Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Syrinx.
The gallery
Pan and Syrinx
François Boucher, 1759
Boucher's National Gallery canvas: Pan reaches as Syrinx dissolves into reeds at the Ladon — Rococo flesh for Ovid's Arcadian escape.
Pan and Syrinx
Jean-François de Troy, 1722–1724
De Troy stages the chase at the riverbank — Syrinx already turning toward the reeds while Pan's desire closes in. French Regency myth as soft pastoral crisis.
Pan and Syrinx
Gerard Hoet, c. 1700
Hoet's Google Art Project panel: Pan and the nymph among trees and water — Dutch golden-age quiet before the reeds become the syrinx.
Pan and Syrinx
Michel Dorigny, c. 17th century
Dorigny's Baroque pursuit: goat-legged Pan and fleeing Syrinx — the moment before metamorphosis, painted as French classical chase.
The Nymph Syrinx
Pietro Liberi, c. 17th century
Liberi's Venetian Syrinx alone — the Arcadian nymph before Pan's pursuit, flesh and landscape waiting for Ovid's reed transformation.