MONSTRANCE
Triptych of the Hermit Saints (left wing) — Hieronymus Bosch
left  ·  Triptych of the Hermit Saints (left wing)
Triptych of the Hermit Saints (centre panel) — Hieronymus Bosch
centre  ·  Triptych of the Hermit Saints (centre panel)
Triptych of the Hermit Saints (right wing) — Hieronymus Bosch
right  ·  Triptych of the Hermit Saints (right wing)
3 sheets, one edition

Triptych of the Hermit Saints

Hieronymus Bosch (Netherlandish, c. 1450–1516)
Held by Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia, cat. 2044
Medium Olio su tavola

Sizes

Wall   left 18×24 in + centre 18×24 in + right 18×24 in   $349 · $420 bought separately · the painted images hang level

One object, sold whole, as Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice shows it. 3 sheets, one edition, $349 — the printed panels hang level within 0.0%.

Three men have left the world, and Bosch gives each a different place to pray. ColourLex sets them out: Anthony the Abbot in a nocturnal landscape with a burning village, Jerome praying in the desert at the center, and Giles praying in the grotto where he was shot with an arrow.

Anthony's prayer is the troubled one. A site devoted to his cult describes him beside a pond, drawing water with a jug, while demonic presences torment his meditations.

Look right: above Giles's grotto a luminous landscape opens, which the same site calls the most serene of the three panels.

The panels hang in a row at one image height; the hung images measure about 32.3 in across, before any gap between frames.

Printed on demand as one edition. The whole image is printed on every sheet — never cropped to fit — so each panel carries an archival margin.