Sujet
Pan and Syrinx, 1722-1724. Creator: Jean Francois de Troy.
Légende
Pan and Syrinx, 1722-1724. Additional Info: As told by the Roman poet Ovid in the Metamorphoses, the lusty satyr Pan eagerly pursued the wood nymph Syrinx. Guarding her virtue, she ran until she reached a river and desperately begged her sisters of the stream to transform her. Just as Pan was about to embrace her, Syrinx changed into cattail reeds. When Pan discovered that he was holding nothing but marsh reeds, he sighed in disappointment, causing the wind to blow through the reeds. He was enchanted by the sound, believing it to be the mournful cry of his beloved Syrinx; from the reeds he fashioned a set of pipes so that he could have her with him always.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM24A63_257
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
56,0Mo (1,9Mo) / 42,0cm x 33,4cm / 4960 x 3943 (300dpi)