Christ's Descent into Hell, Oil on wood, 21 x 46 in. (53. 3 x 116. 8 cm), Paintings, Follower of Hieronymus Bosch (Netherlandish, second quarter 16th century), Bosch's fiery hell scenes remained enormously popular throughout Europe in the sixteenth century. A vast, desolate landscape with a burning city at the right and the river Styx at the left is the setting for this nightmarish vision, in which Christ breaks down the gates of hell to rescue the souls of the just