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Dancing Pan

c. 350–500

Egypt, Coptic period

Medium
limestone with traces of red polychromy
Measurements
Overall: 34 x 18.1 cm (13 3/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1955.68
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Location
Not on view
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Description

This relief sculpture demonstrates the survival of a purely pagan subject in the context of a Christian building. Even after the conversion of native Egyptians to Christianity, mythological subjects were not unusual in their art. Pan was the Greek god of woods and fields, flocks and herds, known in art by his goat's legs and pointed ears. He invented the reed pipes with which he charmed the nature goddesses known as nymphs.

Dancing Pan

c. 350–500

Egypt, Coptic period

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