Pictures by Hieronymus Bosch

The pictures of Hieronymus Bosch originated in the time of the late Middle Ages on the threshold of modern times by the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch (* 1450, † 1516). The attribution of the works to him is partly uncertain and controversial. The provenance of many pictures is very sketchy. The paintings - all on wooden panels - were received many times, their motifs interpreted differently.

Triptychs

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	Adoration of the Magi oil on wood 138 × 72/144 cm Museo del Prado , Madrid   The outside shows the picture Georgsmess , executed in grisaille . The inside shows the images of the founder with St. Peter , the Adoration of the Magi and the founder with St. Agnes .
	The Garden of Earthly Delights 1503-1504 oil on wood 220 × 389 cm, Spain   The outside shows the picture The Creation of the World , executed in grisaille.
	The hay cart oil on wood 147 × 232 cm (version in the Escorial) 135 × 190 cm (version in Prado) El Escorial , Spain (version 1) Museo del Prado , Madrid (version 2)   There are two versions of this motif. On the outside is the painting The Path of Life .
	Hermit altar around 1493 or later oil on wood 86 × 100 cm Doge's Palace , Venice   The inside shows the three pictures Saint Anthony , Jerome and Eligius
	Last Judgment triptych oil on wood 163.7 × 127 cm (central panel) 167.7 × 60 cm (left wing) 167 × 60 cm (right wing) Academy of Fine Arts , Vienna   The outside shows two images: Saint James the Greater and Saint Bavo , both in grisaille
	The last judgment oil on wood 99.5 x 117.5 cm Groeninge Museum , Bruges   Attributed to Bosch and / or his workshop. The outside shows the image of Christ with a crown of thorns .
	The crucified martyr around 1497 or later oil on wood 104 × 119 cm Doge's Palace , Venice   The inside shows the three pictures Saint Anthony , the crucified martyr and soldier .
	The temptation of Saint Anthony around 1501 or later oil on wood 131 × 119/238 cm Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga , Lisbon   The outside shows the two pictures: The Capture of Christ and The Carrying of the Cross , both executed in grisaille.

Diptychs and polyptics

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	The Flood (Diptych) Medallions with allegorical scenes (outside) The world before and after the flood (inside) around 1514 or later oil on wood 69.5 × 39 cm and 69 × 36 cm (each wing) 34.5 cm (diameter of the painting on the back) Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum , Rotterdam
	Visions of the afterlife (polyptych) Earthly paradise The ascent to heavenly paradise The fall of the damned into hell The hell oil on wood 86.5 × 39.5 (each) Doge's Palace , Venice   Also known as the Cardinal Grimanis Altarpiece . Possibly these works belonged to a larger group of altarpieces, of which four other paintings have been lost.

Individual panels and fragments of lost altarpieces

To the life of Christ

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	Adoration of the child oil on wood 66 × 43 cm Wallraf-Richartz Museum , Cologne   Bosch's authorship is a controversial issue; it may be a copy of a lost work by Bosch. A second, wider version of the motif is on loan from the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam in the Museum of the Province of North Brabant in 's-Hertogenbosch. Another version is in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels.
	The adoration of the three kings oil on wood 71.1 x 56.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York   The painting was described by Friedländer as' a particularly early work by the master; later it was believed to be a 16th century copy; it has recently been believed that the work was created in the 1470s and goes back to Bosch's direct circle.
	The adoration of the three kings oil on wood 94 × 74 cm Museum of Art , Philadelphia
	Crucifixion with donor around 1483 or later oil on wood 70.5 × 59 cm Royal Museums of Fine Arts , Brussels
	Carrying the Cross (Vienna) around 1500 or later oil on wood 57.2 × 32 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum , Vienna   On the back of the board is the painting Playing Child .
	Playing child around 1500 or later oil on wood 57.2 × 32 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum , Vienna   Back of the panel The Carrying of the Cross .
	Carrying the Cross (Ghent) 1510-1535 oil on wood 76.7 × 83.5 cm Royal Museum of Fine Arts , Ghent   Bosch's authorship is discussed.
	Carrying the Cross (Escorial) 1498 or later oil on wood 150 × 94 cm Palacio Real   Attributed to Hieronymus Bosch or his workshop.
	The crowning of thorns around 1485 or later oil on wood 73.7 x 58.7 cm National Gallery , London, UK
	Ecce Homo (Frankfurt) around 1476 or later oil on wood 61 × 75 cm Städel Museum , Frankfurt

Saints

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	Saint Christopher around 1496 or later oil on wood 113 × 71.5 cm Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum , Rotterdam
	Saint Jerome around 1482 oil on wood 77 × 59 cm Museum voor Schone Kunsten , Ghent
	John the Baptist around 1489 or later oil on wood 48.5 × 40 cm Museo Lázaro Galdiano , Madrid   Left inside of the altar of the Brotherhood of Our Lady.
	John on Patmos around 1489 or later oil on wood 63 x 43.3 cm Gemäldegalerie , Berlin   On the back of the panel is the round double painting Passion Scenes .
	Passion scenes around 1489 or later oil on wood 63 x 43.3 cm Gemäldegalerie , Berlin   Back of the panel John on Patmos .
	The temptation of Saint Anthony oil on wood 70 × 51 cm Museo del Prado , Madrid   Bosch's authorship is discussed.

Other works

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	The juggler around 1502 oil on wood 53 × 65 cm Musée Municipal , Saint-Germain-en-Laye   The picture is attributed to Hieronymus Bosch or his workshop.
	Woman head oil on wood 13 × 5 cm Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum , Rotterdam   Fragment with uncertain attribution.
	The Last Judgment (fragment) oil on wood 60 × 114 cm Alte Pinakothek , Munich   Fragment of a lost triptych. Bosch's authorship is discussed.
	The Seven Deadly Sins and The Four Last Things oil on wood 120 × 150 cm Museo del Prado , Madrid
	The Ship of Fools around 1494 or later oil on wood 57.9 x 32.6 cm Louvre , Paris   Fragment of a lost triptych which also contained the paintings Allegory of Excessiveness and Lust (on the lower part of the wing with the Ship of Fools) and The Death of a Miser (on the other outer wing).
	The peddler around 1494 or later oil on wood 71.5 cm (diameter) Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum , Rotterdam   It is the outer panel of a lost triptych that also contained the paintings The Ship of Fools , Allegory of Greed and The Death of a Miser .
	Death of a curmudgeon around 1494 or later oil on wood 92.6 x 30.8 cm National Gallery of Art , Washington, DC   It is the outer wing of a lost triptych, which also contained the paintings The Ship of Fools (upper part), Allegory of Greed and The Juggler .
	Allegory of Greed around 1494 or later oil on wood 36 × 31.5 cm Yale University Art Gallery , New Haven   Fragment of a lost triptych, which also contained the paintings The Ship of Fools (Upper Part), Death of a Miser and The Juggler .

literature

• Stefan Fischer: “The Garden of Earthly Delights” by Hieronymus Bosch. Approaches and Methods in Research , 2001/2007, ISBN 978-3-638-70228-7 and ISBN 978-3-638-28448-6 .
• Stefan Fischer: Hieronymus Bosch: Painting as a vision, teaching image and work of art (ATLAS. Bonn contributions to art history, Vol. 6), Cologne 2009 (Diss. Uni Bonn), ISBN 978-3-412-20296-5 .
• Fischer, Stefan: Hieronymus Bosch. The complete work, Taschen Köln 2013, ISBN 978-3-8365-2628-9 .
• Fischer, Stefan: In the maze of images. The world of Hieronymus Bosch. Reclam, Stuttgart 2016, ISBN 978-3-15-011003-4 .
• Heinrich Goertz: "Bosch" , rowohlt monographs, Hamburg 1998, ISBN 3-499-50237-2 .
• Rose-Marie and Rainer Hagen: "Image surveys - masterpieces in detail" , Benedikt Taschen-Verlag 1995.
• Wilhelm Fraenger: "Hieronymus Bosch" , in: From Bosch to Beckmann. Selected writings . DuMont Verlag, Cologne 1985, pp. 18-21. ISBN 3-7701-1591-0 .
• Roger H. Marijhnen: Hieronymus Bosch: The complete work, with the participation of Peter Ruyffelaere , Cologne ²1999 [still partly up to date]
• Du - magazine for culture, 750, Oct. 2004: Hieronymus Bosch: Lost in Paradise [latest research, succinct]

Web links

Commons : Works by Hieronymus Bosch  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Hieronymus Bosch gallery at Web Gallery of Art
• Bosch's works in Venice in high resolution and each with X-ray and IRR images
• Web Gallery of Art

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jos Koldeweij, Paul Vanden Boeck, Barnard Vermet: Hieronymus Bosch - The Complete Works. Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 48
2. ↑ Jos Koldeweij, Paul Vanden Boeck, Barnard Vermet: Hieronymus Bosch - The Complete Works. Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 88
3. ↑ Jos Koldeweij, Paul Vanden Boeck, Barnard Vermet: Hieronymus Bosch - The Complete Works. Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 102
4. ↑ Jos Koldeweij, Paul Vanden Boeck, Barnard Vermet: Hieronymus Bosch - The Complete Works. Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 85
5. ↑ Jos Koldeweij, Paul Vanden Boeck, Barnard Vermet: Hieronymus Bosch - The Complete Works. Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 101
6. ↑ See: Gallery Label Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection Database
7. ↑ Jos Koldeweij, Paul Vanden Boeck, Barnard Vermet: Hieronymus Bosch - The Complete Works. Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 81
8. ↑ Jos Koldeweij, Paul Vanden Boeck, Barnard Vermet: Hieronymus Bosch - The Complete Works. Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 74
9. ↑ Jos Koldeweij, Paul Vanden Boeck, Barnard Vermet: Hieronymus Bosch - The Complete Works. Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 74
10. ↑ Jos Koldeweij, Paul Vanden Boeck, Barnard Vermet: Hieronymus Bosch - The Complete Works. Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 79
11. ↑ Jos Koldeweij, Paul Vanden Boeck, Barnard Vermet: Hieronymus Bosch - The Complete Works. Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 77
12. ↑ Jos Koldeweij, Paul Vanden Boeck, Barnard Vermet: Hieronymus Bosch - The Complete Works. Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 67
13. ↑ Jos Koldeweij, Paul Vanden Boeck, Barnard Vermet: Hieronymus Bosch - The Complete Works. Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 98
14. ↑ Jos Koldeweij, Paul Vanden Boeck, Barnard Vermet: Hieronymus Bosch - The Complete Works. Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 93
15. ↑ Jos Koldeweij, Paul Vanden Boeck, Barnard Vermet: Hieronymus Bosch - The Complete Works. Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 72
16. ↑ Jos Koldeweij, Paul Vanden Boeck, Barnard Vermet: Hieronymus Bosch - The Complete Works. Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 72
17. ↑ Jos Koldeweij, Paul Vanden Boeck, Barnard Vermet: Hieronymus Bosch - The Complete Works. Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 72
18. ↑ Jos Koldeweij, Paul Vanden Boeck, Barnard Vermet: Hieronymus Bosch - The Complete Works. Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 37
19. ↑ Jos Koldeweij, Paul Vanden Boeck, Barnard Vermet: Hieronymus Bosch - The Complete Works. Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 106
20. ↑ ^{a b c d} Jos Koldeweij, Paul Vandenboeck, Barnard Vermet: Hieronymus Bosch - The complete work. Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 29