![Alexandre Cabanel - Pandora [1873] by Gandalf's Gallery](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vuxPe5EBEPJNjzpvBaXN4HFOxRPHryv4-0m3u-ELSThPqKv7j1MZosrFDhQnR66iOT6IFQfXd65SFEi56k9kD2vhPWB-kY3AjpxRoG5oXwVbT7MOLoarJg5ADnhEOcXA=s0-d)
Cabanel (French, 1823 - 1889), 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.
[Oil on canvas, 70.2 x 49.2 cm]
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