# Triptych of Garden of Earthly Delights \(outer wings\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BOSCH, Hieronymus]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Oil on panel, 220 x 97 cm \(each wing\) ## Commentary Triptych of Garden of Earthly Delights \(outer wings\) c. 1500 Oil on panel, 220 x 97 cm \(each wing\) Museo del Prado, Madrid The message of this panel can be understood from the moralizing content of the entire triptych. When the triptych is closed, it depicts the third day of Creation. The globe is contained in an opaque crystal sphere, symbolizing the fragility and transitoriness of the human world. When opened, the left side-panels reveal scenes from the Garden of Eden, the first human couple, the creation of Eve; in the centre is the fantastic vision of sensual pleasures, while the right panel shows the atonement of the damned in hell. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Child]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(central panel\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of Gluttony and Lust]() - [Animal studies]() - [Beehive and Witches]() - [Beggars and Cripples]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()