BOSCH, Hieronymus, The Last Judgment (Triptych center panel)
Hieronymus Bosch (also known as Jerome Bosch), b. c.1450, d. August 1516, spent his entire artistic career in the small Dutch town of Hertogenbosch… [Read biography »]
Signed Hieronymus Bosch (1450 - 1516), Original Bosch Engraving on 16th century fine laid paper, The Last Judgment (Triptych center panel)  |
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| Artist: | Bosch, Hieronymus (1450 - 1516) |
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| Title: | The Last Judgment (Triptych center panel) |
| Medium: | Original Bosch Engraving on 16th century fine laid paper |
| Image Size: | 13 1/4 in x 9 1/4 in (33.7 cm x 23.5 cm) |
| Framed Size: | 22 1/4 in x 18 3/4 in (56.5 cm x 47.5 cm) |
| Signed: | Signed in the plate Michel Snyders in the lower right |
| Edition: | From the rare 2nd State impression |
| Condition: | This work is in excellent condition, a rare and fine dark impression! |
| Price: Item# 2220 | $SOLD Please visit the rest of our BOSCH inventory » |
| Description: | |
Depicting a dramatic event in an extremely vivid impression, this rare impression exhibits the imaginative use of the figure by Bosch with detailed creatures of his own creation. The extremely rare engraving is a very good impression of this extremely scarce print. Only one impression of this work that has come for sale in the last 20 years was also a 2nd state impression and that one of one that sold May 1998 for $79,500! This work is Documented in Hollstein 7 as well as Riggs 17. Walter S. Gibson discussed this subject matter in his book, Hieronymus Bosch, "While sin and folly occupy a prominent place in Bosch's art, their significance can be fully appreciated only within the context of a larger medieval theme, the Last Judgment. The Day of Judgment marks the final act of the long, turbulent history of mankind which began with the Fall of Adam and Eve and their expulsion from Eden." (Gibson 49) Full of finely intricate line work, the imagery in this piece engages the viewer with the large amount of detail and use of motion in the figures. Set on a vast landscape, this piece takes our eye to the farthest reaches of space exhibiting a high degree of depth in this work while creating constant action with the interaction of figures throughout the image. Depicting large masses of figures, Bosch uses his technical skill and mastery to create a truly engaging work. PROVENANCE: Various private Collections ARTNET LISTINGS: A recent search using the Artnet online subscription database yields the following results for this work: 1) Swann Galleries: Thursday, May 14, 1998 [Lot 6] $79,500 (From the 2nd State) Catalogue Raisonné & COA: 1) Lafond, Paul, The Prints of Hieronymus Bosch, 2002, listed as plate 12 on pages 71-72. 2) De Tolnay, Charles, Hieronymus Bosch, 1966, image pictured on page 435 as plate 38. About the Framing: | |
Biography of Hieronymus Bosch
Hieronymus Bosch (1450 - 1516)
Hieronymus Bosch (also known as Jerome Bosch), b. c.1450, d. August 1516, spent his entire artistic career in the small Dutch town of Hertogenbosch, from which he derived his name.
At the time of his death, Bosch was internationally celebrated as an eccentric painter of religious visions who dealt in particular with the torments of hell. During his lifetime, Bosch paintings and other works were in the inventories of noble families of the Netherlands, Austria, and Spain. They were imitated in a number of paintings and prints throughout the 16th century, especially in the works of Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
Bosch was a member of the religious Brotherhood of Our Lady, for whom he painted several altarpieces for the Cathedral of Saint John's, Hertogenbosch, all of which are now lost. The artist probably never went far from home, although records exist of a commission in 1504 from Philip the Handsome (later king of Castile), for a lost Last Judgment altarpiece. None of Bosch's pictures are dated, although the artist signed many of them.
