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The Fall of Man by Peter Paul Rubens

The Fall of Man by Peter Paul Rubens

Created
1628 - 1629
Passage
Genesis 3:1-13

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 in Madrid. Once attributed to the minor Dutch artist Karel van Mander, it is now recognised as a work by Rubens.


It is a copy of the painting of the same subject by Titian, seen by Rubens during his 1628-1629 trip to Madrid for peace negotiations to end the Dutch Revolt. It reflects Raphael's influence on Titian and Jan Brueghel the Elder's influence on Rubens, who adds a parrot and changes Adam's posture, musculature, age and expression.


Rubens used the Belvedere Torso, an ancient fragment of a marble statue of a nude male now in the Vatican Museums, as the model for Adam's pose in this work. 

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