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| GOD PRESENTING EVE TO ADAM ON THE LEFT PANEL. |
Across three mighty panels,
Hieronymus Bosch’s raucous and confounding scene of heaven and hell continues to provoke debate, influence popular culture and attract millions of visitors to the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, its home since 1933. The oak-panel triptych features a large center scene flanked by two smaller hinged-panels that, when closed, display the formation of the earth on the third day as according to the biblical creation story. A jewel of the Prado’s collection, The Garden of Earthly Delights had been with the museum since 1933, when it was sent from the Escorial monastery for restoration. In 1936 it was put on loan for safekeeping. [
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| HIERONYMUS BOSCH’S THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS. COURTESY MUSEO NACIONAL DEL PRADO, MADRID |
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| THE CREATION OF THE WORLD PAINTED ON THE CLOSED DOORS OF THE TRIPTYCH THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS. PRINT COLLECTOR/PRINT COLLECTOR/GETTY IMAGES |
