Pen and ink drawing of fifteen whimsical yet grotesque monsters scattered across the page. They are hybrid mixes of human, avian, reptilian, and amphibian parts.
Pen and ink drawing of fifteen whimsical yet grotesque monsters scattered across the page. They are hybrid mixes of human, avian, reptilian, and amphibian parts.
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Hieronymus Bosch

Model Sheet with Monsters

Maker

Circle of Hieronymus Bosch (Netherlandish, ca. 1450-1516)

Title

Model Sheet with Monsters

Year

ca. 1510

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink

Supports

Dimensions

31.1 x 21.3 cm (12 1/4 x 8 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

inscribed LR: "Jeron Bos"

Credit / Object Number

Credit

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

Object Number

51.069

Type

Exhibition History

Drawing Closer
Four Hundred Years of Drawing from the RISD Museum
Mar 12, 2022 – Sep 04, 2022

Label copy

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
Renaissance and Baroque Drawings
Jan 27, 2006 – Apr 09, 2006

Label copy

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.

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Circle of Hieronymus Bosch (Netherlandish, ca. 1450-1516)
Model Sheet with Monsters, ca. 1510
Pen and ink on laid paper
31.1 x 21.3 cm (12 1/4 x 8 3/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth in memory of her father, Stephen O. Metcalf 51.069

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