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Also Known As Jheronimus Bos • Jerome van Aken • Jerome van Aquen • Jeroen Anthoniszoon • Jerome van Aeken
Born c.1450 • ’s-Hertogenbosch • Brabant
Died August 9, 1516 • ’s-Hertogenbosch • Brabant
Notable Works “Temptation of St. Anthony, The” • “The Garden of Earthly Delights”
Movement / Style Flemish art

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Triptych painting The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, showing three panels with fantastical scenes of paradise, earthly pleasures, and hell, filled with figures, animals, and surreal imagery.
Hieronymus Bosch: The Adoration of the Magi
Hiëronymus Bosch: Ecce Homo
Hiëronymus Bosch: Death and the Miser
Hiëronymus Bosch: Christ Carrying the Cross
Hiëronymus Bosch: The Temptation of Saint Anthony
Hiëronymus Bosch: Table of the Seven Deadly Sins
The Conjurer
Hiëronymus Bosch: The Garden of Earthly Delights
Plate 8: “Hell,” open right panel of the “Garden of Delights” triptich, oil on wood by Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1505-10. In the Prado, Madrid. 2.2 m x 97 cm.
Earth, heaven, and hell: Hiëronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights
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