described struggling with sensations of bugs crawling on his skin in his autobiography. Comparisons have been made to Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights. The Great Masturbator is similar to an image on the right side of the left panel of The Garden of Earthly Delights composed of rocks, bushes and little animals resembling a face with a prominent nose and long eyelashes. History Dalí kept the painting in his personal collection, displayed at the Dalí Theatre and Museum in Figueres, willing it to the national collection of Spain upon his death, when it was removed to the Madrid museum. See also The Garden of Earthly Delights References External links The Great Masturbator on csulb.edu The Great Masturbator on Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía The Great Masturbator description - Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation 1929 paintings Erotic art Insects in art Paintings by Salvador Dalí Paintings in the collection of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Surrealist paintings