Spinster and Old Woman

Jheronimus Bosch

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Spinster and Old Woman

techniek: Pen and Ink on Paper, 12.0 x 8.5 cm
locatie: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
accession number: N190; BRCP Cat. 40 (pp. 512–515)

The recto of this page shows two women in shabby clothing. The one on the left holds a spindle in her right hand and clutches a distaff with flax under her arm.
A remarkable fact is that Bosch used two inks of different compositions that aged in disparate ways over the centuries. This allows us to see that he produced the picture in two phases: First drew them in brown ink, then worked over that in more grayish lines, primarily for shading, but also to highlight contours. This technique differs from the sketch on the back of this page, where he worked in a single ink. It is a quick yet amusing sketch of a rooster who unwittingly approaches a fox’s den. The viewer can see the fox lying in wait -a good example of Bosch’s sense of suspense.
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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. 512-515.

Stefan Fischer, Hieronymus Bosch: Complete Works, Cologne 2013, p. 271.

Peter van der Coelen, ‘Het uilennest circa 1505-1515’, in Yvonne Bleyerveld, Albert J. Elen and Judith Niessen, Nederlandse tekeningen uit de vijftiende en zestiende eeuw in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Kunstenaars geboren voor 1581, Rotterdam (Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen) 2012.

Fritz Koreny, Hieronymus Bosch: die Zeichnungen: Werkstatt und Nachfolge bis zum Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts: catalogue raisonne´, Turnhout 2012, pp. 152-155.

Fritz Koreny, Meestertekeningen van Jan Van Eyck tot Hieronymus Bosch, Antwerp 2002, pp. 182-184.

Stephanie Buck, Die niederländischen Zeichnungen des 15. Jahrhunderts im Berliner Kupferstichkabinett. Kritischer Katalog, Turnhout 2001, pp. 221, 232.

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