276. Jacques Antoine Vallin (Paris 1760-1831) The Cult of Pan; The Youth of Bacchus a pair, oil on canvas a pair, oil on canvas 39.5 x 32cm (15 9/16 x 12 5/8in)(2) Provenance Sale, Drouot, Paris, 12 December 1989, lot 41 Vallin, who attended the Ecole de l'Académie Royale at the age of fifteen, first exhibited at the Salon in 1791. He often repeated similar mythological subjects, populated by nymphs, satyrs, and pagan deities, for example. Two versions of the present works, with variations, are now at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Caen (inv. nos M. 130 and M. 131).