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Paradise with Fall of Man (Belgium)

Paradise with Fall of Man (Belgium)

Object type Painting
Genre Religious
Date 1615
Dimensions 49.5 x 67.3 cm
Medium Oil
Signature BRUEGHEL 1615
Our attribution Produced in Jan Brueghel's Studio
Other authorities Ertz 2008-10, #193
Location/Most Recent Sale Belgium, Private Collection
Tags Harvesting, Cattle, Deer, Horse, Monkey, Parrot, Forest, Nude, Old Testament, Paradise
May 21 1904 Munich A.S. Drey
Sale of copy to Dr. Michel for 1000 marks
2004 Paris Galerie d'Art St. Honoré
E.A. Honig
July 8, 2015

Dr. Honig has not assessed this piece for authenticity, all information came from K. Ertz.

E.A. Honig
January 3, 2019

This painting is a copy of the version in Hampton Court. It is possible that it was copied within Brueghel's studio, but that is not really typical of his production methods, which run to studio variants rather than replicas. To me, it seems more likely that it was copied outside the studio. There are areas of the surface that are just not very lively, and the spatial relations feel uncertain. I have not seen the work in person, though.