The Cure of Folly (Extraction of the Stone of Madness) by Hieronymus Bosch, painted in the 1400s (15th century), depicts a satirical scene in which a surgeon attempts to remove the “stone of madness” from a patient’s head. Bosch combines dark humor, fantastical imagery, and moral allegory to critique human folly and ignorance, characteristic of his early Netherlandish style.
GLIX-115-3DY2RJP
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GLIX Prime
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Carlo Bollo
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The Cure of Folly (Extraction of the Stone of Madness) by Hieronymus Bosch, painted in the 1400s (15th century), depicts a satirical scene in which a surgeon attempts to remove the “stone of madness” from a patient’s head. Bosch combines dark humor, fantastical imagery, and moral allegory to critique human folly and ignorance, characteristic of his early Netherlandish style.