File:Alexandre Cabanel - Pandora - Walters 3799.jpg
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| Alexandre Cabanel: Pandora
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| Artist |
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| Title |
French: Pandore Pandora title QS:P1476,fr:"Pandore" label QS:Lfr,"Pandore" label QS:Len,"Pandora" |
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| Object type |
painting |
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| Genre |
mythological painting |
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| Description |
English: 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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| Depicted people |
Christina Nilsson |
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| Date |
1873 |
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| Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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| Dimensions |
height: 70.2 cm (27.6 in); width: 49.2 cm (19.3 in) dimensions QS:P2048,70.2U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,49.2U174728 ; 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) |
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| Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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| Accession number |
37.99 |
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| Place of creation | Brussels, Belgium (?) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history |
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| Exhibition history | A Baltimorean in Paris: George A. Lucas, 1860-1909. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979. Alexandre Cabanel, la tradition du beau. Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Köln; Musee Fabre, Montpellier. 2010-2011. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Acquired by William T. Walters, 1873 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | [Signature] At upper right in yellow letters: ALEX. CABANEL; [Date] Upper right in yellow letters: 1873 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| References |
Walters Art Museum artwork ID: 19035 |
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| Source |
Walters Art Museum: |
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