Hieronymus Bosch «Allegory of Gluttony and Lust» 1490-1500, Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, USA

"Allegory of Gluttony and Lust" is a Hieronymus Bosch painting made sometime between 1490 and 1500. It is currently in the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, USA.

This panel is the left inside bottom wing of a hinged triptych. The other identified parts are the The Ship of Fools, which formed the upper left panel, and the Death and the Miser, which was the right panel. The central panel, if existed, is unknown. The photos from the exhibition"Hieronymus Bosch - Visions of genius" shows how paintings "Ship of Fools" and "Allegory of Gluttony and Lust" are connected and appear as a one painting.

The Allegory represented a condemnation of gluttony, in the same way the right panel condemned avarice. The fragment shows a fat man riding a barrel in a kind of lake or pool. He is surrounded by other people, who push him or pour a liquid from the barrel. Below, a man swims with, above his head, a vessel with meat. The swimmer's clothes lie on the shore at bottom. On the right, under a hut, a couple is devoting to lascivious acts, perhaps induced by drunkenness. Gluttony and lust - these sins Bosch considered one of the most disgusting.

Image: Hieronymus Bosch «Allegory of Gluttony and Lust» is licensed under Public Domain

References:

Bax, Dirk. Ontcijfering van Jeroen Bosch. Den Haag, 1949

Fischer, Stefan. "Hieronymus Bosch. The Complete Works", Cologne 2013.

Gibson, Walter. Hieronymus Bosch. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1973. ISBN 0-500-20134-X