# Paradise

- By: Herri met de Bles (Bouvignes, ca. –in o)
- Date: c. 1541 - c. 1550
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: support: height 46.6 cm x width 45.5 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-780--0b7dfac9748437682cd180e24732b0d6)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/efb6dc013f06b84782c1a7d2a3dc7962.jpg
- Who can see it: Adult profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The mountainous, heavily wooded landscape in this tondo is Paradise. Represented around the fountain, the source of life, are episodes from the story of Adam and Eve, the world’s first couple. The earth is encircled by two spheres, which refer to the creation of the sun, moon and stars, and to the separation of heaven from the sea.