Hieronymus Bosch, Painter and Draughtsman

Technical Studies

Hoogstede Luuk, Spronk Ron, Ilsink Matthijs, Koldeweij Jos, Erdmann Robert G., Gotink Rik Klein

Scholars have traditionally focused on the subjects and meanings of Hieronymus Bosch's works, whereas issues of painting technique, workshop participation, and condition of extant pictures have received considerably less attention. Since 2010, the Bosch Research and Conservation Project has been studying these works using modern methods. The team has documented Bosch's extant paintings with infrared reflectography and ultra high-resolution digital macro photography, both in infrared and visible light. Together with microscopic study of the paintings, this has enabled the team to write extensive and critical research reports describing the techniques and condition of the works, published in this extraordinary volume for the first time.

About the Author

Luuk Hoogstede is a paintings conservator at SRAL, Maastricht.

Ron Spronk is professor in art history at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Matthijs Ilsink is the project coordinator of the Bosch Research and Conservation Project and teaches art history at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Jos Koldeweij is professor in art history of the Middle Ages at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

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