The Contest between Apollo and Pan

Jan de Bisschop, 1648 - 1671

Pan, the god of nature, was skilled at playing the pan pipes or pan flute (named after him), and he challenged Apollo, the god of music, to a musical contest. Naturally, Apollo won. King Midas disagreed with this verdict, choosing Pan’s plain piping over Apollo’s sublime strumming of the lyre. The enraged god punished Midas by giving him the ears of an ass.

  • Artwork typedrawing, design
  • Object numberRP-T-1989-113
  • Dimensionsheight 222 mm x width 314 mm
  • Physical characteristicsondertekening in grafiet of zwart krijt, penseel en pen in bruin

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    The Contest between Apollo and Pan

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1989-113

  • Description

    Ontwerp voor een prent.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    date: ‘10 Jul. 1667’

Creation

  • Creation

    • draftsman (artist): Jan de Bisschop
    • after drawing by Giulio Romano

  • Dating

    1648 - 1671

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    ondertekening in grafiet of zwart krijt, penseel en pen in bruin

  • Dimensions

    height 222 mm x width 314 mm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, with additional funding from the Prins Bernhard Fonds, the Rijksmuseum-Stichting and the Ster Holding BV

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1989

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Carel Vosmaer (1826-88), Montreux;{Amsterdam 1989, p. 77, no. 32.} his son, Prof. Dr Gualtherus Carel Jacob Vosmaer (1854-1916), Leiden; his son, C.J.J.G. Vosmaer (1907-86), Leiden; his heirs; from whom, fl. 650,000, with 212 other drawings, to the museum, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt, the Rijksmuseum Stichting and The Ster, 1989

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

    • Oud Holland 86 (1971), p. 283, fig. 68.
    • 'Tentoonstelling in het Rijksmuseum : De verzameling van mr. Carel Vosmaer', Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum 37 (1989), p. 46-47.

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