The Extraction of the Stone of Madness

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The Extraction of the Stone of Madness

1480

by Hieronymus Bosch

Also known as 'The Cure of Folly'.

Original Dimensions: 48 x 35 cm

Removing "stones" from the head was a fairly common medieval operation. Maybe Bosch already understood the idiocy of this, as he painted a flower coming out of the patient's head, not to mention the attributes on the doctor's heads.