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Iconology of the Wayfarer Triptych – Detail
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Boat with ten people onboard from Ship of Fools
…lively nudes (and clothed figures) indulging their appetites for food and luxury with the implication of sex) also appear in a divided wing, shared by the Ship of Fools (Musee du Louvre, Paris) and Allegory of Gluttony (Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven) [Bosch, ca. 1495–1500] from a dismembered triptych [Morganstern, 1984, 295-302]. (p. 28)
Hieronymus Bosch
Keywords
Category
Morality and immorality,Social life, culture and activities
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 description | Thoughts | Assumptions | Second world (Mind) |
Reference Source(s)
Bosch, ca. 1495–1500; Morganstern, 1984
Symbolic Images
- Bosch, J. (ca. 1495–1500). An Allegory of Intemperance [Oil on panel]. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut. 1959.15.22


