'Pandora, whom the assembled Gods/ endowed with all their gifts...'

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The full title for this work by Howard is, in fact, 'Pandora, whom the assembled Gods/ endowed with all their gifts/ Formed by Vulcan, who is contemplating/ his work, she is dressed by the Graces/ and presented by Minerva with a veil/ and Cestus; – near her stands Pitho/ (the Goddess of Persuasion) – on the left/ are Phoebus, Diana, Mars, Venus, &/ Cupid; – on the right, Juno, Cybele/ and Bacchus; – in the midst Jupiter,/ attended by Victory and Nemesis, holds/ the fatal Vase, fraught with so much/ mischief to Mankind. Iris is hovering/ in the sky admiring, and Mercury,/ putting on his Taleria prepares to conduct/ The beautiful Snare to "th' unwiser Son of Japhet"'

Sir John Soane’s Museum

London

Title

'Pandora, whom the assembled Gods/ endowed with all their gifts...'

Date

1834

Medium

oil on mahogany panel

Measurements

H 82 x W 249 cm

Accession number

SM P2

Acquisition method

commissioned, 1834

Work type

Painting

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