The Garden of Pan

The Garden of Pan is a painting by the pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones which was completed around 1886 and is currently housed at the National Gallery of Victoria.

[1] The subject of this painting was originally to form part of a piece inspired by Burne-Jones's visit to Italy in 1872.

The original had intended to depict "the beginning of the world — with Pan and Echo and sylvan gods, and a forest full of centaurs, and a wild background of woods, mountains and rivers.

"[2] The artist, at some point, decided that the subject was too large and settled on the present design in a series of sketches made in the mid-1870s.

[2] The painting was purchased by the National Gallery of Victoria in 1919 as part of the Felton Bequest.