17th Century Italian Marble Busts of Pan and Syrinx

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17th Century Italian Marble Busts of Pan and SyrinxA wonderful pair of 17th Century Italian Carrara Marble Busts depicting Pan and Syrinx on later Carrara marble soccles. Pan wears a dramatic Lion pelt around his shoulders. Both are swathed in typically romantic Baroque robes. The busts would look incredible positioned within a garden, on a wall, free standing on plinths or within a niche. Equally they are beautiful as works of art within your interior. In Classical Greek mythology Syrinx, a nymph

Would look fabulous as an interior or exterior garden focal point

The seated and arriving crowned figures are animated and engaged

1460–1500

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Including plinths

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