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Summary

Hieronymus Bosch: Witches (

)

Artist



Alternative names	Jheronimus Bosch, Jheronimus van Aken, Jheronimus van Aeken, Jheronimus Anthonissoen van Aken
Description	Dutch-Southern Netherlandish painter, drawer, architectural draftsperson and visual artist
Date of birth/death	circa 1450	9 August 1516 (buried)
Location of birth/death	's-Hertogenbosch	's-Hertogenbosch
Work period	1474 –1516
Work location	's-Hertogenbosch (1474–1516)
Authority file	: Q130531 VIAF: 76401424 ISNI: 000000012102478X ULAN: 500000759 LCCN: n79004071 NLA: 35020462 WorldCat

Formerly attributed to Pieter Bruegel (I)

Title

Witches

Description

Single-sided drawing. Witches may also be women celebrating carnival.

Date

Circa 1475-1525

Medium

pen and brown ink on paper

Dimensions

height: 20.4 cm (8 in); width: 26.5 cm (10.4 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	1st arrondissement of Paris , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

Département des Arts Graphiques

Accession number

INV 19721, Recto

Object history

Jean-Pierre Mariette

Unknown date: acquired by Cabinet du Roi
by 1815 (?): Musée Napoléon, today Louvre, Paris

Inscriptions

bottom left:

Bruegel / manu / propria.

References

Anonymous, Inventaire du Département des Arts Graphiques, as Hieronymus Bosch, Sorcières et monstres, height: 20.4 cm (8 in); width: 26.5 cm (10.4 in). Anonymous, Base Joconde, as Hieronymus Bosch, Sorcières et monstres, fourth quarter of 15^th century, first quarter of 16^th century, height: 20.4 cm (8 in); width: 26.5 cm (10.4 in). Anonymous, Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage Photolibrary, object number 40005163, as Hieronymus Bosch, Feuille d'études : Sorcières et monstres, from 1453 until 1516, height: 20.4 cm (8 in); width: 26.5 cm (10.4 in).
Anonymous, Web Gallery of Art, as Hieronymus Bosch, Witches, height: 20.3 cm (7.9 in); width: 26.4 cm (10.3 in).

Fraenger, Wilhelm (1994) Hieronymus Bosch, Basel: The Gordon and Breach Publishing Group G+B Arts International, ISBN 976-6410-40-2, p. 204, as “Witches”.

Friedländer, Max J. (1969) Early Netherlandisch Painting. Volume , Leyden: A.W. Slijthof, Brussels: La Connaissance, p. 68, as A study with women carrying objects.

Koldeweij, A.M., P. Vandenbroeck en B. Vermet (2001) Jheronimus Bosch. Alle schilderijen en tekeningen, Rotterdam: NAi Uitgevers, Gent/Amsterdam: Ludion, ISBN 90-5662-219-6, p. 159, as Hieronymus Bosch (?), Heksen, height: 20.3 cm (7.9 in); width: 26.4 cm (10.3 in), with color image.

Source/Photographer

arts-graphiques.louvre.fr : Home : Info : Pic

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	19:23, 15 December 2011	747 × 576 (106 KB)	Vincent Steenberg	restored color version (see File:Hieronymus Bosch - Witches - WGA02635.jpg for black and white version)
	18:14, 15 December 2011	1,024 × 799 (336 KB)	Dominikmatus	Better resolution
	21:30, 8 March 2009	747 × 576 (106 KB)	Vincent Steenberg	higher resolution
	11:25, 16 August 2007	365 × 281 (27 KB)	Sirocco~commonswiki	Animal Studies H. Bosch {{PD-Art}} Category:Hieronymus Bosch