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Hieronymus Bosch [about 1450-1516] was known as one of the most popular and most intriguing artists in history. He has such profound pieces of art that still boggle the minds of modern experts. He is a wizard when it comes to symbolism. One may never understand this enigmatic characteristic man. Bosch was born probably in 1453 in a town known as s’Hertogenbosch. He adopted the name of this town as his own. His real name was Jheronimus Bosch. He was also known as Hieronymus Van Aeken Bosch, Hieronymus Van Aken, Jérôme Bosch and El Bosco. He was married, owned a house and died at the age of sixty in 1516. He belonged to an ultra-orthodox religious church community called Brotherhood of Mary. Although little information is kno