Antique print, etching | Pan and Syrinx, published ca. 1680, 1 p.

Anthonie Waterloo (1609-1690)

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Pan (son of Hermes and Penelope) chasing nymph Syrinx in the woods, running through a stream of water.Inscribed on top left: '4 A.W. in et f.' and on bottom right: 'A.W.f.'. On verso collector's marks: Kunsthalle, Hamburg (L.686), and other two, not in Lugt: J. Schook and M.The story is that Syrinx wanted to stay a virgin and prayed to the gods that she would escape from Pan. Her prayers were answered, just in time she was transformed into cane. The cane that Pan made his flute (Panfluit) of.[set: Landscape with Ovid's Metamorphoses].[NL] Pan en Syrinx. Etching on paper, with broad margins; plate mark: 297 x 243 mm, total: 360 x 292 mm; state II/3; some light foxing. Traces of previous mountings on the verso. Hollstein 128. Seller Inventory # 64979

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Title: Antique print, etching | Pan and Syrinx, ...