Pan of Rohallion (1890): Art, History and Details

Pan of Rohallion (1890) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Frederick William MacMonnies (American, 1863–1937).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Rohallion in the title refers to the name of an estate in New Jersey, whose owner commissioned MacMonnies to create a large fountain of this design for a garden pool. Later, the artist made several smaller versions, such as this example. Here, the ancient Greek god Pan plays his musical pipes while standing on an orb supported by fish.

Object facts

• Title: Pan of Rohallion
• Date: 1890
• Creator attribution: Frederick William MacMonnies (American, 1863–1937)
• Culture: America
• Type: Sculpture
• Technique: bronze
• Dimensions: Overall: 76.6 x 26 cm (30 3/16 x 10 1/4 in.); Diameter of base: 17.6 cm (6 15/16 in.)
• Collection: American - Sculpture
• Department: American Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1939.523

A detail from the museum

The character of Peter Pan, including his flute playing, references the Greek god Pan.

Collection credit

Gift of S. Houghton Cox, J. D. Cox Jr., and Jeannette Cox Morrill in memory of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Cox Sr.

Further reading listed by the museum

• Solender, Katherine. The American Way in Sculpture, 1890-1930. Cleveland, OH: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986.

View the collection record

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