The Ship of Fools (Hieronymus Bosch)

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The Ship of Fools (Hieronymus Bosch)
The Ship of Fools
Hieronymus Bosch
Oil on wood
58 × 33 cm
Paris, Louvre RF 2218
Reconstruction of the triptych: left: the ship of fools and allegory of gluttony and lust - right: death of a curmudgeon - below: the peddler

The Ship of Fools is a painting by the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch . It was created between 1490 and 1510 and is now in the Louvre in Paris .

history

The 58 × 33 cm painting, oil on wood, was originally part of a triptych , the central panel of which is missing and which also includes the allegory of gluttony and lust, as well as the death of a curmudgeon and the peddler . This was sawn up. The picture has been restored several times over the years. Various overpaintings were applied.

The ship of fools is documented for the first time in 1914 as the main work in the collection of the French art collector Camille Benoît . He donated it to the Louvre in 1918, where it has been hanging since then (inventory number RF 2218).

description

A boat, overloaded with occupants feasting on fatty food and wine, forms the center of the picture. It bobs around and is already far away from the mainland. Its mast has no sails, it is a deciduous tree with a demonic face peeking out of the crown . Instead of a rudder, one of the boat occupants holds a wooden spoon in the water.

A fool sits right above the action and turns his back on the goings-on. He seems unimpressed, perhaps disgusted, he as a fool is less foolish than the people who pass the time in the boat viciously and blasphemously . Two people make fun of snapping their mouths at a hung pancake without using their hands. The resemblance of the pancake to an oversized host suggests a blasphemous background. A couple of naked people are in the water, which one of them throws himself into from the boat.

covers

It is assumed that the picture relates to the extremely popular font “Das Narrenschiff” by Sebastian Brant , which Hieronymus Bosch probably knew. In this a reciprocal condition of folly ( folly ) and vice is shown and depicted in a critical-satirical way.

literature

  • Stefan Fischer: Hieronymus Bosch. The complete work . Taschen Verlag, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-8365-2628-9 .
  • Jan Koldeweij, Bernhard Vermet, Paul Vandenbroeck: Hieronymus Bosch - The Complete Works . Catalog for the exhibition “Jheronimus Bosch” in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2001. Belser, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 978-3-7630-2563-3
  • Roger H. Marijhnen: Hieronymus Bosch - The complete work. Mercartorfonds Antwerpen / Parkland Verlag Köln, 1999, ISBN 3-88059-971-8

Web links

Commons : Hieronymus Bosch's Ship of Fools  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The fool's on the side of the Louvre, Paris. Retrieved August 10, 2018
  2. ↑ The Ship of Fools. Louvre, accessed July 30, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b Bernhard Vermet: Hieronymus Bosch: painter, workshop or style? In: Hieronymus Bosch - The Complete Works. Catalog for the exhibition “Jheronimus Bosch” in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam 2001. Belser, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 978-3-7630-2563-3 , p. 88.
  4. ↑ Paul Vandenbroeck: Heronymus Bosch: The mystery wisdom. In: Hieronymus Bosch - The Complete Works. Catalog for the exhibition “Jheronimus Bosch” in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam 2001. Belser, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 978-3-7630-2563-3 , p. 183.
  5. ^ Roger H. Marijnisse: Hieronymus Bosch - The complete work. Mercartorfonds Antwerpen / Parkland Verlag Köln, 1999, ISBN 3-88059-971-8 , p. 310.
  6. ↑ a b January Koldeweij, Bernhard Vermet, Paul Vandenbroeck: Hieronymus Bosch - The Complete Works. Catalog for the exhibition “Jheronimus Bosch” in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2001. Belser, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 978-3-7630-2563-3 , p. 143
  7. ^ Roger H. Marijnisse: Hieronymus Bosch - The complete work. Mercartorfonds Antwerpen / Parkland Verlag Köln, 1999, ISBN 3-88059-971-8 , p. 314.