print
- Museum number
- 1863,0725.1545
- Description
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Pan spying from behind a bush at right, watching the nymph Syrinx, nude, seated on a rock, combing her hair. c.1516
Engraving
- Production date
- 1516-1520
- Dimensions
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Height: 250 millimetres
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Width: 173 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- After a composition by Raphael which was painted by Giulio Romano in the Bathroom of Cardinal Bibbiena in the Vatican. The print comes closer to a preparatory drawing in the Louvre (inv. 4035), variously attributed to Raphael or Giulio, than to the fresco itself. It is in reverse to the drawing and the painting.
This impression is first state original (1863.0725.1545) For the second state with Salamanca's address and the covering up of Pan's erect penis see (H,7.126). There is also a copy (H,2.80) with a snail lower right. The copy was described as such by Bartsch in his entry on the Marco Dente original.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2001/2 Sep-Jan, BM, P&D, The Print in Italy 1550-1620
2002 Feb-Mar, New York, Miriam & Ira D Wallach AG, The Print in Italy
2002/3 Sep-Jan, Ottawa, NG of Canada, The Print in Italy 1550-1620
2003 Feb-Apr, Edinburgh, NG of Scotland, The Print in Italy 1550-1620
- Acquisition date
- 1863
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1863,0725.1545
