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Pandora at Petworth House: new light on the work and patronage of Louis Laguerre

12/2016 | 1365 | 158

Pages: 950-955

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Author:

Hamlett, Lydia (Hamlett, Lydia)

Subjects

artists:

Laguerre, Louis

buildings:

Petworth House, Petworth, Sussex, Great Britain

dates:

1710-1719

patrons:

Seymour, Charles, Sixth Duke of Somerset, 1662-1748 / Seymour, Elizabeth, Duchess of Somerset, 1667-1722

subjects:

Wall paintings / Ceilings / Pandora / Patronage / Commissions / Composition (artistic arrangement) / Iconography

Illustrations

Attributed works:

14. Elizabeth, Duchess of Somerset with her son, Algernon, by John Closterman. c.1690 (Petworth House, West Sussex)

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15. Pandora receiving gifts from the gods, by Louis Laguerre. c.1719 (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)

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16. Pandora receiving gifts from the gods, by Louis Laguerre. c.1719 (Petworth House, West Sussex; photograph Lisa Stein)

Attributed works:

17. Pandora and Epimetheus, by Louis Laguerre. c.1719 (Petworth House, West Sussex; photograph Lisa Stein)

Attributed works:

18. Pandora and Epimetheus, by Sébastien Le Clerc. 1676 (British Museum, London)

Attributed works:

19. Elizabeth, Duchess of Somerset, riding in a triumphal carriage, by Louis Laguerre. c.1719 (Petworth House, West Sussex; photograph Lisa Stein)

Book Review

Pandora's Box, The Changing Aspects of a Mythical Symbol

08/1957 | 653 | 99

Pages: 280

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Reviewer:

Gombrich, E. H. (Gombrich, E. H.; Gombrich, Ernst Hans Josef; Gombrich, Ernst)

Subjects

subjects:

Classical mythology / Iconography / Pandora

Reviewed Items

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Pandora's Box, The Changing Aspects of a Mythical Symbol | author: Panofsky, Dora , author: Panofsky, Erwin

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