This is a painting of rather mediocre quality for which the artists drew on several ricordi from the stock at the family bottega. To cite an example, the horse and pair of dogs on the right specifically repeat the ones that appear in a similar position in Adam Being Reprimanded (P21). This juxtaposition of standardised models explains the obvious problems of scale in the depiction of the animals, such as the hare and the pair of lions in the distance, which are practically the same size. Unlike Adam Being Reprimanded, the Adam and Eve of the Galleria Pitti in Florence painted about 1562 and the Earthly Paradise of 1570-1575 (Rome, Galleria Doria Pamphilj), the work in question depicts Paradise before the episode of the apple as is indicated by the complete nudity of Adam and Eve. The scene is an idyllic, tranquil Paradise, presided over by a satisfied God, where man and animals live in harmony. A replica of discreet quality displaying very few variations hangs in the Embassy of Spain in Paris: Adam and Eve (P6169), also originally from the royal collection. Owing to its poor quality, it was referred to as a copy in the 1701 inventory of the Buen Retiro palace, though it appears to be a mediocre workshop product (Text drawn from Falomir, M.: Los Bassano en la España del Siglo de Oro, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2001, p. 228).