Terrestrial Paradise (Bosch)

Terrestrial Paradise

Artist	Hieronymus Bosch
Year	Between circa 1490 and circa 1516
Medium	Oil on oak wood
Dimensions	86.5 cm × 39.5 cm (34.1 in × 15.6 in)
Location	Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy

Terrestrial Paradise is a painting by Netherlandish artist Hieronymus Bosch, dating from around 1490. It is now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice, Italy.^[1]^[2] 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.^[3]

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[]

^ "VISIONS OF THE HEREAFTER | Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia". VISIONS OF THE HEREAFTER | Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
^ Clark, T. J. (2021-04-01). "Aboutness". London Review of Books. Vol. 43, no. 07. ISSN 0260-9592. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
^ Kren, Emil and Marx, Daniel. "Paradise: Terrestrial Paradise". The Web Gallery of Art. Retrieved 21 February 2010.

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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 (1470s) Ecce Homo (1490s) Flood Panels Head of a Halberdier Head of a Woman Hell 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/Scenes from the Passion of Christ 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 Saint Wilgefortis 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 Terrestrial Paradise
Drawings	Bosch drawings The Owls' Nest
Related	Bosch paintings Hieronymus Bosch, Touched by the Devil (2015 documentary film) The Marriage Feast at Cana Jheronimus Bosch—Visions of Genius (2016 exhibition)