# Pan Uncovering the Nakedness of a Sleeping Nymph [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DORIGNY, Louis]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary Pan Uncovering the Nakedness of a Sleeping Nymph c. 1710 Fresco Palazzo Orsetti Dolfin Giacomelli, Treviso 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 Pan Uncovering the Nakedness of a Sleeping Nymph, Pan reappears again, caught in the act of uncovering the provocative nakedness of an unsuspecting nymph who is peacefully sleeping. ## 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]()