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KNIGHT AND MERMAID
From the Tryptichon "The Garden of Earthly Delights", Prado, Madrid.
The forces of evil call out in seduction towards the young mermaid. Will the two embrace each other and become lovers or will the forces of good and evil keep their distance? This pairing appears in the central panel, just left of the Paradise fountain in the water.
Material: Polyresin
Height: 9 cm
HIERONYMUS BOSCH (1450 -1516)
THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS Hiëronymus Bosch shows us how we mortal souls, arisen from earthly paradise, are on our way to the atrocious ordeals of hell via our unchaste lives on earth. The dark painting on the closed panels shows the Creation, surrounded by water, in accordance with mediaeval traditions.
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