Cornelis SchutFlemish, 1597–1655Pan en Syrinx
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Where is “Pan en Syrinx” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Dutch
Pan achtervolgt de nimf Syrinx. Zij houdt een bundel riethalmen in haar handen als symbool voor haar komende gedaanteverwisseling (Ovidius, Met. 1:689-713).
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-OB-59.270
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Cornelis Schut
The whole life1618–1655 · Workplace
Antwerp
1624–1627 · Workplace
Rome
1624–1627
Giustiniani's Patronage and Poussin's Attention
In Rome the banker and collector Vincenzo Giustiniani commissioned two large religious compositions from him (now in the Abbey of Sainte-Trinité in Caen). Schut attracted the attention of the young Poussin, whose early works borrowed motifs from these pieces.
16 September – 2 October 1627
Imprisoned on Suspicion of a Colleague's Murder
He was held in a Roman prison on suspicion of murdering a fellow painter named Giusto; he was released on 2 October thanks to the intervention of the Accademia di San Luca. He then left Rome for Florence.
1628 · Workplace
Florence
29 April 1655
Died
