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Pandora

c. 1914

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The story

Redon painted Pandora near the end of his life, in the instant before she opens the box and lets loose all the evils of humanity. Nude among his ethereal flowers, she recalls Eve in the Garden of Eden, still in a state of perfect innocence.

Source, The Met

Object details

Title: Pandora
Artist: Odilon Redon
Date: c. 1914
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Credit line: Image source The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access. License Public domain (Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true).
Object number: EFA.0514
Original image: 1374 × 3000 px
Source record: View on The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Odilon Redon. Pandora. c. 1914. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Image source The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access. License Public domain (Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true). In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0514/