The Garden of earthly delights Klaas Coulembier

This composition is based on the painting The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch from 1480 to 1490. In this triptych, the painter creates an imaginary world full of exotic creatures and human figures. From left to right, heaven, earth, and hell are depicted. In that order, the painting also forms a guideline for the composition, from the sparkling beginning of the work to the hellish chaos at the end. In the right panel, the presence of a number of musical instruments is striking, along with one very unfortunate man. Not only is he crushed by a cross between a lute and a harp, but he also appears to have previously ended up with his backside between a printing press. On his buttocks, we can read the musical notes that form the basis for the entire work.