Ship of Fools

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Ship of Fools is a satirical religious painting by Hieronymus Bosch that depicts a chaotic boat of revelers to critique human folly and moral corruption.

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Ship of Fools canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
religious painting
satirical work
artHistoricalContext Early Netherlandish painting NERFINISHED
artist Hieronymus Bosch NERFINISHED
artworkType panel painting
basedOn Ship of Fools literary motif
city Paris
collection Louvre Museum collection
countryOfOrigin Netherlands
creator Hieronymus Bosch NERFINISHED
depicts drunkenness
foolishness
gluttony
human folly
moral corruption
revelers
ship
genre religious art
satire
hasPart figures eating and drinking
monk
nun
owl
tree with flag
inspiredBy Das Narrenschiff NERFINISHED
The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant NERFINISHED
languageOfTitle English
location Musée du Louvre NERFINISHED
mainSubject critique of human folly
critique of moral corruption
materialUsed oil paint
movement Northern Renaissance NERFINISHED
notableFor complex moral allegory
detailed depiction of vice and excess
satirical treatment of religious themes
originalTitleLanguage Dutch
Early Netherlandish NERFINISHED
partOf fragmented altarpiece (probable)
period late 15th century
support wood panel
symbolizes folly of mankind
lack of moral direction
spiritual blindness
vice

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hieronymus Bosch notableWork Ship of Fools
Jean Louis notableWork Ship of Fools