Hieronymous Bosch Figures

Even in an era ostensibly removed from Medieval superstition, few can't help but shiver at the terrifying visions of Hieronymous Bosch. When his borderline surreal series of hell's nightmares first appeared in the fifteenth century, many a Christian redoubled their efforts at salvation. This has been repeated for centuries as Bosch's audience has grown. Monotheists and secularists, artists and businessmen, as well as lovers of the weird have by now felt the unsettling heat of the artist's hell. Finally, in the twenty first century, Bosch's eldritch canvasses of horror are still looked on with awe and fright. None can entirely discount the possibility--however slim, improbable, and unlikely (or so we tell ourselves)--that Bosch's abyss of torture waits for us just beyond Death's door.

Thanks to skillful marketing and production, the weird connoisseur can now enjoy a three dimensional reminder of the artist's worst Medieval damnation. Talaria's Museum Store features dozens of detailed figurines lifted right from the visionary's paintings. His cast of merciless demons, monsters, and grief-stricken souls can all be purchased. Enjoy detailed depictions of mankind being seduced to his fall, or human essences being devoured and excreted, as in the demonic depiction at the top.

Virtually the whole collection appears high quality and aesthetically accurate. Like Hieronymous Bosch's paintings themselves, the statuettes are highly colorful, imaginatively designed, fearsome, and demented. Picking up a few of these is almost impossible to resist. Though prepare to spend hefty dollars if you plan to recreate entire Boschian scenes. Most of these models range from $30 up to $130. Unfortunately, they aren't priced as nor intended as children's toys. They are, instead, gruesome little idols that will force you to pay your tithe to Talaria to save your soul.

-Grim Blogger