The Garden of Earthly Delights is a triptych painted by the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch (around 1450-1516). There is no concrete evidence of its time of origin; The research assumes that "The Garden of Earthly Delights" was painted around 1500th.

1. The Garden ofEarthly Delights
The Garden of Earthly Delights is a triptych painted by the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch (around
1450-1516). There is no concrete evidence of its time of origin; The research assumes that "The Garden
of Earthly Delights" was painted around 1500th.
The open triptych shows three scenes. The left panel is dedicated to Paradise,with the creation of Eve and
the fountain of life, while the right panel shows hell. The centralpanel gives its name to the entire piece,
representing a garden of life’s delights or pleasures. Between paradise and hell, these delights are nothing
more than allusions to sin, showing humankind dedicated to diverse worldly pleasures. There are clear
and strongly erotic representations of lust, along with others, whose meanings are more enigmatic. The
fleeting beauty of flowers and the sweetness of fruit transmit a message of fragility and the ephemeral
character of happiness and enjoyment. This seems to be corroborated by certain groups, such as the
couple enclosed in a crystal ball on the left, which probably alludes to the popular Flemish saying:
“happiness is like glass, it soon breaks”.
Closed, the triptych offers a grisaille view of the third day of the creation of the World, with God the
Father as Creator. The two doors bear inscriptions reading: “He himself said it, and all was done” and “He
himself ordered it and all was created”.
This moralizing work is one of Bosch’s most enigmatic, complex and beautiful creations and was made
near the end of his life. It was acquired at the auction of Prior don Fernando, the illegitimate son of the
Duke of Alba, and was taken to El Escorial in 1593.
It was deposited in the Prado Museum by Patrimonio Nacional in 1939.Follow the link to buy "The
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