Hieronymus Boschs "Weltgerichts-Triptychon" in seiner Zeit2020
by Julia M. Nauhaus
The Last Judgment Triptych by Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450/55?1516) is an art historical masterpiece of Dutch painting from around 1500. This altarpiece, with its central panel and two wings, is the second-largest work by Bosch and is the heart of the Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. It was bequeathed to the academy by Count Lamberg-Sprinzenstein in 1822 and, like the entire collection of the Paintings Gallery, is the property of the Republic of Austria.In the summer of 2017, five colleagues from the Bosch Research and Conservation Project, Luuk Hoogstede, Matthijs Ilsink, Rik Klein Gotink, Jos Koldeweij, and Ron Spronk, were invited to examine the altarpiece. During the eleven days they spent inspecting the work, which was financed by Het Noordbrabants Museum in...