# Pandora

- By: Barend Graat (Amsterdam, 1628–1709)
- Date: 1676
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 113 cm x width 102 cm
- Credit line: Purchased with a contribution from the B.J. Peiser Bequest
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-5027--eaaa8dbe017ef4c0649618c923a4d2b0)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/eb5517eae3f45ddd1c349190075b5dcd.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The Greek god Zeus sent Pandora to the earth with a box containing all evils. Pandora opened the lid, causing the evils to spread among humanity. In this painting the container is represented by Adam van Vianen’s ewer, which was over sixty years old when the picture was painted. Barend Graat has added a second handle and omitted the lid.