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PANDORE
TRANSPORTED BY MERCURY.
When Prometheus formed the figure of a man, and animated it with celestial fire, Jupiter, to punish him for his presumption, ordered Vulcan to form a woman, who was endowed with gifts by all the gods. Minerva gave her wisdom, Venus beauty, the Graces the art of pleasing, Apollo instructed her in Music, and Mercury endowed her with eloquence; she was therefore called Pandora, which comes from the Greek words pan, signifying many, and dwron, gifts. Jupiter also made her a present, but one of a serious nature; it was a box containing all kinds of evils.
Pandora was carried to Prometheus from Olympus by Mercury; but the presence of mind and cunning of Prometheus prevented him from receiving a woman sent by the chief of the Gods. Epimetheus, bis brother, was less cautions; he married Pandora; be opened the fatal box, and all the evils that were in it escaped, and were scattered over the human race.
This picture, which appeared in the saloon of 1824, has never been engraved; the coloring is agreeable, and the composition elegant; however, the long perpendicular line produced by the leg of Mercury and the body of Pandora should have been avoided.
Height, 10 feet 5 inches; width, 8 feet 4 inches.
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February 21, 2001