Hell (Bosch)

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Hell
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Artist Hieronymus Bosch
Yearafter 1490
Location Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

Hell is a Hieronymus Bosch painting made after 1490. It is currently in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice, Italy. [1]

This painting is part of a series of four. The others are Ascent of the Blessed , Terrestrial Paradise and Fall of the Damned into Hell . In this panel it shows the punishment of the wicked in Hell with diverse kinds of torture laid out by demons.

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References

  1. "VISIONS OF THE HEREAFTER | Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia". VISIONS OF THE HEREAFTER | Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia. Retrieved 2021-09-14.