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Painting of an angel flying above a nude man and woman crossing a green landscape, with cattle grazing under trees and distant blue mountains.

The Expulsion from Paradise

An angel with outstretched arm and wings flies through clouds at upper left, accompanied by small cherubs, above a nude man and woman hurrying across a green landscape. Cattle graze at left beneath trees, with blue hills and a wide plain stretching toward the horizon.

Artist
Cornelis van Poelenburch (eigenhandig gesigneerd)
Date
1646
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 3081 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1646.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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