Madrid, May 30 (EFE) .- The Prado Museum has brought together more than 75 percent of production preserved Bosch for major exhibition devoted to the Dutch master on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of his death, which from tomorrow will show the public their dream world and full of mystery.
the kings of Spain, accompanied by princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, were responsible for today officially inaugurated a sample of 6 works that has the Prado two courtesy of National Heritage and the Lázaro Galdiano Foundation and other arrivals Berlin, Boston, Philadelphia, Lisbon, London, New York, Paris, Rotterdam, Venice, Vienna and Washington.
a total of 21 eight original paintings and drawings by the Dutch painter, but also engravings, reliefs, miniatures and works of other authors that help to understand the time in which he lived Jheronimus van Aken (1450-1516), one of the most influential painters of the Renaissance.
a sample in which El Prado was twenty years working and structured into seven sections, the first one dedicated to ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), the town north of the duchy of Brabant in the current Netherlands, where he was born artist
the other sections are:. Children and public life of Christ, saints, Paradise to Hell, the garden of Earthly delights, the world and man. Pecados Capitales and secular works, and the Passion of Christ
the star of the exhibition is “the garden of Earthly Delights” possibly the triptych best known of Bosch, owned by the Prado, and presented in all its glory, because in addition now you can see your back.
Beside her infrared reflectography and radiography of the work are exposed so that visitors can appreciate the changes the artist made since starting the drawing until completed the picture.
Given this table posed today the Spanish kings and princess of the Netherlands, as well as to “the Adoration of the Magi”, another triptych can see for the first time after a complete restoration expressly addressed to the sample.
around him the Adoration of the Magi New York and Philadelphia and the drawing of the Wedding at Cana in the Louvre Museum, the work exposed a follower.
the leaflets have been placed so that it can be seen from behind, something that until now was not possible and that is one of the many new features of interest of an exhibition presented as a cultural event first magnitude.
the largest section is dedicated to the saints and stars the triptych “the temptation of St. Anthony Abbot” from the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga in Lisbon and that for the first time it can be seen in Madrid.
So was present at the opening Minister of Culture of Portugal, Luis Filipie de Castro, with his Spanish counterpart, Inigo Mendez de Vigo, and the Deputy Prime Minister in office Soraya Saenz de Santamaria.
Another emblematic works of Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych “Haywain”, which can be seen alongside works from Bruges (Belgium) and Vienna centered in paradise and hell.
“the Seven Deadly sins and the Four Last Things” and works on the passion of Christ is the center of the other two sections completing a sample will remain open until September 11.
An exhibition will be complemented by an extensive program of activities including the screening of the documentary “El Bosco and its influence on the film” a series of concerts under the title “Ut pictura musica” with pieces that served artist or inspiration to several conferences on the figure of El Bosco, the restoration of their works or the social context of his time. EFE
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