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Document identity
localId
147873
label
Pan Pursuing Syrinx
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obj
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print
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147873
contentType
print
title
Pan Pursuing Syrinx
date
c. 1589
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79927502
creators
68231
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Print
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 18.9 x 26.4 cm (7 7/16 x 10 3/8 in.); Platemark: 17.2 x 24.9 cm (6 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
cul
Netherlands, 16th century
accession
1974.229
Source extras
tec
engraving
tombstone
The Creations of the Four Elements (from Ovid's Metamorphoses): Pan Pursuing Syrinx, c. 1589. After Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617). Engraving; sheet: 18.9 x 26.4 cm (7 7/16 x 10 3/8 in.); platemark: 17.2 x 24.9 cm (6 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, 1974.229
series
The Creations of the Four Elements (from Ovid's Metamorphoses)
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description
cream(3) laid paper
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PR - Engraving
inscriptions
inscription
in plate, across bottom: Pana fugit Syrinx ripam Ladonis and udam, / Dumque fugit ll numen fluminis orat opem / Vertitur in calamum resonatis arundinis, hunc Pan / Clangentem dulci flamine semper amat. ; lower left, in plate: 18 ; VERSO, lower left, in graphite (various numbers): 18. / B.IV.48 / 080 / 90925 381 ; lower left, in graphite: Goltzius Engraving ; lower center, in graphite: DT-279 ; lower right, in graphite: T 4a
catalogueRaisonne
Hollstein VIII.138.525
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
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2026-05-29 07:35:23.457000
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147873
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Prints
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PR - Engraving
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engraving
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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