During the era defined by some as the Late Gothic or Early Renaissance, in which painting was moving towards more harmonious and brighter styles and colours, the Dutch Hieronymus Bosch (1450 - 1516) took a different, and in a certain sense novel, path. Innovative paintings with religious and moral subjects, populated by grotesque figures, were produced by the artist born in 's-Hertogenbosch, and had nothing at all to do with either the Dutch style of the 1400s or European art of the 1500s. Hieronymus Bosch is presented at Palazzo Reale from 9 November 2022 until 12 March 2023 with a particular narrative. “Let every man beware that he make nothing impossible and inadmissible in nature, unless indeed he would make some fantasy, in which it is allowed to mingle creatures of all kinds together”, is how Albrecht Dürer described the work of the Dutch artist in Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion, 1528.
Bosch at Palazzo Reale
From 9 November, it will be possible to visit a monograph on the Flemish painter Hieronymus Bosch with around a hundred works on display including paintings, sculptures and tapestries.
Courtesy Patrimonio Nacional, Palacio Real, Madrid
Courtesy Civica Raccolta delle Stampe Achille Bertarelli
Courtesy Civica Raccolta delle Stampe Achille Bertarelli
Courtesy Patrimonio Nacional, Palacio Real, Madrid
Courtesy Patrimonio Nacional, Palacio Real, Madrid
Courtesy Civica Raccolta delle Stampe Achille Bertarelli
Courtesy Patrimonio Nacional, Palacio Real, Madrid
Courtesy Archivio Storico Civico e Biblioteca Trivulziana
Courtesy Musea Brugge, Groeningemuseum
Courtesy Gallerie degli Uffizi
Courtesy Gallerie dell’Accademia
Courtesy Private collection
Courtesy Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid
Courtesy Museu Nacional del Arte Antiga, Lisboa
Courtesy Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
Courtesy Fondation Glénat
Courtesy National Historical Museum
Courtesy Private collection
Courtesy Private collection
Courtesy Private collection
Courtesy Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid
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- Valentina Petrucci
- 31 October 2022
An artist of fantasy, dream or nightmare, a demonic painter of Eden and of Hell, here Bosch is presented to the public with an unconventional solo exhibition. Around one hundred works are on display; sculptures, tapestries, engravings, sketches and rare Wunderkammer objects. There are many well-known or extremely representative works by the artist on loan from important museums such as the Prado in Madrid, or the Lázaro Galdiano Museum. It is an itinerary, an opportunity that is not to be missed.
Manufacture of Brussels, after Jheronimus Bosch, The Haywain, 1550-60
Marcantonio Raimondi or Agostino Veneziano, The Sabbat, 1520-30
Giovanni Andrea Maglioli, Two Figures to Turn Upside Down, Late 16th century - early 17th century
Manufacture of Brussels, after Jheronimus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights, 1550-60
The Temptations of Saint Anthony: Saint Anthony Praying, Manufacture of Brussels, after Jheronimus Bosch, 1550-60
Pieter Van der Heyden, after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Christ’s Descent into Limbo, 1561
Manufacture of Brussels, after Jheronimus Bosch, Saint Martin and the Beggars, 1550-60
Leonardo da Vinci, Codex Trivulzianus, Last quarter 15th century
Jheronimus Bosch, Last Judgement, 1500
Copy after Jheronimus Bosch, Scene with Elephant, 16th century
Jheronimus Bosch, Hermit Saints Triptych, 1495-1505
Workshop of Jheronimus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights, 1500
Jheronimus Bosch, Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness, 1495
Jheronimus Bosch, Temptations of Saint Anthony Triptych, 1500
Jheronimus Bosch, The Temptations of Saint Anthony, 1510-15
Pieter Stevens the Younger, The Temptations of Saint Anthony, Late 16th century
Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Vertumnus, 1590
Jacob van Swanenburg, The Temptations of Saint Anthony, 1595-1605
Jacob van Swanenburg, The Temptations of Saint Anthony, 1595-1605
Jacob van Swanenburg, The Temptations of Saint Anthony, 1595-1605
Workshop of Jheronimus Bosch, Tundal’s Vision, 1491-1525