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This painting illustrates a story from Ovid's ' Metamorphoses' (I, 793-820). The nymph Syrinx was pursued by the amorous Pan as far as the river Ladon, where she begged her sisters of the river, one of whom is shown reclining on an urn, to help her. Thinking that he had caught Syrinx, Pan clasped at her, but the river nymphs changed Syrinx into the reeds growing on the river bank, from which he later made his pipes. He rushes towards Syrinx in Boucher's painting, urged on by the boy Cupid holding an arrow & a burning torch. In its scale & intimate character, the painting is very like the work of Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684
- 1721) although the theme is directly mythological & the treatment more overtly erotic. Imbued with drama, it is also more distinctly reminiscent of Rubens in style. Two drawings by Boucher connected with this composition are known, both executed in red, black & white chalks (private collection; Bloomington, Indiana, University Art Museum).
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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. Ovid, ' Metamorphoses' (I, 689-71 ...

As with many of Reynolds's group portraits the design is based on a composition taken from an historical source. In this case the painting is based on a 17th-century work, ' Charity' by Van Dyck; also in the Collection. It was brought to England from Antwe ...

On the left, in the distance, is the ruined castle of Merwede (Huis te Merwede), which is a mile to the east of Dordrecht. It was built in the 13th century & destroyed about 1420. Its ruins still st&. Cuyp painted & drew the ruined castle on several occasions & the prominently displayed cows occur in a number of his other paintings. For example, the cow on the left appears in ' The Large Dort', also in the National Gallery's Collection. ...

This picture shows a landscape inspired by the countryside near Rome, with the remains of an aqueduct prominently silhouetted against the blue Mediterranean sky. It is not entirely clear when the artist went to Italy, but it has been suggested that he wen ...

Wijnants lived & worked in Haarlem & almost all his landscapes show the characteristic sandy dune landscape between Haarlem & the coast. However, this painting is unlikely to depict a specific location. The figures are not by Wijnants but by one of ...

After his return from Italy (by 1653), Lingelbach was increasingly influenced by the work of the successful & prolific Philips Wouwermans &, in particular, by his landscapes containing figures at work or on horseback. This is an excellent example of h ...

The man plays a lute. The owl on the window ledge may be a reference to sinfulness. This painting has been generally accepted as a work of David Teniers the Younger, but it displays weaknesses of handling. It is painted in the style of the mid-1630s & may be a copy of a lost original. The initials F/DB on the reverse of the panel may be those of the panel-maker François de Bout who became a master in the Antwerp guild of Saint Luke in 1637-8. ...

The house has not been identified; a coat of arms which was once to the left of the entrance is no longer legible. The landscape is thought to have beeen painted by Lucas van Uden, but the figures are probably the work of David Teniers the Younger. They c ...