# The Earthly Paradise [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BRUEGHEL, Jan the Elder]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on panel, 59 x 41 cm ## Commentary Jan Brueghel the Elder, also known as "Velvet" Brueghel, treated landscapes, mythological themes, flower painting, and allegories with considerable originality. He was employed in the service of the Spanish Archduke Alberto and Duchess Isabel Clara Eugenia, a fact that explains the many paintings of his in Spain, mainly in the Prado. ## Related artworks - [A Flemish Fair \(detail\)]() - [A Flemish Fair \(detail\)]() - [A Flemish Fair]() - [Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden]() - [Air \(Optics\)]() - [Allegory of Sight and Smell]() - [Bouquet in a Clay Vase]() - [Bouquet in a Clay Vase]() - [Bouquet of Flowers \(detail\)]() - [Bouquet of Flowers]() - [Bouquet of Flowers]() - [Bouquet of Flowers]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()