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AFTER? SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS (SIEGEN 1577 - ANTWERP 1640)
Pan and Syrinx
c.1620-25RCIN 404637
This story from Ovid’s Metamorphoses tells of Pan’s pursuit of the wood nymph, Syrinx. Just as the lustful god thought he had caught his prey, she was transformed into tall reeds, which Pan used to make a musical instrument – the pan pipes.
Purchased by George IV 1812
BUCKINGHAM PALACE INVENTORY NUMBER / [Number] ; an oval stamp, enclosing a number; relates to the current B.P. Picture Inventory ( started ca. 1968; includes oils, miniatures, enamels, watercolours & drawings, porcelain paintings & mosaics)1162
