Eva Prima Pandora

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In this oil painting, there is a nude women laying in a cave. This woman is the depiction of Eve from the Bible as well as Pandora from Greek mythology. She is seen with an apple branch and human skull in her right arm and a snake wrapped around her right arm with a jug.
This painting depicts the conflation of the Greek myth Pandora and biblical myth Eve as a nude woman laying down in a cave. She bears a serpent wrapped around her arm and an apple branch, which recalls the story of Eve. She also has a jug that alludes to Pandora’s box. This fusion of Eve and Pandora show the similarities of the first women and how she was a main contributor to the fall of humanity.

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Jean Cousin the Elder, Louvre Museum, France, Year 1550, Oil on panel, 97 cm x 150 cm

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    Jean Cousin the Elder (1490-1589)
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    This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.
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    Paris, France