Miel d'Alsace Miel d'Alsace Miel d'Alsace is a honey from France that is protected under EU law with "PGI" status, first published under relevant laws in 2005. The PGI status covers several varieties of honey produced in Alsace, namely silver fir honey, chestnut honey, acacia honey, lime honey, forest honey, and multi-flower honey. To be given the PGI designation, the hives producing the honey must be installed in Alsace. In addition, silver fir honey is given a perimeter of the Alsatian slopes of the Vosges and Jura mountain ranges. Chestnut honey must be gathered in the hills south of the Vosges, in
Jan Miel and David Teniers the Younger. The main personages in the Hermitage painting are shown dressed as characters of the commedia dell'arte: the quack wears the mask and costume of Il Dottore while the guitar player has the costume of a Zanni (madcap servant). Jan Miel painted other works using characters from the commedia dell'arte such as "" (Prado Museum, 1653) and "The Actors' Rehearsal" (Zingone collection, Rome). During the 1640s and 1650s Miel began, just like Michelangelo Cerquozzi, to expand the scope of bambocciate paintings by paying less attention to the surrounding landscape and instead stressing the anecdotal aspects of