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Stefano Della Bella

A Satyr Family Traveling

c. 1657

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The patriarch of this satyr family carries a pan flute on his hip. Named for Pan, shepherd god and friend of Bacchus in classical mythology, the pan flute was associated with pastoral settings.

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