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  • NAME: Hieronymus Bosch
  • OCCUPATION: Painter
  • BIRTH DATE: c. 1450
  • DEATH DATE: August 09, 1516
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Duchy of Brabant
  • AKA: Jerome Van Aeken
  • AKA: Jeroen Anthoniszoon
  • AKA: Jheronimus Bos
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Hieronymus Bosch was a European painter of the late Middle Ages. His two most famous works are The Garden of Earthly Delights and The Temptation of St. Anthony.

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Hieronymus Bosch, born in 1450, was a northern European painter of the late Middle Ages. His work utilizes striking and sometimes seemingly bizarre iconography. The Critics and society during his time often felt his works were nonsensical. Today, art critics view Bosch as a highly insightful painter who plunged to the depths of the human mind and depicted grand symbols of life and creation.

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