# Pan and the Hours [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DORIGNY, Louis]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary Fresco decoration appears on the ceiling of the ballroom, in three compartments with ornate frames that are elegantly interwoven with luxuriant, gilded oak branches. The elongated central compartment contains the Bacchanal, a rustic and lively scene. In the compartment toward the window overlooking the street, Pan appears with the Hours, while in the compartment on the other side, toward the garden, Pan Uncovering the Nakedness of a Sleeping Nymph is represented. In the Pan and the Fours, the figure of Pan has unfortunately been compromised by an extensive loss of plaster. Enveloped in a long vegetal festoon and accompanied by a white goat, he seems annoyed by two irreverent cupids. He is taken by surprise at the sight of two graceful, transparent Hours hovering in the sky. ## Related artworks - [Bacchanal \(detail\)]() - [Bacchanal \(detail\)]() - [Bacchanal \(detail\)]() - [Bacchanal \(detail\)]() - [Bacchanal]() - [Ballroom ceiling \(detail\)]() - [Ballroom ceiling \(detail\)]() - [Ballroom ceiling \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling decoration]() - [Ceiling of the grand staircase]() - [Corridor ceiling \(detail\)]() - [Deception and Avarice]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()