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Artwork
The Stone Operation / The Extraction of the Stone Madness / The Cure of Folly
Hieronymus Bosch•1516
Style
Religious Painting
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Northern Renaissance
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Oil
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Panel
Description
Bosch’s symbolic genius is hard at work in this painting. It used to be thought that a stone was the cause of madness, and if removed, it would cure the individual of insanity or folly. The stone was ...