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Bas relief panel, ‘Mercury conveying Pandora to Epimetheus’ (see also M948)
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John Flaxman RA (1755 - 1826), sculptor
Bas relief panel, ‘Mercury conveying Pandora to Epimetheus’ (see also M948)
Plaster
Height: 29.5cm
Width: 32.5cm
Depth: 2cm
Width: 32.5cm
Depth: 2cm
Museum number: SC46
On display: Staircase - first to second floor (pre-booked tours only)
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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This panel illustrates Pandora brought to earth, a subject from the ancient Greek author Hesiod’s, Works and Days. Flaxman used this design as the inspiration for one of his line illustrations to Works and Days, published in 1817. Soane acquired two versions (the other, M948, is larger).
Helen Dorey ‘Soane and Flaxman’ in Flaxman: Master of the Purest Line, Exhibition Catalogue, Sir John Soane’s Museum 2003
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