Hieronymus  Bosch  

Who’s  Who  ?  

About  •  Hieronymus Bosch was a European painter of the late Middle Ages. His two

most famous works are "The Garden of Earthly Delights" and "The Temptation of St. Anthony.

•  Bosch painted several large-scale triptyches, including "The Garden of Earthly Delights" (1510-15). Throughout his career, he used his art to portray the sins and follies of humankind and to show the consequences of these actions. He died in 's-Hertogenbosch in 1516.

•  While he enjoyed some success during his lifetime, he attracted an even grander fan soon after his death. King Philip II of Spain became a serious collector of Bosch's work, and "The Garden of Earthly Delight" is said to have been hung in his bedroom to remind the Spanish monarch to stay on a righteous path. Today, the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid holds many of Bosch's works.

•  Bosch painted in a comparatively sketchy manner, contrasting with the traditional Flemish style of painting in which the smooth surface-achieved by the application of multiple transparent glazes- conceals the brush work.

•  Bosch's paintings with their rough surfaces, so called impasto painting, differed from the tradition of the great Netherlandish painters of the end of the 15th, and beginning of the 16th centaury, who wished to hide the work done and so suggested their paintings as more nearly divine creations.