omstreeks 1494 of later
The Ship of Fools
Jheronimus Bosch
Bosch Project
The Ship of Fools
techniek: Oil on Oak, 58.1 x 32.8 cm
This panel-with Gluttony and Lust (19.2b) from New Haven, Connecticut-constituted the inside of the left-hand wing of a triptych that, when closed, revealed the Wayfarer (19.1). As in the latter, this depiction revolves around morality and the viewer’s development of self-knowledge by viewing and contemplating the painting. The figures in and around the ship are engaged in a wild feast. None of them notice that their licentious behavior could have undesirable consequences: The mast has slipped, the ship is rudderless, and it seems but a matter of time before it capsizes. Bosch based his image on the book The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant that was published in Dutch in 1497. Brant describes where the sinful behavior of the passengers will lead: “Those on board the ship of fools voyage to hell laughing and singing.” |  |
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Literatuur en bronnenpublicaties
Matthijs Ilsink, Jos Koldeweij, Ron Spronk, Luuk Hoogstede, Robert G. Erdmann, Rik Klein Gotink, Hanneke Nap and Daan Veldhuizen, Hieronymus Bosch, Painter and Draughtsman. Catalogue Raisonné, Brussels 2016, pp. 316-335.
Luuk Hoogstede, Ron Spronk, Robert G. Erdmann, Rik Klein Gotink, Matthijs Ilsink, Jos Koldeweij, Hanneke Nap and Daan Veldhuizen, Hieronymus Bosch, Painter and Draughtsman. Technical Studies, Brussels 2016, pp. 276-283.
Stefan Fischer, Hieronymus Bosch: Complete Works, Cologne 2013, pp. 191-192, 252.
Johannes Hartau, ‘A Newly Established Triptych by Hieronymus Bosch’, in Hélène Verougstraete and Roger Van Schoute (eds.), Jérôme Bosch et son entourage, et autres études, Leuven/Parijs/Dudley 2003, pp. 33–38.
Roger H. Marijnissen and P. Ruyffelaere, Hieronymus Bosch: the Complete Works, Antwerp 1987, pp. 310-318, 323.
Catherine A. Metzger, ‘Death and the Miser: Alterations and lmplications’, in Le dessin sous-jacent dans Ia peinture. Colloque XIV, 13-15 septembre 2001: Jérome Bosch et son entourage et autres études, Louvain/Parijs/Dudley MA 2003, pp. 39-44.
Pilar Silva Maroto (ed.), Bosch. The 5th Centenary Exhibition, Madrid 2016, pp. 292-301 (Friso Lammertse).
Larry Silver, Hieronymus Bosch, New York/London 2006, pp. 243-252.
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