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''The Fall of Man'', ''Adam and Eve'' or ''Adam and Eve in the earthly paradise'' is a 1628-1629 painting by Rubens, now in the
File:Titian - Adam and Eve - WGA22816.jpg, Version by Titian, c. 1550
''The Fall of Man'', ''Adam and Eve'' or ''Adam and Eve in the earthly paradise'' is a 1628-1629 painting by Rubens, now in the Prado
The Prado Museum ( ; ), officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, is the main Spanish national art museum
An art museum or art gallery is a building or space for the display of art, usually from the museum's own collection. It migh ...
in Madrid. Once attributed to the minor Dutch artist Karel van Mander
Karel van Mander (I) or Carel van Mander I (May 1548 – 2 September 1606) was a Flemish painter, poet, art historian and art theoretician, who established himself in the Dutch Republic in the latter part of his life. He is mainly remembe ...
, it is now recognised as a work by Rubens.
It is a copy of the painting of the same subject by Titian
Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italians, Italian (Republic of Venice, Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school (art), ...
, seen by Rubens during his 1628-1629 trip to Madrid for peace negotiations to end the Dutch Revolt
The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt ( nl, Nederlandse Opstand) (Historiography of the Eighty Years' War#Name and periodisation, c.1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and t ...
. It reflects Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of works by Raphael, His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of ...
's influence on Titian and Jan Brueghel the Elder
Jan Brueghel (also Bruegel or Breughel) the Elder (, ; ; 1568 – 13 January 1625) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman. He was the son of the eminent Flemish Renaissance painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder. A close friend and frequent collabora ...
's influence on Rubens, who adds a parrot
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and changes Adam's posture, musculature, age and expression.
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