Ship of Fools (After Bosch)
oil on board
25.2 x 20.6 cm
size in frame: 24.5 x 29.5 x 3 cm
Frame hand-made and painted by me in my Norfolk studio
This is an oil sketch copy of a work by the early Netherlandish artist Hieronymus Bosch, now in the Musee du Louvre, Paris. Painted around 1490 - 1500, it was a fragment of a triptych that was cut into several parts. The Ship of Fools was painting on one of the wings of the altarpiece, and is about two-thirds of its original length. The other panel is in the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.. Together the panels would have represented the two extremes of prodigality and miserliness, condemning and caricaturing. The central panel, if it existed, is unknown.
Bosch is a huge inspiration to me. I often look at his works when I am starting a new project. This oil sketch was made when I was in the research phase of my current project Miniature.
oil on board
25.2 x 20.6 cm
size in frame: 24.5 x 29.5 x 3 cm
Frame hand-made and painted by me in my Norfolk studio
This is an oil sketch copy of a work by the early Netherlandish artist Hieronymus Bosch, now in the Musee du Louvre, Paris. Painted around 1490 - 1500, it was a fragment of a triptych that was cut into several parts. The Ship of Fools was painting on one of the wings of the altarpiece, and is about two-thirds of its original length. The other panel is in the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.. Together the panels would have represented the two extremes of prodigality and miserliness, condemning and caricaturing. The central panel, if it existed, is unknown.
Bosch is a huge inspiration to me. I often look at his works when I am starting a new project. This oil sketch was made when I was in the research phase of my current project Miniature.
oil on board
25.2 x 20.6 cm
size in frame: 24.5 x 29.5 x 3 cm
Frame hand-made and painted by me in my Norfolk studio
This is an oil sketch copy of a work by the early Netherlandish artist Hieronymus Bosch, now in the Musee du Louvre, Paris. Painted around 1490 - 1500, it was a fragment of a triptych that was cut into several parts. The Ship of Fools was painting on one of the wings of the altarpiece, and is about two-thirds of its original length. The other panel is in the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.. Together the panels would have represented the two extremes of prodigality and miserliness, condemning and caricaturing. The central panel, if it existed, is unknown.
Bosch is a huge inspiration to me. I often look at his works when I am starting a new project. This oil sketch was made when I was in the research phase of my current project Miniature.
