Hieronymus Bosch and 'Temptation of Saint Anthony' | Jones Gallery Lecture Series

Jones Gallery curator and art historian Sarah Jones discusses Temptation of Saint Anthony by Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450-1516), currently in the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, Portugal.
Hieronymus BOSCH
Temptation of Saint Anthony
Oil on panel, 131 cm × 228 cm (52 in × 90 in)
c. 1502
Speaker Biography:
Sarah Jones (BA, MA Art History, Queen's University) is a visual artist, art historian and curator. She has participated in solo and group exhibitions across Canada and abroad, and her work is held in the public collections of the University of New Brunswick and the New Brunswick Art Bank. Sarah is a recipient of numerous grants and awards, including funding from ArtsNB and Canada Council for the Arts. Sarah and her brother, Caleb Jones, are co-owners of Jones Gallery in Saint John, NB.
(Artwork in Jones Gallery office by Heather Millar: www.jonesgallery.ca/heather-m...)
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[@neauxneaux]

great analysis! your close up look at so many of the potential symbols was very helpful

[@rliimp]

Bosch is the boss and sarah Jones is lovely and explains in a particular and fun way! greetings from Mexico

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[@charlessnarls3902]

I suggest the woman at 34.34 is the same woman kneeling next to Anthony in the center panel. Notice she has no legs? She pretends to be Christian but has not 'bent the knee" at the alter. She is carried on a giant fish (the words of Jesus). They can fly - meaning she and her husband are wealthy (he's 'fat') and have the ability to travel (large wings). They are on a missionary journey to pour "burning coals" on the people. 21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. 22 For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you. (Proverbs 25:22) Angels can be seen throwing hot coals on the burning city in the center panel. The woman in pink is likely the one who commissioned the painting, earning her prominent places in the altarpiece. She, like Bosch, was a heretic. The entire piece is an anti-Christian sermon. Anthony is seeing his religion for what it really is; the wedding of Church and State. By the time this was painted, the Spanish Inquisition was burning thousands of people alive in the name of Jesus. Bosch loved Jesus, but hated the Church and mocks holy communion (the frog with the egg), the birth-stories of Jesus, and religious institutions (the 'tavern"). He is symbolically heaping hot coals on his enemy's head.

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Love from Romania

[@IfanChen]

Where are the knight and lance?

[@iammt.]

Can someone please explain the symbol on the bird's red cloak. It looks exactly like a freemason symbol but this is before they were founded allegedly. anyone know anything about that? Every analysis I see they just ignore that.

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Bosch the boss

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Dommage que je ne comprenne pas l'anglais !

[@shadetreader]

Big fish stop eating little fish when the little fish form a union. 😁

[@charold3]

I don’t mean to sound negative, but this talk should have been better prepared. “Where to start?” the speaker says repeatedly, suggesting “I know SO much about this art.” The speaker should