Hieronymus Bosch drawings

This is an incomplete list of drawings by Hieronymus Bosch, many of which have survived to the present day. A number represent alternate incarnations or preparatory sketches for his paintings.

Bosch's works are generally organized into three periods of his life dealing with the early works (c. 1470–1485), the middle period (c. 1485–1500), and the late period (c. 1500 until his death in 1516). According to Stefan Fischer, thirteen of Bosch's surviving paintings were completed in the late period, with seven surviving paintings attributed to his middle period.^[1] Bosch's early period is studied in terms of his workshop activity and possibly some of his drawings. There are no surviving paintings attributed to before 1485.

Image	Title	Type	Size	Location	Details
	Infernal Landscape	Pen and brown ink	259 x 197 mm	Private Collection	Infernal Landscape was previously thought to have been made by an assistant in the workshop of Hieronymus Bosch, but has been authenticated as a piece by the master himself by the Bosch Research and Conservation Project (BRCP).[note 1]
	Two monsters	Pen drawing	86 x 182 mm	Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany	This is a two-sided drawing with Study of Monsters
	Study of Monsters	Pen drawing	86 x 182 mm	Kupferstichkabinett Berlin	Reverse of Two monsters
	Beehive and witches	Pen and bistre	192 x 270 mm	Albertina, Vienna, Austria
	Beggars	Pen and bistre	285 x 205 mm	Albertina, Vienna	It is unknown whether this drawing is by Bosch or Pieter Brueghel the Elder.
	Beggars and Cripples	Pen and bistre	264 x 198 mm	Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels	Like the drawing Beggars, it is unknown whether this drawing is by Bosch or Pieter Brueghel the Elder.
	Christ Carrying The Cross	Pen	236 x 198 mm	Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands	Formerly attributed to Bosch.
	A comical barber scene	Pen and brown ink on black chalk	174 × 207 mm	British Museum, London, United Kingdom	This sketch would later be made into an engraving by Pieter van der Heyden.
	Death of the Miser		256 x 149 mm	Musée du Louvre, Paris, France	Although originally thought to have been a preparatory drawing for the painting Death and the Miser, it is now believed that the drawing was executed by a follower of Bosch.[note 2]
	Group of Male Figures	Pen	124 x 126 mm	Morgan Library & Museum, New York City, United States	Attribution uncertain.
	Mary and John at the Foot of the Cross	Brush	302 x 172 mm	Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden, Germany
	Nest of Owls	Pen and bistre	140 x 196 mm	Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
	Scenes in Hell	Pen and bistre	163 x 176 mm	Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany	Attribution uncertain.
	Studies	Pen and bistre	205 x 263 mm	Musée du Louvre, Paris	Attribution uncertain
	Monsters	Pen and bistre	318 x 210 mm	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom	This is a two-sided drawing with Studies of Monsters (below)
	Studies of Monsters	Pen and bistre	318 x 210 mm	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford	Reverse of previous drawing Monsters
	Temptation of St Anthony	Pen and bistre	257 x 175 mm	Staatliche Museen, Berlin	Attribution uncertain. This sketch would later be made into a painting.
	The Entombment	Ink and grey wash	250 x 350 mm	British Museum, London	Formerly attributed to Bosch. Date: 1507
	The Forest that hears and the field that sees	Pen and bistre	202 x 127 mm	Staatliche Museen, Berlin
	The Ship of Fools	Wash on gray paper		Musée du Louvre, Paris	Done after Bosch by an unknown artist. Date: c. 1500
	Ship in Flames	Pen and bistre	176 x 153 mm	Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna, Austria	Attribution uncertain.
	Man Tree	Pen and bistre	277 x 211 mm	Albertina, Vienna	The Man Tree probably appears in the Bosch triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights. Date: c. 1470s (?)
	Two Caricatured Heads	Pen and bistre	133 x 100 mm	Lehmann Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
	Two Monsters	Pen and bistre	164 x 116 mm	Kupferstichkabinett Berlin	This is a two-sided drawing with Turtle and a winged demon (below)
	Turtle and a winged demon	Pen and bistre	164 x 116 mm	Kupferstichkabinett Berlin	Reverse of previous Two monsters
	Two Witches	Pen and bistre	125 x 85 mm	Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
	Witches	Pen and bistre	203 x 264 mm	Musée du Louvre, Paris	Brueghel's name appears on this drawing, however it is widely accepted as Bosch's.

See also

• List of paintings by Hieronymus Bosch

References

1. Stefan Fischer. Bosch: The Complete Works. ISBN 9783836526296.

Notes

1. The BRCP is an international art history study that has been researching, analyzing and documenting the oeuvre of the medieval master since 2010.
2. Examination of the underdrawing of the painting Death and the Miser reveals that Bosch shortened Death's arrow in the final version. The length of the arrow in the drawing is equal to the length of the arrow in the painting, rather than in the underdrawing. The unknown artist of the drawing also embellished details including an orthodox cross below the barrel vault. The assertion that the drawing is of Bosch's hand is used by Lynda Harris to support her theory that Bosch was a practitioner of the Cathar religion. The drawing named Death and the Usurer is paired with a similar Ship of Fools drawing which has also been erroneously attributed to Bosch.

External links

• Hieronymus Bosch gallery at Web Gallery of Art
• The Bosch Research and Conservation Project