# Hell \(detail\)

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bosch-hieronymus-r0d0cb96519d18e/hell-detail-rb152967068ec51>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [BOSCH, Hieronymus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bosch-hieronymus-r0d0cb96519d18e>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Oil on panel

## Commentary

The marked contrasts between light and shade, with sudden flashes in the sky at the top of the painting, heighten the dense and dismal atmosphere of hell, which contrasts with the serene light and colour in the two panels of paradise.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bosch-hieronymus-r0d0cb96519d18e/adoration-of-the-child-r5ca4029fbf006a>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(central panel\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bosch-hieronymus-r0d0cb96519d18e/adoration-of-the-magi-central-panel-r133615a6079433>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bosch-hieronymus-r0d0cb96519d18e/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-r31d3fd71420970>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bosch-hieronymus-r0d0cb96519d18e/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-r48b31b1fc2a309>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bosch-hieronymus-r0d0cb96519d18e/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-ra6c03b14dd7ed3>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bosch-hieronymus-r0d0cb96519d18e/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-re04e152a360585>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bosch-hieronymus-r0d0cb96519d18e/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-re7f97c08cf8231>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bosch-hieronymus-r0d0cb96519d18e/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-rf54db08d078e21>)
- [Allegory of Gluttony and Lust](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bosch-hieronymus-r0d0cb96519d18e/allegory-of-gluttony-and-lust-rc7aa244c0e9e78>)
- [Animal studies](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bosch-hieronymus-r0d0cb96519d18e/animal-studies-r4d75e2f219759a>)
- [Beehive and Witches](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bosch-hieronymus-r0d0cb96519d18e/beehive-and-witches-r764229d5684262>)
- [Beggars and Cripples](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bosch-hieronymus-r0d0cb96519d18e/beggars-and-cripples-rb525cf1945bf9a>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)