Plate
1600-1620 (made)
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The scene of the satyr Pan pursuing the wood nymph Syrinx is taken from a woodcut by Bernard Salomon in the edition of the Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book I) published by Jean de Tournes at Lyons in 1557.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Plate, probably Patanazzi workshop, Urbino, Italy, 1600-20, tin-glazed earthenware |
| Physical description | Plate of tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours with Pan and Syrinx in a bed of reeds. On the left, a reclining river god. A drilled suspension hole in the back. |
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| Credit line | Given by J. H. Fitzhenry |
| Summary | The scene of the satyr Pan pursuing the wood nymph Syrinx is taken from a woodcut by Bernard Salomon in the edition of the Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book I) published by Jean de Tournes at Lyons in 1557. |
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| Other number | 895 - Rackham (1977) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.656-1909 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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