The garden of Pan
(1886-1887)
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Measurements
- 152.5 × 186.9 cm
- Accession Number
- 961-3
- Department
- International Painting
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1919
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- 19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - About this work
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Edward Burne-Jones often combined a number of sources, interweaving medieval and classical or Renaissance imagery to create subjects located in an indeterminate time and place. The Greek deity Pan, god of flocks and herds, is shown here as a slender, beautiful youth. As he plays, the kingfisher and dragonflies – creatures known for their darting speed – stop to listen to the sweet sound.
- Subjects (general)
- Human Figures Religion and Mythology
- Subjects (specific)
- flutes (aerophones) gods (deities) men (male humans) mountains mythologies (religious concept) nudes (representations) Pan (Greek deity) women (female humans)
- Movements
- Pre-Raphaelite
- Provenance
- Exhibited Grosvenor Gallery, London, 1887, no. 66; Exhibition of the Works of Sir Edward Burne-Jones, New Gallery, London, 1892–3, no. 41; collection of Lilian Warren Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1848–1909, née Price), Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey, by 1892–1909; Estate of the Duchess of Marlborough, until 1918; included in the Duchess of Marlborough sale, Christie's, London, 10 May 1918, no. 95; from where purchased, on the advice of Robert Ross, for the Felton Bequest, 1918.
- Frame
- Original, maker unknown, surface not original