Hieronymus Bosch (výslovnost [bos] [2 ] [3 ]), vlastním jménem Jheronimus Anthonissoen vanAken (kolem 1450 – cca 9. srpna 1516), byl přední nizozemský malíř 15. a 16. století.
Jheronimus Bosch ('s-Hertogenbosch, circa 1450 – aldaar begraven, 9 augustus 1516), postuum ook Jeroen Bosch of Hiëronymus Bosch genoemd, geboren als Jheronimus vanAken, was een Zuid-Nederlands kunstschilder behorend tot de Noordelijke…
« L'ambivalence du langage pictural surpasse ici l'énigme du contenu et ouvre à la peinture ce nouvel espace de liberté où elle devient un art au même titre que la poésie »
Jheronimus vanAken, better known as Jheronimus Bosch, belonged to a family of painters spanning six generations; his earliest artistic forebears came to Nijmegen (Duchy of Guelders) from Aachen -if, as is presumed, “Aken” was their…
In 1462 Anthony vanAken bought a house at the Market where his children (among them Jheronimus) spent their youth. This house probably accomodated the small family workshop in which Anthony’s sons Goessen, Jan and Jheronimus (the youngest…
Hieronymus Bosch was a famous Dutch/Netherlandish painter and draftsman who lived during the Middle Ages. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family life, achievements and fun facts about his life.
His imagination ranged from a place beyond the spheres of Heaven to the uttermost depths of Hell, but for many of his earliest admirers the most striking aspect of his art was what they described as its “truth to nature.”
He was named "Joen (or Jeroen) vanAken" and only later was referred to as "Hieronymus Bosch". 's-Hertogenbosch, the capital of the Duchy of Brabant, was a flourishing city in fifteenth century Brabant, in the south of the present-day…