Jérôme Bosch (1450 - 9th Aug, 1516)

Ship of Fools

1500

Credit:

Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Franck Raux

musée du Louvre

http://www.louvre.fr

Detail image(s)

Credit:

Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Gérard Blot

Credit:

Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Gérard Blot

Credit:

Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Tony Querrec

Credit:

Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Gérard Blot

Credit:

Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Franck Raux

Credit:

Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Gérard Blot

Credit:

Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Adrien Didierjean

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About the artwork

Title:

Ship of Fools

Periods:

16th century

période médiévale - Bas Moyen Âge

Techniques:

Dimensions:

580 x 320

Inventory number:

RF2218

Detail:

Hieronymus Bosch painting

Location:

musée du Louvre

See more about this artwork on Wikipedia:

Ship of Fools (painted c. 1490–1500) is a painting by Hieronymus Bosch exemplifying the human condition. It dates from c. 1490-1500 and is now on display in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. The painting is dense in symbolism and is indebted to, if not actually satirical of Albrecht Dürer's frontispiece of Sebastian Brant's book of the same name. The surviving painting is a fragment of a triptych that was cut into several parts. The Ship of Fools was painted on one of the wings of the altarpiece, and… Read more...

About the author(s)

Author:

Jérôme Bosch

Also known as:

Hieronymus van Aeken

Born:

1450

Dead:

9th Aug, 1516

Country:

Pays-Bas

See more about this author on Wikipedia:

Hieronymus Bosch (/ˌhaɪ.əˈrɒnᵻməs ˈbɒʃ/; Dutch: [ɦijeːˈroːnimɵz ˈbɔs]; born Jheronimus van Aken [jeːˈroːnimɵs fɑn ˈaːkə(n)]; c. 1450 – 9 August 1516) was a Dutch/Netherlandish draughtsman and painter from Brabant. He is widely considered one of the most notable representatives of Early Netherlandish painting school. His work is known for its fantastic imagery, detailed landscapes, and illustrations of religious concepts and narratives. Within his lifetime his work was collected in the… Read more...