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Circle of Hieronymus Bosch

Model Sheet with Monsters, ca. 1510

Now On View

Description

Maker

Title

Model Sheet with Monsters

Year

ca. 1510

Medium

Pen and ink on laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Dimensions

31.1 x 21.3 cm (12 5/16 x 8 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

inscribed LR: "Jeron Bos"

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth in memory of her father, Stephen O. Metcalf

Object Number

51.069

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Drawing Closer

March 12 - September 4, 2022

Fantastical monsters and hybrid creatures are arranged to fill almost the entire surface of this sheet. The creatures were carefully drawn with a fine quill pen using clear, unbroken outlines and tight parallel hatching. The general tonal flatness and evenness of the mark-making suggest the drawing is a copy; it was executed in Hieronymus Bosch’s workshop, probably by an assistant or a student who was replicating Bosch’s designs.

Design and Description

January 27 - April 9, 2006

A close follower (perhaps a student) of the Northern painter Hieronymus Bosch executed this sheet. Four of the grotesques depicted are copies from a drawing attributed to Bosch, now in Berlin. Neither this nor the Berlin drawing is related to a known painting, suggesting that the student used Bosch’s drawing as a model, a common workshop practice. Bosch’s works were filled with devilish creatures, highlighting his theme of the conflict between good and evil in the human soul.

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