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Source Description
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.
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Document identity
localId
19035
label
Pandora
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obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
19035
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Pandora
description
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.
provenance
Purchased by William T. Walters (through George A. Lucas as agent), Baltimore, October 26, 1873 [1]; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] The Diary of George A. Lucas, p. 384.
date
1873
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
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2
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2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
70.2
height
49.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 27 5/8 x W: 19 3/8 in. (70.2 x 49.2 cm); 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)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] At upper right in yellow letters: ALEX. CABANEL; [Date] Upper right in yellow letters: 1873
med
oil on canvas
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3616
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EAN
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2141
484
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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2
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photo
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