Fritz Wegner: Capricornus the Constellation

Artist: Fritz Wegner
1924 -
Nationality: Austrian
Artwork Year: 1986
Image Size: 7 by 6 inches
Overall Size: 10 by 9.25 inches
Medium: Water Color on Hot Press Illustration Board

In Grecian mythology Capricorn is identified with Pan, the nature god of the woodlands and pastures, flocks and herdsmen. In their representations of him, he appears as a gay, hairy, horned, half-man and half-goat, with reed pipes in his hand. He was a roaming deity, given to mischievous pranks, sportive dancing, and playing the shepherd's flute. A legend relates that Pan and a group of his fellow deities were feasting near the banks of the Nile when the terrible monster Typhon appeared. To escape from him, Pan immediately jumped into the water and changed his form, the submerged part of his body turning to a fish and the upper part into a goat. The event was commemorated by Jupiter, who placed Pan among the constellations.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day Cover for the Botswana Halley's Comet stamps issued March 24, 1986.

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