FA: HIERONYMUS BOSCH "Garden of Earthly Delights" sculpture

HIERONYMUS BOSCH "Garden of Earthly Delights" sculpture

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This is a 14.5 inch tall sculpture titled "Bird with Letter (Grande
version)" of a figure from "The Temptation of Saint Anthony," the masterful
work by famous "Late Gothic" medieval painter Hieronymus Bosch (Jheronimus
Bosch).

The inscription on this note in the beak of this birdlike monster on skates
could throw a light on the contemplated symbolism. Unfortunately, this text,
which is difficult to read, is open to various interpretations, but none of
them are proven to be accurate. The postman-like freak is perhaps delivering
a letter to the conspiring figures in the hole under the bridge. The funnel
on this curious bird's head gives him a preposterous appearance. This
headwear is referred to elsewhere as wisdom or absent-mindedness, but that
symbolism seems unsuitable here.

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