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35: Hieronymus Bosch • The Hell Panel (The Garden of Earthly Delights Part II)

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The Prince of Hell on Creative Codex

The Prince of Hell is seated in a chair that would have been used as an aristocratic toilet. Bosch was upper middle class, so it's likely he had one at his home. The central panel features two large owls and a fourth owl gazing down at the spotted boar. A passage from Tundal exhibits parallels with the vision of the beast which devours those convicted of the sin of lust by devouring them and then excreting them.

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