The Garden of Earthly Delights is the modern title given to a triptych painted by the Early Netherlandish master Hieronymus Bosch. It has been housed in the Museo del Prado in Madrid since 1939. Dating from between 1490 and 1510, when Bosch was between about 40 and 60 years old, it is his best-known and most ambitious complete work. Wikipedia
In a recent conversation a friend asked what a triptych or diptych was. It surprised me that she wouldn’t know, but also triggered thoughts of various works of art that I’ve been drawn to that fall into this category of multiples. One of the most fascinating to me is the above by Hieronymus Bosch. First, because of the date that it was created, second because of the composition and surreal content in it. When I saw it at the Prado it was a highlight of my trip to Spain. Odd I suppose, but that’s just the way us art buffs are.