THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
By Anna Russell
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| Bosch’s triptych ‘The Last Judgment,’ from circa 1495-1505 |
In the work of
Hieronymus Bosch, the threat level is always “Imminent.” While other artists in 1500 were trying to depict the world realistically, Bosch was painting the imaginary, the grotesque and the horrific. In his triptych “The Temptation of St. Anthony,” his subject wanders a desert filled with demons. In “The Garden of Earthly Delights,” strange creatures devour one another across a vast and grim landscape. As the art world prepares to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Bosch’s death in 1516, a series of coming major exhibitions spotlight the enigmatic artist whose work still has the power to draw crowds five centuries later. [
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| "Adoration of the Magi" by Hieronymus Bosch autograph ca. 1470–75 |
