapestry designer and draughtsman. He was the first child of Jacob Jordaens (d 5 Aug 1618), a wealthy cloth merchant, and Barbara van Wolschaten (d 11 Feb 1633). In 1607, at the age of 14, he apprenticed himself to the Antwerp painter Adam van Noort, who later became his father-in-law. Comment on works: Landscapes; Mythology; Genre; Religious; Portraits