An engraving titled "Epimetheus opening Pandora's box," by the Italian printmaker Giulio Bonasone, 1531 to after 1576. Epimetheus is shown accepting Pandora and her sealed jar from the gods, despite his brother Prometheus's warning never to accept a gift from Zeus, releasing the troubles of human life into the world in Hesiod's telling. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints, under accession 64.682.102.
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MediumEngraving, Giulio Bonasone, 1531 to after 1576, Metropolitan Museum of Art 64.682.102 1 Medium (class) Connections
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This source names Epimetheus directly: "An engraving titled "Epimetheus opening Pandora's box," by the Italian printmaker Giulio Bonasone, 1531 to after 1576."
Source Epimetheus opening Pandora's box, accession 64.682.102 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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Source Epimetheus opening Pandora's box, accession 64.682.102 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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An engraving titled "Epimetheus opening Pandora's box," by the Italian printmaker Giulio Bonasone, 1531 to after 1576.
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