In a generally quite interesting auction, Piasa in Paris sells on 2 April 2015 a Flemish School, ca. 1620 "Forest landscape with the creation of Adam and the creation of Eve", a large canvas (102 by 158cm) estimated at 2,000 to 3,000 Euro. UPDATE: not sold.
It is actually a copy after Marten de Vos: the original has all the above plus the creation of the animals. The above is a late 16th century engraving by De Sadeler after De Vos. As usual, the painting follows the engraving (direction), so the original painting was probably in reverse, and obviously better. I haven't found any indication on whether the original painting is still known, it must have been a good one judging from the engraving.
UPDATE: again for sale at Sequana, Rouen, France on 14 October 2017 with a more generic "17th century Flemish" attribution: it has an estimate of only 700 to 1,000 Euro, which seems to be a realistic price (even as a copy, I can't see this fetching less than 700 Euro, and if you have a daughter who likes unicorns and old paintings, this is the best gift you could imagine ;-) )
UPDATE 2: sold for 1200 Euro, as communicated by AuctionRadar. Fair price for this copy.
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