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Iconology of the Wayfarer Triptych – Detail
Location of Visual Attribute
Interior Panels of the Wayfarer Triptych
#119
Hanging amulet on the tent with a stick from An Allegory of Intemperance
…it is a pig’s trotter, which can be explained by the image of the pig as a symbol of gluttony. Jews are often depicted in a disreputable way by being linked to the pig [Shachar, 1974, 5; Fabre-Vassas, 1997]. Pigs’ trotters always crop up in Bosch’s work wherever gluttony or impending poverty are concerned [Bosch, ca. 1505-1510; Cinotti, 1966, cin. 2, cin. 43; Follower of Pieter Bruegel, ca. 1550-1575; Bosch, ca. 1520-1545″; Lugt, 1968, 25; Koldeweij, Kooij & Vermet, 2001, 160], since it is this small residue of the pig that could be given away to the poor. (pp. 34-35)
Bosch and the Jews
Keywords
Category
Social life, culture and activities,Reasoning, judgement and intelligence,Morality and immorality,Society and social classes
Interpretation Type
| InfoSensorium Facet(Sum, 2022) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| – | |||
| Layer of meaning(van Straten, 1994) | Conception of Information(Furner, 2004) | Level of knowledge(Nanetti, 2018) | View of reality(Popper, 1972, 1979; Gnoli, 2018) |
| Iconographical interpretation | Relevance (Iconographical) | Interpretations,Narratives | Second world (Mind) |
Reference Source(s)
Bax, 1979; Bosch, ca. 1505-1510; Bosch, ca. 1520-1545; Cinotti, 1966; Fabre-Vassas, 1997; Follower of Pieter Bruegel, ca. 1550-1575; Koldeweij, Kooij & Vermet, 2001; Lugt, 1968; Shachar, 1974; Tóth-Ubbens, 1987
Symbolic Text
trotter… of billy — or nanny-goat [Bax, 1979, 301]; “herte-poot” [Tóth-Ubbens, 1987, 48]
Symbolic Images
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- Follower of Pieter Bruegel (ca. 1550-1575). The Temptation of Saint Anthony [Oil on panel]. National Gallery of Art, D.C. 1952.2.19.
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- Bosch, J. (ca. 1505-1510). The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things [Oil on panel]. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. P002822.