Bird in blue egg - H. Bosch
Material: Resin, hand made and hand painted
Height: 16 cm
Bird in blue egg
From the Tryptichon 'The Garden of Earthly Delights', Prado, Madrid.
The bird in the blue egg being carried by men on the left of the panel looks like a hoopoe. This ‘crowned’ bird stood for uncleanliness because it didn’t keep a clean nest. In the Middle Ages it also symbolised visiting prostitutes.
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.
