Hieronymus Bosch was born in the town of 's Hertogenbosch near Antwerp, from which he took his name. He was the son of a painter. He is famous for the fantastic and disturbing detail of his panel pictures. In his mature works Bosch developed an original and often macabre language of visual symbolism, sometimes a literal translation of verbal metaphors found in the Bible.
Bosch appears to have spent the majority of his life in 's-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), although his family probably came from Aachen in Germany. His chronology is uncertain, but the Gallery's ‘Christ Mocked’ is probably an early work, one of many representing episodes of the Passion of Christ. Bosch's most famous work is perhaps 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' at the Prado, Madrid. In the 17th century Van Mander wrote
'Who will be able to tell of all the weird and strange ideas which were in the mind of Hieronymus Bosch, and his expressions of them by his brush? He painted gruesome Pictures.’ Bosch's work particularly influenced Bruegel in the 16th century. His paintings were collected by Philip II of Spain, and in the 20th century were cited by the Surrealists as precursors of their own visions.
This is part 3 of a 3-part series on the works of Hieronymus Bosch:
1505-15 The Last Judgment triptych:
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| 1505-15 The Last Judgment triptych oil on panels Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid |
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| 1505-15 The Last Judgment right hand panel |
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| 1505-15 The Last Judgment left hand panel |
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| 1505-15 The Last Judgement centre panel detail |
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| 1505-15 The Last Judgement centre panel detail |
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| 1505-15 The Last Judgement centre panel detail |
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| 1505-15 The Last Judgement centre panel detail |
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| 1505-15 The Last Judgement centre panel detail |
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| 1505-15 The Last Judgement centre panel detail |
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| 1505-15 The Last Judgement centre panel detail |
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| 1505-15 The Last Judgement left panel detail |
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| 1505-15 The Last Judgement left panel detail |
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| 1505-15 The Last Judgement left panel detail |
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| 1505-15 The Last Judgement right panel detail |
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| 1505-15 Visions of the Hereafter 88.8 x 39.6 cm (each) Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid |
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| 1505-15 Visions of the Hereafter panel 1 detail |
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| 1505-15 Visions of the Hereafter panel 2 detail |
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| 1505-15 Visions of the Hereafter panel 3 detail |
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| 1505-15 Visions of the Hereafter panel 4 detail |
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| c1505-16 The Owl's Nest pen and brown ink on paper 14.1 x 19.7 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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| c1505 Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos / The Passion of Christ oil on panel 63 x 43.3 cm Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid |
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| c1510 Christ Mocked (The Crowning with Thorns) oil on oak panel 73.8 x 59 cm The National Gallery, London |
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| c1520 The Temptation of Saint Anthony oil on oak panel 38.6 x 25.1 cm The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri |
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| 1550-60 The Last Judgement triptych engraving on laid paper, probably coloured around 1570-1590 38.8 x 124.5 cm |
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| 1550-60 The Last Judgement detail |
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| 1550-60 The Last Judgement detail |
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| 1550-60 The Last Judgement detail |
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| 1561 Saint Martin with his horse in a ship engraving 34.2 x 42.4 cm |
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| c1575 Christ In Limbo (follower of Bosch) oil on wood panel 58.1 x 72.1 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields |
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| c1575 Christ In Limbo detail |
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| c1575 Christ In Limbo detail |
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| c1575 Christ In Limbo detail |
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| n.d. Christ's Descent into Hell oil on wood panel 53.3 x 116.8 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| n.d. Christ's Descent into Hell detail |
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| n.d. Christ's Descent into Hell detail |
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| n.d. Christ's Descent into Hell detail |
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| n.d. Seven sketches of monstrous animals © Louvre Museum, dist. RMN-Grand Palais |
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| n.d. The Entombment brush over a preliminary sketch in black chalk 25 x 35 cm |
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| n.d. The Temptation of St. Anthony etched by Jan and Lucas van Doetecum The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| n.d. Witches and Monsters © Louvre Museum, dist. RMN-Grand Palais |
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