Jheronimus Bosch ca. 1450 – 1516

Garden of Earthly Delight - Paradise

oil on panel (220 × 97 cm) — 1480/90, or ca. 1500
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid

This work is linked to Genesis 2:25

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Left wing of the triptych Garden of Earthly Delight.

Many animals and birds appear to be living in peaceful co-existence. Quite a number of the animals are African, like the elephant and the giraffe.

The central figure is God, who has just created Eve out of one of Adam's ribs.