Title Pandora
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.
Date 1873
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions Height: 70.2 cm (27.6 in). Width: 49.2 cm (19.4 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)