Minneapolis Institute of Art
Pan
Attributed to Pellegrino TibaldiLinkedCulture matchlcp-05c49fbab5d9
- Date
- 16th century
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink and gray wash and white heightening on tinted light blue paper
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 113778
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
Pan, god of the wilderness, possessed physical traits of both man and goat, similar to satyrs. Pan is typically depicted with his pan pipes, which he fashioned out of hollow reeds when the object of his affections, the wood nymph Syrinx, transformed herself into a reed to escape her unwanted suitor. In ancient mythology, wind instruments like horns and flutes were associated with the wild and untamed, while string instruments like lutes and harps connoted civility. Italy, Europe
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- Credit line
- Bequest of Professor Alfred Moir
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