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Death and the Miser by Hieronymus Bosch

Death and the Miser

Hieronymus Bosch · 1480

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Artist
Hieronymus Bosch
Date
1480
Location
National Gallery of Art
ART MOVEMENTS
Northern Renaissance
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THE ARTIST

Hieronymus Bosch

1450–1516 · Northern Low Countries

Hieronymus Bosch, a Dutch painter from the Northern Low Countries, filled his oak panels with fantastic illustrations of religious concepts, from the Garden of Eden to macabre depictions of hell.

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The Garden of Paradise The Garden of Paradise 1495 · Art Institute of Chicago The Conjurer (The Juggler) The Conjurer (The Juggler) 1502 The Adoration of the Magi The Adoration of the Magi Noordbrabants Museum The Last Judgment The Last Judgment 1478 · Art Institute of Chicago Christ Child with a Walking Frame Christ Child with a Walking Frame 1480 · Kunsthistorisches Museum Crucifixion with a Donor Crucifixion with a Donor 1485 · Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium St. John on Patmos St. John on Patmos 1489 · Gemäldegalerie Berlin St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness 1489 · Lázaro Galdiano Museum
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The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment van Eyck · 1440 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Saint Jerome in His Study Saint Jerome in His Study Dürer · 1521 · National Museum of Ancient Art
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Beyond Bosch and Northern Renaissance: works from the same years.

Portrait of a Musician Same era · 1460s–1490s Portrait of a Musician Leonardo da Vinci · 1485 · Pinacoteca Ambrosiana Virgin and Child with an Angel Same era · 1460s–1490s Virgin and Child with an Angel Sandro Botticelli · 1470 · Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Marriage of Mary and Joseph Same era · 1460s–1490s Marriage of Mary and Joseph Master of the View of Saint Gudula · 1480 · Munich Central Collecting Point The Lamentation Same era · 1460s–1490s The Lamentation Albrecht Dürer · 1477 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Adoration of the Christ Child Same era · 1460s–1490s Adoration of the Christ Child Workshop of Andrea della Robbia · 1479 · Art Institute of Chicago Madonna and Child Same era · 1460s–1490s Madonna and Child Giovanni Bellini · 1470 · Musée Fesch Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints John the Baptist and Sebastian Same era · 1460s–1490s Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints John the Baptist and Sebastian Pietro Perugino · 1493 · Uffizi Gallery Plate with arms of the Tosinghi family Same era · 1460s–1490s Plate with arms of the Tosinghi family Artist Unknown - The Mercat Cross, Aberdeen · 1495 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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