Silhouetted Study of Pan in a Niche
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Giovanni Larciani ("Master of the Kress Landscapes")
Artist bio: Italian, 1484–1527
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 18th century
Medium: Pen and  gray ink, brush with gray and pale brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk, on cream paper.  Figure cut out along contours and pasted onto a drawn niche with an arched top (in brush and gray wash, over graphite or lead) on beige paper
Dimensions: 10-3/16 x 5-7/8 in.  (25.9 x 15 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1961
Accession year: 1961
Tags: Pan|Flutes