Hieronymus Bosch Garden Of Earthly Delights

While bosch s biographical details have been difficult to pin down historians know that he was born as jeroen van aken around 1450 to a family of artists rooted in the once bustling city of hertogenbosch currently in the netherlands.

Hieronymus bosch garden of earthly delights. From museo nacional del prado hieronymus bosch the garden of earthly delights 1490 1500 oil on panel 220 389 cm. The story of garden of earthly delights begins of course with its enigmatic creator. Detail hieronymus bosch the garden of earthly delights c. 1480 1505 oil on panel 220 x 390 cm prado the first panel depicts god looking like a mad scientist in a landscape animated by vaguely alchemical vials and beakers presiding over the introduction of eve to adam which in itself is a rather rare subject.

The garden of earthly delights is the modern title given to a triptych oil painting on oak panel painted by the early netherlandish master hieronymus bosch between 1490 and 1510 when bosch was between 40 and 60 years old. The garden of earthly delights triptych by hieronymus bosch circa 1503 the garden of earthly delights is believed to have been a gift for the wedding of henry iii of nassau breda and artist bosch intended it to be both a guide to the positives of marriages as well as something to simply entertain the eye. It has been housed in the museo del prado in madrid since the year 1939.