BOSCH, Hieronymus
(b. ca. 1450, 's-Hertogenbosch, d. 1516, 's-Hertogenbosch)

Triptych of Garden of Earthly Delights (detail)

c. 1500
Oil on panel
Museo del Prado, Madrid

The picture shows a detail of the central panel, representing the Bridal Chamber in Semen Capsule (after Fraenger).

Various aspects of the deadly sin Lust are acted out in a forthright fashion, for example, by the couple enclosed in a bubble at the lower left, other figures seem to display perverted acts of love, such as the man plunged head first into the water and shielding his privy parts with his hands.