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BRUEGHEL, Jan the Elder: Garden of Eden

🖼 Garden of Eden, 1612
Oil on copper
50.3 × 80.1 cm
Rome, Italy

Teeming paradise unfolds with hundreds of animals—lions, elephants, unicorns—coexisting peacefully amid lush vegetation and towering trees. Brueghel's encyclopedic vision synthesizes biblical paradise with Renaissance naturalism, celebrating God's creation through meticulous detail and harmonious composition.

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