Hieronymus Bosch was one of the late great medieval Dutch painters, born in 1450 as the
Renaissance in Italy was starting to flower. Hieronymus Bosch mixed his version of medieval grotesques and Flemish
proverbs into an intriguing allegory of man's base nature, which could
run amok if not properly cared for. At the time of his death, Bosch was
internationally celebrated as an eccentric painter of religious visions
who dealt in particular with the torments of hell. During his lifetime
Bosch's works were in the inventories of noble families of the
Netherlands, Austria, and Spain, and they were imitated in a number of
paintings and prints throughout the 16th century.
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