The Haywain Triptych, Hieronymus Bosch

The Haywain Triptych

The painting illustrates a Flemish proverb: "The world is a haystack, and each man pulls from it what he can." A giant haywain rolls across the middle panel; people of every rank, popes, emperors, peasants, scramble up its sides. The wagon is pulled by a team of demons, including one with a fish's tail, one with stag's antlers, one with a tree-trunk leg. They walk calmly. The destination is Hell. Now at Museo del Prado, Madrid @museodelprado

Artist
Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450 to 1516)
Date
1516
Medium
Oil on oak panels
Dimensions
135 × 200 cm
Collection
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Image
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain