Obituary

Bosch's triptych of paradise, pleasure, and punishment became the internet's image of everything strange and unhinged — every corner zoomed into, every weird little man captioned. It died when there were no more corners left to zoom, which is the fate of all things that reward a closer look.

Portrait: Hieronymus Bosch · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Born

2016

Died

2020

Cause of death

Zoomed into by every 'wtf' post

Last sighting

A 'me and the boys' edit, 2020

Resting place

Section E, Row 3

Category

art