Table of Deadly Sins. The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things is a painting attributed to Hieronymus Bosch or to a follower of his, completed around 1500 or later.
Since 1898 its authenticity has been questioned several times. In 2015 the Bosch Research Conservation Project claimed it to be by a follower, but scholars at the Prado, where the painting hangs, dismissed this argument.
The painting is oil on wooden panels and is presented in a series of circular images. Four small circles, detailing the four last things, Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell, surround a larger circle in which the seven deadly sins are depicted: wrath at the bottom, then envy, greed, gluttony, sloth, extravagance, and pride, using scenes from life rather than allegorical representations of the sins.
At the centre of the large circle, which is said to represent the eye of God, is a pupil in which Christ can be seen emerging from his tomb. Below this image is the Latin inscription Cave cave d n s videt.
Above and below the central image are inscription in Latin of Deuteronomy 32:28-29, containing the lines For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them, above, and O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! below. In 1560, Felipe de Guevara wrote about a pupil of Bosch, an unnamed discipulo, who was as good as his master and even signed
Since 1898 its authenticity has been questioned several times. In 2015 the Bosch Research Conservation Project claimed it to be by a follower, but scholars at the Prado, where the painting hangs, dismissed this argument.
The painting is oil on wooden panels and is presented in a series of circular images. Four small circles, detailing the four last things, Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell, surround a larger circle in which the seven deadly sins are depicted: wrath at the bottom, then envy, greed, gluttony, sloth, extravagance, and pride, using scenes from life rather than allegorical representations of the sins.
At the centre of the large circle, which is said to represent the eye of God, is a pupil in which Christ can be seen emerging from his tomb. Below this image is the Latin inscription Cave cave d n s videt.
Above and below the central image are inscription in Latin of Deuteronomy 32:28-29, containing the lines For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them, above, and O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! below. In 1560, Felipe de Guevara wrote about a pupil of Bosch, an unnamed discipulo, who was as good as his master and even signed
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