Bosch's works are generally organized into three periods of his life dealing with the early works (c. 1470–1485), the middle period (c.1485–1500), and the late period (c. 1500 until his death). According to Stefan Fischer, thirteen of Bosch's surviving paintings were completed in the late period, with seven surviving paintings attributed to his middle period.[1] Bosch's early period is studied in terms of his workshop activity and possibly some of his drawings. There are no surviving paintings attributed to before 1485.
| Image | Details |
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Infernal Landscape
Type: Pen and brown ink
Size: 25.9 x 19.7 cm
Location: Private Collection |
Two monsters
Type: Pen drawing
Size: 86 x 182 mm
Location: Staatliche Museen, Berlin This is a two-sided drawing. |
| Study of Monsters Reverse of previous. |
Beehive and witches
Type: Pen and bistre
Size: 192 x 270 mm
Location: Albertina, Vienna |
Beggars
Type: Pen and bistre
Size: 285 x 205 mm
Location: Albertina, Vienna It is unknown whether this drawing is by Bosch or Pieter Brueghel the Elder. |
Beggars and Cripples
Type: Pen and bistre
Size: 264 x 198 mm
Location: Bibliothèque Royale Albert I, Brussels Like the drawing Beggars, it is unknown whether this drawing is by Bosch or Pieter Brueghel the Elder. |
Christ Carrying The Cross
Type: Pen
Size: 236 x 198 mm
Location: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam Formerly attributed to Bosch. |
A comical barber scene
Type: Pen and brown ink on black chalk
Size: 174 × 207 mm.
Location: London, British MuseumThis sketch would later be made into an engraving by Pieter van der Heyden. |
Death of the Miser
Size: 256 x 149 mm
Location: Musée du Louvre, Paris Although originally thought to have been a preparatory drawing for the painting Death and the Miser, it is now believed that the drawing was executed by a follower of Bosch. Examination of the underdrawing of the painting Death and the Miser reveals that Bosch shortened Death's arrow in the final version. The length of the arrow in the drawing is equal to the length of the arrow in the painting, rather than in the underdrawing. The unknown artist of the drawing also embellished details including an orthodox cross below the barrel vault. The assertion that the drawing is of Bosch's hand is used by Lynda Harris to support her theory that Bosch was a practitioner of the Cathar religion. The "Death and the Usurer" drawing is paired with a similar "Ship of Fools Drawing" which has also been erroneously attributed to Bosch. |
Group of Male Figures
Type: Pen
Size: 124 x 126 mm
Location: Pierpont Morgan Library, New York Attribution uncertain. |
Mary and John at the Foot of the Cross
Type: Brush
Size: 302 x 172 mm
Kupferstich-Kabinett (Dresden) |
Nest of Owls
Type: Pen and bistre
Size: 140 x 196 mm
Location: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam |
Scenes in Hell
Type: Pen and bistre
Size: 163 x 176 mm
Location: Staatliche Museen, Berlin Attribution uncertain. |
Studies
Type: Pen and bistre
Size: 205 x 263 mm
Location: Musée du Louvre, Paris Attribution uncertain |
Monsters
Type: Pen and bistre
Size: 318 x 210 mm
Location: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford This is a two-sided drawing. |
| Studies of Monsters Reverse of previous. |
Temptation of St Anthony
Type: Pen and bistre
Size: 257 x 175 mm
Location: Staatliche Museen, Berlin Attribution uncertain. This sketch would later be made into a painting. |
The Entombment
Date: 1507
Type: Ink and grey wash
Size: 250 x 350 mm
Location: British Museum, London Formerly attributed to Bosch. |
The Forest that hears and the field that sees
Type: Pen and bistre
Size: 202 x 127 mm
Location: Staatliche Museen, Berlin |
The Ship of Fools
Date: c. 1500
Type: Wash on gray paper
Location: Musée du Louvre, Paris Done after Bosch by an unknown artist. |
Ship in Flames
Type: Pen and bistre
Date: 176 x 153 mm
Location: Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna Attribution uncertain. |
Man Tree
Date: c.1470s (?)
Type: Pen and bistre
Size: 277 x 211 mm
Location: Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna The Tree-Man later (?) appears in the Bosch triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights. |
Two Caricatured Heads
Type: Pen and bistre
Size: 133 x 100 mm
Location: Lehmann Collection, New York |
Two Monsters
Type: Pen and bistre
Size: 164 x 116 mm
Location: Staatliche Museen, Berlin This is a two-sided drawing. |
| Turtle and a winged demon Reverse of previous. |
Two Witches
Type: Pen and bistre
Size: 125 x 85 mm
Location: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam |
Witches
Type: Pen and bistre
Size: 203 x 264 mm
Location: Musée du Louvre, Paris Note: Brueghel's name appears on this drawing, however it is widely accepted as Bosch's. |
1. ^Stefan Fischer. Bosch: The Complete Works.
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