Pan spying from behind a bush at right, watching the nymph Syrinx.
after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1516 - 1520
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
270 x 175 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.8.57
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_H-2-81
Summary
(Folio 20, recto, lower right print) Pan spying from behind a bush at right, watching the nymph Syrinx, nude, seated on a rock, combing her hair
Provenance
At Saltram by 1771 and thence by descent to Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley and given to NT as part of the Endowment following transfer in 1957.
Marks and inscriptions
At bottom: Inscribed on plate at bottom left "Ant. Sal.exc."
Makers and roles
after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520), creator Marco da Ravenna (fl. 1515 - 1527), engraver (inciser) Antonio Salamanca (1478 - 1562), publisher