Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Pan Teaching Daphnis to Play the Syrinx
Image View:
Detail, head of Daphnis holding the Syrinx (panpipes); head is a restoration
Creator:
after Heliodoros of Rhodes (Ancient Greek sculptor, 2nd-1st centuries BCE); unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location:
repository: Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 1890 no. 92
Location Note:
Piazzale degli Uffizi
GPS:
43.7684 11.2556
Date:
Roman copy, late 2nd-early 3rd century CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Greco-Roman; Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
140 cm (height)
Subjects:
music; mythology (Classical)
Description:
The marble group, representing the goat-legged god Pan teaching a beautiful young boy to play the panpipes has been attributed, ever since its discovery in the 16th century, as a Roman copy after the Hellenistic sculptor Heliodorus of Rhodes from the 2nd Century BCE. (Source: Uffizi Gallery [museum website]; https://www.uffizi.i t/en/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
6A3-R-UG-PAD-A07
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Pan Teaching Daphnis to Play the Syrinx