Cephalus and Pan at the Temple of Diana

Attributed to a follower of Paolo Veronese (late 16th century)
Museum-quality digital canvas print

Cephalus kneels in supplication before the rustic figure of Pan, set against the grand stone backdrop of Diana’s temple. One man is clothed in nobility, the other in wildness. One seeks answers; the other offers only riddles. Around them, classical columns rise and nymphs watch from the edges, suspended in quiet curiosity. This is not a moment of revelation, but of tension—divine, human, and mythic.

Painted by a follower of Paolo Veronese, this late 16th-century scene is part of a narrative series chronicling the myth of Cephalus. Where Cephalus Hiding the Jewels and Cephalus and the Nymphs dwell in emotion and temptation, Cephalus and Pan introduces consequence. Here, the hero’s choices converge with fate. The presence of Diana, though unseen, is palpable—her temple looms, her judgment implied.

The Venetian school’s grandeur is fully present in the composition: rich color, balanced architecture, and the play between earthly and divine forms. The figure of Pan, half-beast, half-god, brings a touch of the surreal to a setting otherwise marked by classical restraint.

This museum-quality digital canvas print captures the full drama and architectural depth of the original. Ideal for interiors that appreciate myth not as fantasy, but as a reflection of human complexity, this piece completes a layered trilogy of beauty, doubt, and divine entanglement.

At Gatekeepers.la, we reveal the stories that classical art once whispered to private patrons. Cephalus and Pan at the Temple of Diana is the moment before the verdict—the hush before fate answers back.