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.
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.
