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Jheronimus Bosch: The World Before and After the Flood

Jheronimus Bosch ca. 1450 – 1516

The World Before and After the Flood

oil on panel (69 × 36 cm and 69 × 39 cm) — ca. 1514
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Jheronimus Bosch biography

This work is linked to Genesis 8:4

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These are the inner sides of the wing panels of the Flood triptych (please also see reverse sides).

On the right, Noah's ark has stranded on Mount Ararat. Noah and his family open the hatch, allowing the animals to leave the ship in pairs. In the foreground we see the drowned.

The left wing may also be considered to be a depiction of Hell. All figures are demons. In the background there is a burning city.

The central part of the triptych has been lost.