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BRUEGHEL, Jan the Elder: Earth (The Earthly Paradise)

🖼 Earth (The Earthly Paradise), 1607-08
Oil on copper
45 × 65 cm
Paris, France

Teeming with creatures and plants rendered in jewel-like detail, this panoramic paradise unfolds across the canvas in precise Flemish technique. Brueghel's encyclopedic inventory of earthly abundance reflects Renaissance fascination with nature's infinite variety and humanity's relationship to the natural world.

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