Paradise and Hell

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This is triptych known as Paradise and Hell.

Paradise and Hell is the left and right panels of a minor triptych by Hieronymus Bosch based on The Haywain Triptych. The image is oil on panel and is 135 x 45cm. It was painted c. 1510 and is currently housed in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. Paradise is depicted darker then in the Haywain, which possibly represents the darkness of original sin.^{[citation needed]}

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On the left, depicts Paradise. At the top God sits enthroned in the Heaven while the Angels toss the Rebel Angels out of the Heaven while the Rebel Angels are thrown out of Heaven they turn to insects. On the second part, God creates Eve out of Adam. Then on the third level, Adam and Eve take the fruit of Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil from the serpent. At the bottom, the Angel expel Adam and Eve out of Paradise. On the right, is Hell, a nightmarish vision of Demons. A castle can be seen in the middle of Hell with Demons seem to be working on. A man and a woman (probably Adam and Eve) are being brought to the castle. At the bottom of that a pael a man is shown tormented by two Demons.