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Pan and Syrinx

Pair to DPG176. Pursued by Pan, Syrinx prays to the nymphs of Ladon to transform her, and is turned into reeds (Ovid, 'Metamorphoses', I).

Not currently on display
Artist
Gerard Hoet
Date
c.1700
Dimensions
38.3 x 47.5 cm
Materials
Oil on canvas
Inscription
Signed on rock, lower centre right: 'G. Hoet'
Acquisition
Bourgeois Bequest, 1811
Accession number
DPG179
Notes
Adopted in memory of Gerard Talbot and Nina White (AR 2011/12)