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This artist painted The Garden of Earthly Delights.

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Your new ahaHieronymus Bosch

Bosch's triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights moves from paradise through earthly pleasure into a fantastical hell. Source: The Garden of Earthly Delights ↗

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