Hieronymus Bosch, the legendary Renaissance master painter renowned for his fantastical and richly symbolic religious artworks, is historically classified as Netherlandish or Early Netherlandish, bridging the cultural spheres of both modern-day Netherlands and Flanders. He was born, lived, and worked his entire life in the medieval town of 's-Hertogenbosch, which is located in the southern part of the present-day Netherlands (historically part of the Duchy of Brabant). Because the cultural, linguistic, and political boundaries of the Low Countries during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries encompassed both modern Dutch and Flemish territories under Habsburg rule, art historians often categorize him broadly as a Netherlandish master, while his specific birthplace firmly anchors him to Dutch soil.