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Summary

Artist
Title The Garden of Earthly Delights.
Date between 1480 and 1505
Medium oil on panel
Dimensions Height: 220 cm (86.6 in). Width: 390 cm (153.5 in).
room 56
Accession number 2823
Object history

by 1517: Henry III, Count of Nassau (1483-1538), Brussels (?)
1538: inherited by William I, Prince of Orange (1533-1584), Brussels (?)
1568: confiscated by Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507-1582) (?)
Unknown date: acquired by Don Ferdinando de Toledo (1527-1591) (?)
1591: purchased by Philip II of Spain (1527-1598) (?)
1591: transferred to Monasterio de El Escorial (?)

1939: transferred to Museo del Prado, Madrid, from Monasterio de El Escorial
References

Anonymous, Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage Photolibrary, object number 40002088, as Le Jardin des délices, from circa 1480 until circa 1490, 220 × 390 cm (86.6 × 153.5 in).
Anonymous, Bildarchiv Foto Marburg, Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, Object 00074875, as Der Garten der Lüste / El Jardin de las Delicias.
Friedländer, Max J. (1969) Early Netherlandisch Painting. Volume V. Geertgen tot Sint Jans and Jerome Bosch, Leyden: A.W. Slijthof, Brussels: La Connaissance, p. 88, as Altarpiece, The Garden of Delights.

Koldeweij, Jos, Paul Vandenbroeck, Bernard Vermet (2001) Hieronymus Bosch. The Complete Paintings and Drawings, Ghent/Amsterdam: Ludion, ISBN 0-8109-9064-4, p. 88, as Garden of Earthly Delights.
Koldeweij, A.M., P. Vandenbroeck en B. Vermet (2001) Jheronimus Bosch. Alle schilderijen en tekeningen, Rotterdam: NAi Uitgevers, Gent/Amsterdam: Ludion, ISBN 90-5662-219-6, p. 166, as Tuin der Lusten, 1480-1490, 220 × 390 cm (86.6 × 153.5 in), with colour image.
Source/Photographer The Prado in Google Earth: Home - scaled down from 8 th level of zoom, JPEG compression quality: Photoshop 10.

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English: The Garden of Earthly Delights (c. 1480-1505) by Hieronymus Bosch. Oil on wood triptych, 220 cm x 389 cm, now in the Museo del Prado. High-resolution version from The Prado in Google Earth.
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