Jheronimus Bosch Visions of a genius From 13th February to 8th May 2016 Spectacular exhibition at Het Noordbrabants Museum in ’s-‐Hertogenbosch Don’t miss it! th 2016 is the 500 anniversary of the death of Jheronimus Bosch. He was one of the most exceptional artists which the Netherlands has ever produced. ‘s-‐Hertogenbosch, the city where Jheronimus Bosch lived and created his masterworks, is honouring him with an extensive international exhibition in Het Noordbrabants Museum. Never before have so many of his works been brought together. An opportunity not to be missed! The exhibition forms the highpoint for the national Jheronimus Bosch 500 year. It is the starting shot for a year in which ’s-‐Hertogenbosch will be buzzing with activities to do with the world-‐famous artist. Fantastic figures Many people recognise his work from the fantastic figures which are depicted in it. The artist often imagined heaven and hell and the difficult path to salvation. Jheronimus Bosch’s oeuvre consists of about 45 art works. His paintings and drawings are kept and managed in eighteen collections spread across ten countries on two continents.
The Last Judgement Groeningenmuseum collection
The Forest has Ears, the Field has Eyes Kupferstichkabinett
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'Poor is the soul which always makes use of the discoveries of others and cannot discover anything itself,' wrote Bosch. In a time full of discoveries -‐ including America and the printing press -‐ Jheronimus Bosch imagined new worlds. To the present day, his revolutionary visual language has been admired all over the world. Never before so close to Bosch In preparation for the exhibition, the Bosch Research and Conservation Project (BRCP) has been conducting a large-‐scale international study since 2010 into Jheronimus Bosch’s oeuvre. All kinds of hidden layers have been discovered in his works with the most modern equipment. These discoveries are an important part of the exhibition. They bring visitors closer to Bosch -‐ close to his art works (with glimpses actually in those works!) and close to the history of their creation. Seven days a week th th Jheronimus Bosch -‐ Visions of a genius is from 13 February to 8 May 2016. You are welcome seven days a week from 9 am to 7 pm (admission until 6 pm). The Museum Brasserie and the special shop with Bosch merchandise will also be open until 7 pm. Tickets with a time Time slots of two hours are applied at the Jheronimus Bosch exhibition. That means that when you buy a ticket, you will only be able to go into the exhibition between certain times on the day. The time slots are 9 am – 11 am, 10 am – 12 pm, 11 am – 1 pm, etc. Visitors with a valid ticket may visit the Museum Quarter before the chosen time slot but they can only go into the exhibition itself at the given time. There is no limit to the duration of your visit, so once you are in the exhibition, you can stay until closing time. Admission Het Noordbrabants Museum and the Stedelijk Museum ’s-‐Hertogenbosch is only accessible via the main entrance of Het Noordbrabants Museum on Verwersstraat during the exhibition. Your ticket for Jheronimus Bosch -‐ Visions of genius also allows access to the exhibitions in the Stedelijk Museum ’s-‐Hertogenbosch (no supplement). Prices
€2 €22 €10
17 years old and younger Adult ticket Museum card / ICOM
Prices are inclusive of 6% VAT Ticket sales st Visitors could purchase tickets from 1 December 2015 from the ticket shop -‐ tickets.hnbm.nl Advertisements by Het Noordbrabants Museum for ticket sales will begin in January 2016. Audio tour An audio tour is available for visitors in Dutch, English, German, French and Spanish. The price of the audio tour is €3.00 per person (incl. 6% VAT).
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Jheronimus Bosch lecture You can enrich your visit by attending an interesting Jheronimus Bosch lecture of approx. 45 minutes. You will then hear all about the methods and discoveries of the international Bosch Research and Conservation Project. The lectures start in the autumn of 2015. You will have a choice of lecture in Dutch, English, German or French. Exhibition catalogue and monograph An exhibition catalogue is being produced for a broad public in Dutch, English, French and German. A scientific monograph about Bosch will also be published in two volumes. Volume 1 will be available in Dutch, English, French and German and volume 2 in English. Catalogue price €24.95
Monograph price Volume 1: €99.00 Volume 2: €120.00 Volumes 1 & 2: €150.00
Prices are inclusive of 21% VAT Parking Het Noordbrabants Museum lies in the historic heart of ’s-‐Hertogenbosch and the Markt and the Sint-‐ Janskathedraal are just a stone’s throw away. The museum can be easily reached by car and public transport. A walk from the central station to the museum is via the pleasant town centre and takes 13 minutes. There is also a free bus which goes to and from Het Noordbrabants Museum every quarter of an hour. The Wolvenhoek parking garage (467 spaces) is next to the museum and the Sint-‐Jan parking garage (1040 spaces) is just 5 minutes walking distance away. The city also has three park and rides (P+R). The municipality of ’s-‐Hertogenbosch is currently investigating the possibilities for coach parking.
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Exhibitions in Het Noordbrabants Museum after Jheronimus Bosch -‐ Visions of a genius Jan Fabre: Bosch in Congo th th Saturday 11 June to Sunday 18 September 2016 Between 2011 and 2013, the world famous Belgian artist, Jan Fabre (Antwerp, 1958), created a series of monumental ‘mosaic panels’ with the title Tribute to Jheronimus Bosch in Congo. The series was a part of his critical reflections on Belgium’s colonial history, a theme which has often appeared in Fabre’s work since 2002. Bosch in Congo is a symbolic depiction of the atrocities and absurdities which Congo has undergone making use of the visual language of Jheronimus Bosch’s paintings. Each mosaic panel has been made with the application of the naturally shed, iridescent wing cases of jewel beetles (buprestidae) which lends the pictures a mysterious, unreal effect. Jan Fabre’s work makes it clear that Jheronimus Bosch’s visual language has lost nothing of its relevance in the 500 years since his death. This visual language is acquiring a new public and another voice with the current generation of artists. These works from Fabre are, at the same time, entirely different from Bosch’s work itself because of their size and unique use of materials. Jan Fabre, Skull Frog (Tribute to Hieronymus Bosch in Congo) 2011
Masterworks from the Brukenthal collection th th Saturday 8 June to Sunday 9 October 2016 Around forty paintings of old masters from the Brukenthal Museum in Sibiu, Rumania will be exhibited in Het Noordbrabants Museum in the summer and autumn of 2016. The Brukenthal Museum collection was assembled by Baron Samuel von Brukenthal (1721-‐1803), a passionate and knowledgeable art collector. His collection includes many masterworks from various European schools of painting. The exhibition, Masterworks from the Brukenthal Collection, presents Flemish and Dutch masters, from the time before and after Hieronymus Bosch, and explains their influence on painters from other European countries. You will see works from Jan van Eyck, Hans Memling, Marinus van Reymerswaele, Jacob Jordans, David Teniers, Jan van Goyen, Leonaert Bremer, Pieter Brueghel de Jonge, etc. Because the works have been in Sibiu for more than 200 years, most of them have never been seen abroad before, and definitely not in the Netherlands. In the year in which many eyes will be focussed on one painter from the Netherlands (Bosch!), the exhibition, Masterworks from the Brukenthal Collection, will pay attention to the great masters who lived before and after Bosch and who brought the art of painting in the Low Countries to the highest level with him.
Jan van Eyck, Man in a Blue Cap, Muzeul National Brukenthal collection
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Jheronimus Bosch’s War Elephant: The Comeback th th Saturday 29 October 2016 to Sunday 29 January 2017 In the Escorial not far from Madrid are four enormous tapestries. They were made in Brussels between 1530 and 1540 for Cardinal Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle after paintings by Jheronimus Bosch. There were originally five tapestries but one, with a war elephant as subject, has been lost. The composition of this work is still known, however. It is depicted in The Elephant, a print made by Alaert du Hamel after the example of the same work by Jheronimus Bosch. Hieronymus Cock also made a print of this illustration. Alaert du Hamel, Hieronymus Bosch, The Elephant, 1550, HNBM collection.
In an extraordinary collaboration between Het Noordbrabants Museum, the Textielmuseum and the artist, Jan Fabre, The Elephant tapestry will be recreated. Jan Fabre is creating his own interpretation based on old prints and pictures which will then be realised as a tapestry by the TextielLab in Tilburg. The whole process will be recorded on film. A lost piece of Dutch heritage is being resurrected in a contemporary way. The tapestry will be exhibited in the same gallery as Bosch’s printed oeuvre so that it can be seen with the print versions of the original work. Jheronimus Bosch: His Printed Oeuvre th th Saturday 29 October 2016 to Sunday 29 January 2017 Print reproductions of Jheronimus Bosch’s work were very popular even during the artist’s lifetime. They offered a solution for people, other than kings and the nobility, who couldn’t afford the paintings. There was a lot of interest in art, and print reproductions of paintings were very much in demand. Bosch’s oeuvre was reproduced in print by some of the best engravers in the Low Countries, including Alaert Du Hamel (also from ’-‐Hertogenbosch), Pieter van der Heyden and later, Jheronimus Cock. Pieter van de Heyden, Jheronimus Bosch, Bosch’s printed oeuvre has been an important source for art historians for a very Musicians in a Mussel Shell, 1562, HNBM collection. long time. The prints provide a lot of information about the chronology of Bosch’s paintings and also about works which have been lost. However, the prints also have all kinds of idiosyncrasies which provoke questions because engravers were not always meticulous when they copied and often allowed themselves liberties. Hieronymus Bosch: His Printed Oeuvre reveals a surprising amount about Bosch’s artistic heritage. A lot of the exhibited work comes from Het Noordbrabants Museum’s own extensive collection. 5
The Seven Deadly Sins: Gurt Swanenberg and Pieter Bruegel th th Saturday 29 October 2016 to Sunday 29 January 2017 Gula (Gluttony) Oil on pig skull, 18 x 11 x 15 cm, 2010, Private collection
The contemporary artist, Gurt Swanenberg (’s-‐Hertogenbosch, 1976) has been working for a number of years on a series of images inspired by the painting, The Seven Mortal Sins, by Jheronimus Bosch. Swanenberg’s works consist of minutely painted animal skeletons and parts of skeletons, animals which have traditionally symbolised the deadly sins, such as the pig for greed. Swanenberg paints them with a very fine brush, nr. 01, creating incredible details. The refinement of his painted images is a feast for the eye. This is a scoop for Het Noordbrabants Museum because the complete series is going to be exhibited for the very first time. Many artists were also inspired by the deadly sins in earlier times, including the famous Pieter Bruegel the Elder. His wonderful print engravings on the seven deadly sins, published by Hieronymus Cock in 1558, are exhibited next to Swanenberg’s work. How has the perception of sin developed in the course of almost 500 years? Visitors to this unique exhibition can see and compare and consider their own behaviour.
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