Hieronymus Bosch: The Hell and the Flood
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Artist |
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Title |
The wickedness of mankind before the flood (Genesis 6:5) label QS:Lfr,"Enfer"
label QS:Lde,"Die Hölle"
label QS:Lnl,"De Hel"
label QS:Len,"Hell" |
Object type |
diptych / group of paintings |
Genre |
religious art |
Description |
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Date |
Between 1508 and 1516 date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1508-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1516-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium |
oil on panel medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 69 cm (27.1 in); width: 35 cm (13.7 in) dimensions QS:P2048,69U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,35U174728 |
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q679527 |
Current location |
Room 06 |
Accession number |
St 27 recto |
Place of creation |
's-Hertogenbosch |
Object history |
January 1595: acquired by Ernest, Archduke of Austria (1553-1595) (as Sicut erat in diebus Noë) (?)
by 1927date QS:P,+1927-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1927-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Marquis De Chiloedes, Madrid
by 1929date QS:P,+1929-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1929-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : N. Beets (art dealer), Amsterdam
by 1930date QS:P,+1930-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1930-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Franz Koenigs (1881-1941), Haarlem
1935-1940: lent to Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, by Franz Koenigs, Haarlem
1940: purchased by Daniël George van Beuningen (1877-1955), Rotterdam, from Franz Koenigs, Haarlem
1940: given to the Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen by Daniël George van Beuningen (?)
1940: lent to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, by Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
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Exhibition history |
Tentoonstelling van oude kunst door de Vereeniging van Handelaren in Oude Kunst in Nederland, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1929, cat. no. 10, p. 4.
Tentoonstelling Hieronymus Bosch, Centraal Noordbrabantsch Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch, 17 June 1930–1 July 1930, no catalogue.
Verzameling F. Koenigs. Schilderijen, Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, 1935, p. 4, cat. no. 5, ill. V.
Jeroen Bosch, Noord-Nederlandsche primitieven, Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, 10 July 1936–15 October 1936, cat. no. 59, p. 35, ill. 72, as De Hel.
Van Eyck to Bruegel, 1400-1550. Dutch and Flemish painting in the collection of the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1994, ISBN 9789069181370, Cat.no. 17, p. 96-105, as after 1508date QS:P,+1508-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1508-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 .
Jheronimus Bosch, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1 September 2001–11 November 2001, cat. no. 6.4a.
The collection enriched, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 16 April 2011–30 April 2013, no catalogue.
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References |
AnonymousUnknown author, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen collection online, as Hell, circa 1515 date QS:P,+1515-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 , height: 69 cm (27.1 in); width: 35 cm (13.7 in)dimensions QS:P2048,69U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,35U174728 .
AnonymousUnknown author, RKDimages, Art-work number 27601, as The wickedness of mankind before the flood (Genesis 6:5), circa 1514date QS:P,+1514-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 or later (1508-1516), height: 69 cm (27.1 in); width: 36 cm (14.1 in)dimensions QS:P2048,69U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,36U174728
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20041801, as Das Geschlecht der Nephilim, height: 69 cm (27.1 in); width: 36 cm (14.1 in)dimensions QS:P2048,69U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,36U174728
Web Gallery of Art, as The Fall of the Rebel Angels (obverse), 1500-1504, height: 69 cm (27.1 in); width: 35 cm (13.7 in)dimensions QS:P2048,69U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,35U174728 .
Friedländer, Max J. (1969) Early Netherlandisch Painting. Volume V. Geertgen tot Sint Jans and Jerome Bosch, Leyden: A.W. Slijthof, Brussels: La Connaissance, p. 81, cat. 64, plate 42, as The Deluge, ‘originals, imperfectly preserved’.
Tolnay, Charles de (1986 [1984]) Hieronymus Bosch, Alphen aan den Rijn: Atrium, ISBN 90-6113-164-2, p. 351, as De Hel.
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