Where can you see Hieronymus Bosch in Madrid?

At the Museo del Prado: The Garden of Earthly Delights, The Haywain and The Adoration of the Magi. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Hieronymus Bosch's most famous work in Madrid?

The Garden of Earthly Delights, of about 1490 to 1510, at the Museo del Prado. A triptych: Eden at the left, a garden of naked men and women among giant fruit and birds in the middle, and a Hell of torments and musical instruments at the right. Closed, its shutters show the world on the third day of Creation.

When and where was Hieronymus Bosch born?

About 1450, at 's-Hertogenbosch, Duchy of Brabant. Hieronymus Bosch died on 9 August 1516, at 's-Hertogenbosch, aged about 66.

What is Hieronymus Bosch known for?

Only about twenty-five paintings are confidently attributed to him. The Prado has the largest group of his work. Pieter Bruegel the Elder was his best-known follower. Hieronymus Bosch was a Netherlandish painter, of Early Netherlandish.

Painter, 1450 to 1516

Hieronymus Bosch

Philip II loved Bosch and collected his work eagerly. That is why his greatest work, The Garden of Earthly Delights, is in Madrid, with the Haywain and the Adoration of the Magi beside it.

Born: 1450, 's-Hertogenbosch, Duchy of Brabant
Died: 1516, 's-Hertogenbosch
Movement: Early Netherlandish
In Madrid: 3 works in 1 museum

Where to see Hieronymus Bosch in Madrid

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Museo del Prado3 works

The Garden of Earthly Delights
about 1490 to 1510
A triptych: Eden at the left, a garden of naked men and women among giant fruit and birds in the middle, and a Hell of torments and musical instruments at the right. Closed, its shutters show the world on the third day of Creation.
The Haywain
about 1510 to 1516
Everyone, from pope and emperor to peasants, scrambles after a cart of hay, a symbol of worldly goods, while devils pull it towards Hell.
The Adoration of the Magi
about 1485 to 1500
The three kings at a ruined stable, with a strange half-naked figure watching from its door, and a broad landscape behind.

The life of Hieronymus Bosch

Jheronimus van Aken lived almost all his life in the Brabant town of 's-Hertogenbosch, from which he took his name. Little is known of his life. Only about twenty-five paintings are confidently his, most of them on oak panels, full of fantastic creatures and the torments of the damned.

He was collected in his own lifetime in the Netherlands, Austria and Spain. Philip II hung his triptychs at El Escorial, and from there they passed to the Prado.

What to know

Only about twenty-five paintings are confidently attributed to him
The Prado has the largest group of his work
Pieter Bruegel the Elder was his best-known follower

Born: About 1450, 's-Hertogenbosch, Duchy of Brabant
Died: 9 August 1516, 's-Hertogenbosch

Hieronymus Bosch: common questions

Where can you see Hieronymus Bosch in Madrid?: At the Museo del Prado: The Garden of Earthly Delights, The Haywain and The Adoration of the Magi. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Hieronymus Bosch's most famous work in Madrid?: The Garden of Earthly Delights, of about 1490 to 1510, at the Museo del Prado. A triptych: Eden at the left, a garden of naked men and women among giant fruit and birds in the middle, and a Hell of torments and musical instruments at the right. Closed, its shutters show the world on the third day of Creation.
When and where was Hieronymus Bosch born?: About 1450, at 's-Hertogenbosch, Duchy of Brabant. Hieronymus Bosch died on 9 August 1516, at 's-Hertogenbosch, aged about 66.
What is Hieronymus Bosch known for?: Only about twenty-five paintings are confidently attributed to him. The Prado has the largest group of his work. Pieter Bruegel the Elder was his best-known follower. Hieronymus Bosch was a Netherlandish painter, of Early Netherlandish.