Pan Pursuing Syrinx

Hendrick Goltziusc. 1589

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Title: Pan Pursuing Syrinx
Creator: Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
Date Created: c. 1589
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 18.9 x 26.4 cm (7 7/16 x 10 3/8 in.); Platemark: 17.2 x 24.9 cm (6 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Provenance: Collection D'Arenberg, Brussels and Nordkirchen (Westphalia), stamp (Lugt 567), verso, lower left, in blue. Thomas Graf (1878-1916), Berlin, stamp (Lugt 1092a), verso, lower left, in red. Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin; gift, 1974
Type: Print
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.229
Medium: engraving
Series: The Creations of the Four Elements (from Ovid's Metamorphoses)
Inscriptions: in plate, across bottom: Pana fugit Syrinx ripam Ladonis and udam, / Dumque fugit ll numen fluminis orat opem / Vertitur in calamum resonatis arundinis, hunc Pan / Clangentem dulci flamine semper amat. ; lower left, in plate: 18 ; VERSO, lower left, in graphite (various numbers): 18. / B.IV.48 / 080 / 90925 381 ; lower left, in graphite: Goltzius Engraving ; lower center, in graphite: DT-279 ; lower right, in graphite: T 4a
Department: Prints
Culture: Netherlands, 16th century
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
Collection: PR - Engraving
Accession Number: 1974.229

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