Cabanel, a professor of painting at the école des beaux-arts in paris, specialized in portraits of "high society. " here, he depicts the swedish soprano christine nilsson as pandora, the woman in greek mythology who opened a forbidden box, releasing all the troubles that afflict humanity. Object Type: painting. Genre: mythological painting. Date: 1873. Place of creation: Brussels, Belgium (?). Dimensions: height: 70.2 cm (27.6 in); width: 49.2 cm (19.3 in); Framed H with build up: 42 3/8 x W: 33 3/4 x D: 5 in. (107.63 x 85.73 x 12.7 cm). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Christina Nilsson. Collection: Walters Art Museum. Alexandre Cabanel - Pandora - Walters 3799
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