Terrestrial Paradise (Bosch)

Terrestrial Paradise

Artist	Hieronymus Bosch
Year	around 1490
Dimensions	87 cm × 40 cm (34 in × 16 in)
Location	Palazzo Grimani di Santa Maria Formosa, Venice

Terrestrial Paradise is a painting by Netherlandish artist Hieronymus Bosch, dating from around 1490. It is currently housed in the Palazzo Grimani di Santa Maria Formosa in Venice, Italy. The painting depicts Terrestrial Paradise, where the remaining sins of the saved were washed away. The Fountain of Life stands on top of the hill.^[1]

This artwork is part of a series of four, the others are Ascent of the Blessed, Fall of the Damned into Hell and Hell.

References

↑ Kren, Emil and Marx, Daniel. "Paradise: Terrestrial Paradise". The Web Gallery of Art. Retrieved 21 February 2010.

Hieronymus Bosch
Single panels	Adoration of the Child Adoration of the Magi (New York) Adoration of the Magi (Philadelphia) Allegory of Gluttony and Lust Christ Carrying the Cross (Vienna) Christ Carrying the Cross (Ghent) Christ Carrying the Cross (Madrid) Christ Child with a Walking Frame Christ Crowned with Thorns (El Escorial) Christ Crowned with Thorns (London) Concert in the Egg The Conjurer Crucifixion with a Donor Cutting the Stone Death and the Miser Death of the Reprobate Ecce Homo (Bosch, 1470s) Ecce Homo (Bosch, 1490s) Head of a Halberdier Head of a Woman Hell The Marriage Feast at Cana Paradise and Hell The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things Ship of Fools Saint Christopher Carrying the Christ Child St. Jerome at Prayer St. John the Evangelist on Patmos St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness The Temptation of St Anthony The Temptation of St Anthony (Kansas City) Two Male Heads The Wayfarer
Triptychs	The Crucifixion of St Julia Adoration of the Magi (The Epiphany) The Garden of Earthly Delights The Haywain Triptych The Last Judgment Triptych of the Temptation of St. Anthony The Hermit Saints
Triptych fragments	Fall of the Damned into Hell Ascent of the Blessed The Last Judgment, Bruges (with workshop) The Last Judgment (fragment) Terrestrial Paradise
Related	Bosch paintings Bosch drawings Hieronymus Bosch - Visions of Genius (exhibition) Hieronymus Bosch, Touched by the Devil (2015 documentary film)

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