Hieronymus Bosch «The Wayfarer» 1500-1510, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

"The Wayfarer" (or The Pedlar) is a Hieronymus Bosch painting, currently belong to Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam. This painting is round and 71.5 cm in diameter.

It is one of the fragments of a partially lost triptych or diptych, which also included the Allegory of Gluttony and Lust, the Ship of Fools and Death and the Miser.

The figure is similar to the man depicted in The Path of Life panel on the exterior of The Haywain Triptych. The character has been interpreted as choosing between the path of virtue at the gate on the right or debauchery in the house on the left, or as the prodigal son returning home from the world.

Image: Hieronymus Bosch «The Wayfarer» 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