Eva Prima Pandora

"Eva Prima Pandora" is a painting by Jean Cousin the Elder, created in the 1540s and housed in the Louvre Museum. The artwork reflects influences from artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht Dürer, showcasing a style distinct from the dominant Fontainebleau school of the French Renaissance.

The painting's title references Pandora from Greek mythology, the first woman, who, according to myth, released evils into the world from a jar (later mistranslated as a box). Cousin's work, however, is not directly illustrative of this myth but rather draws upon classical and Renaissance artistic traditions. Jean Cousin the Elder was a versatile artist known for painting, engraving, and design work, including stained glass and tapestries.12