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  Title The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things
  Artist Hieronymus Bosch
  Year 1485
  Type Oil on wood panels
  Height 120
  Width 150
  Museum Museo del Prado


''The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things'' is a Painting by Hieronymus Bosch , completed in 1485 . The painting is Oil on wood panels, in the form of a tabletop.

The painting is presented in a series of circular images: four small circles, detailing "Death", "Judgement", " Hell ", and "Glory", surround a larger circle in which the Seven Deadly Sins are depicted. At the centre of the large circle, which is said to represent the eye of God, is a "pupil" in which Christ can be seen emerging from his tomb. Below this image lies the Latin inscription ''Cave Cave Deus Videt'' ("Beware, Beware, God is Watching").