Hieronymus

Bosch

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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 surfaceachieved 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.