Pan and Syrinx

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Pan and Syrinx

Jean François de TroyLinkedCulture matchlcp-2bf4e3b1005f

Date
1720
Medium
oil on canvas
Culture
France, 18th century
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
147479

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Subjects drawn from classical mythology posed a challenge for painters: they demanded skill in depicting the human body in complex poses, as well as knowledge of ancient texts and an ability to interpret them imaginatively. Jean François de Troy’s rich colors and voluptuous figure types were ideal for depicting the sorts of mythological subjects favored by his elite patrons, which generally focused on themes of love. In a myth recounted in the Roman poet Ovid’s Metamorphoses , the nymph Syrinx fled from the lecherous advances of the god Pan. Trapped at the edge of a river, she begged for a way to escape, and the gods transformed her into reeds. Pan later gathered these reeds to form the pan pipes, the musical instrument forever associated with him.

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Credit line
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Provenance
1973-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio | 1973: (Herner Wengraf/Old Masters Galleries, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1973: (Christie’s, London, sale, June 29, 1973, no. 93, sold to Herner Wengraf) | Untiel 1973: George Ortiz [1927-2013], Geneva, consigned to Christie’s | After 1934-before 1973: Graziella Patiño de Ortiz-Linares [b. c. 1908-1980], to her son, George Ortiz | 1934-: Page?1 | 1934: (Galerie Charpentier, Paris, Chaix d’Est-Ange sale, Dec. 11, 1934, lot 46, sold to “Page”) | 1923-1934: Family of Gustave Chaix d’Est-Ange III, consigned to Galerie Charpentier | 1917-1923: Gustave Chaix d’Est-Ange III [1863-1923], by descent to his family | 1882-1917: Jeanne Sipière Chaix d’Est-Ange [1843-1917], to her son, Gustave Chaix d’Est-Ange III

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