Pan (Riccio) Explained

Pan is a 1510s bronze sculpture by Andrea Riccio. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.^[1]

Description and interpretation

The work depicts Pan. One art critic stated a belief that the drawings of Bernardo Parentino were a particular inspiration for this work.^[2]

Later history and influence

Art historians have debated the creator of this work. Wilhelm von Bode was the first to propose that Riccio created this Pan and Leo Planiscig, expert on North Italian bronzes, stated agreement.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pan. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
2. Denise Allen in Andrea Riccio: Renaissance Master of Bronze. Exh. cat. by Denise Allen, with Peta Motture et al. Frick Collection, New York; 2008–9. New York and London, 2008, p. 149, fig. 8.2.
3. Wilhelm von Bode. Die italienischen Bronzestatuetten der Renaissance. 3 vols. Berlin, 1907–12. [Vols. 1 and 2 published 1907.], vol. 3, pp. 22, 29, pl. ccxliii; Planiscig 1927, pp. 346 – 47, 484, no. 116, fig. 417.