Heaven and Hell

Heaven and hell are recurring elements in Jheronimus Bosch’s work. Like his commissioners, he was entirely convinced of their existence. But what do heaven and hell mean to us today? What does the visual language of Jheronimus Bosch evoke when we look at his paintings?
The Jheronimus Bosch Art Center challenges you to concentrate on the concepts of heaven and hell and find out what they mean to us today. The ‘tunnel’ you will enter in the center will lead you along heaven and hell before it takes you back to ‘today’. And you will receive a taste of what the hereafter has in store for us…