A Sacrifice to Pan.From the Original Picture Painted by Andrea Sacchi, In the Collection of the Right Honourable the Earl of Lincoln; To whom this plate is Dedicated by his Lordship's most Obliged and most Obedient Servant John Boydell. No. 49.
Andrea Sacchi Pinx.t. F. Aliamet Sculpsit.
Published according to Act of Parliament, Jan: 1.st 1769.
Engraving. Platemark: 480 x 600mm (19 x 23½"). Small margins. Light spotting in margins.
A mythological scene in which several figures are shown sacrificing goats to Pan, the classical god of flocks and shepherds. Being a rustic god Pan was not worshipped in temples but in natural settings such as the landscape depicted. Pan, shown with legs of a goat and holding his characteristic pipes watches the proceedings from the left while a druid prepares a sacred fire to the right of the image. From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38301] £280.00
Published according to Act of Parliament, Jan: 1.st 1769.
Engraving. Platemark: 480 x 600mm (19 x 23½"). Small margins. Light spotting in margins.
A mythological scene in which several figures are shown sacrificing goats to Pan, the classical god of flocks and shepherds. Being a rustic god Pan was not worshipped in temples but in natural settings such as the landscape depicted. Pan, shown with legs of a goat and holding his characteristic pipes watches the proceedings from the left while a druid prepares a sacred fire to the right of the image. From the series 'The Most Capital Paintings in England', Boydell's first major initiative as a pioneering publisher of fine engravings.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38301] £280.00