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BRUEGHEL, Jan the Elder: Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden

🖼 Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, 1610s
Oil on copper
48.6 × 65.6 cm
Windsor, United Kingdom

Lush vegetation engulfs Adam and Eve in this densely layered composition, where countless animals inhabit every corner in meticulous detail. Brueghel's encyclopedic approach transforms Genesis into a celebration of creation's abundance, establishing the Northern Renaissance obsession with naturalistic observation and symbolic richness.

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E. H. Gombrich
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