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Pan and Syrinx

1720

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The story

In Ovid, the nymph Syrinx fled Pan's advances until a river trapped her, and the gods turned her into reeds. Pan cut them to make his pipes. De Troy painted such love myths for elite patrons who wanted voluptuous bodies and rich color.

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Object details

Title: Pan and Syrinx
Artist: Jean François de Troy
Date: 1720
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit line: Image source clevelandart.org. License CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0).
Object number: EFA.0280
Original image: 3000 × 2284 px
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License evidence: See the license

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Jean François de Troy. Pan and Syrinx. 1720. Cleveland Museum of Art. Image source clevelandart.org. License CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0). In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0280/