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BRUEGHEL, Jan the Elder: The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man

🖼 The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man, c. 1615
Oil on panel
74 × 115 cm
The Hague, Netherlands

Lush vegetation and teeming creatures fill a verdant paradise rendered in meticulous detail, with Adam and Eve positioned amid the abundance. This densely populated Eden reflects Northern Renaissance fascination with natural observation and theological narrative, establishing landscape as a vehicle for spiritual meaning.

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