Which artist painted the 1896 oil painting Pandora, now held by the private collection of Andrew Lloyd Webber?

John William Waterhouse painted the 1896 oil painting Pandora, now held in the private collection of Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Waterhouse was an English painter associated with the later Pre-Raphaelite tradition. His Pandora shows the mythological woman beside the container, emphasizing a moment of curiosity and impending consequence rather than depicting the entire story as a narrative sequence.

The painting belongs to Waterhouse’s broader interest in literary, mythological, and legendary women. His works often combine detailed natural settings with figures drawn from classical stories, medieval romance, or poetry. Pandora fits that pattern while using a darker emotional atmosphere than a simple portrait.

This artwork should not be confused with the many other paintings titled Pandora. Artists including Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Jules Joseph Lefebvre also treated the mythological subject, but the 1896 painting associated with Andrew Lloyd Webber is by Waterhouse.