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Maker(s):ZBM, Master; Angelo del Moro, Marco (thought to be)
Culture:Italian (active 1565 - ca. 1586)
Title:Pandora's Box or An Allegory of Les Sciences qui Eclairent l'esprit de l'homme
Date Made:1557
Type:Print
Materials:etching on paper
Place Made:Italy
Measurements:sheet: 38.4175 cm x 24.765 cm; 15 1/8 in x 9 3/4 in; plate: 36.83 cm x 23.8125 cm; 14 1/2 in x 9 3/8 in
Narrative Inscription:  inscribed in plate at lower left Z.M.B. / 1557, inscribed in plate at lower right: D.B., insribed in ink on verso: Ernst Devaux / 1868 [Lugt 670]
Accession Number:  SC 1973.19
Credit Line:Gift of Sue Welsh Reed, class of 1958, in honor of Priscilla Cunningham, class of 1958
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
1973_19.jpg

Description:
Myth; allegory; Woman; goddess opening ornate carved chest filled with snakes and books; pointing with one hand to her eyes; above her two figures; one floating in a starry sky; another figure seated

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