{"id":6375,"date":"2022-12-05T13:56:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T12:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoebusfoundation.org\/?post_type=beleef&#038;p=6375"},"modified":"2025-12-29T12:16:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:16:25","slug":"hendrick-de-clerck-the-garden-of-eden-with-the-four-elements","status":"publish","type":"beleef","link":"https:\/\/phoebusfoundation.org\/en\/beleef\/hendrick-de-clerck-the-garden-of-eden-with-the-four-elements\/","title":{"rendered":"Hendrick De Clerck &#8211; The Garden of Eden with the Four Elements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this episode of &#8216;Phoebus Focus&#8217;, you will discover everything about the garden of Eden, political propaganda, Archdukes Albrecht and Isabella, and the gardens of the Coudenberg Palace. But what do they all have to do with each other? Dr Katharina Van Cauteren, chief of staff of The Phoebus Foundation, and Koen Fillet take you to the imaginative 17th-century depiction of paradise by Hendrick De Clerck and Denijs Van Alsloot. The painting reveals an abundance of religious, artistic, and political information.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Episode 10: Het Aards Paradijs (Hendrick de Clerck) - Katharina Van Cauteren\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/0UeZF0uqQahSbr3iQH2oFR?si=ZgIQADJkR2O6m97v2lNONw&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1583\" src=\"https:\/\/phoebusfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1_0_0_72_RGB-24-2000x1583.jpg\" alt=\"Allegorical depiction of the earthly paradise with the four elements: nude figures in a lush landscape filled with animals, birds, fruits, and flowers; personifications of water and earth in the foreground, with floating figures and putti in the sky above. Painting by Hendrick de Clerck and Denijs van Alsloot, 1613.\" class=\"wp-image-6371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phoebusfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1_0_0_72_RGB-24-2000x1583.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/phoebusfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1_0_0_72_RGB-24-1200x950.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/phoebusfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1_0_0_72_RGB-24-768x608.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phoebusfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1_0_0_72_RGB-24-1536x1216.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/phoebusfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1_0_0_72_RGB-24-2048x1621.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hendrick De Clerck and Denijs Van Alsloot, <i>The Garden of Eden with the Four Elements<\/i>, 1613<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Want to know more? Order the <a href=\"https:\/\/phoebusfoundation.org\/en\/shop\/politics-as-painting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">publication<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/phoebusfoundation.org\/shop\/politiek-schilderkunst\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Order <em>Politics as Painting<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of &#8216;Phoebus Focus&#8217;, you will discover everything about the garden of Eden, political propaganda, Archdukes Albrecht and Isabella, and the gardens of the Coudenberg Palace. But what do they all have to do with each other? Dr Katharina Van Cauteren, chief of staff of The Phoebus Foundation, and Koen Fillet take you to the imaginative 17th-century depiction of paradise by Hendrick De Clerck and Denijs Van Alsloot. The painting reveals an abundance of religious, artistic, and political information. Want to know more? 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