Room 17
Hendrick van Balen the Elder, Pan pursuing Syrinx
“Pan chased the nymph Syrinx through Arcadia. When she came to the river Ladon she could flee no further; her prayer for escape was answered as she was transformed into reeds, from which Pan subsequently made his pan pipes.”
after van Balen, Pan pursuing Syrinx
after van Balen, Pan pursuing Syrinx
after van Balen, Pan pursuing Syrinx
The quote on this page is from the description of the original painting by the National Gallery.
