Hieronymus Bosch's Lisbon Temptation of St Anthony: Parameters for Patronage

Author: Conti, Nicole

Source: Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies, Volume 35, Number 3, November 2011 , pp. 286-294(9)

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Abstract:

Hieronymus Bosch's 1495 Temptation of St Anthony in Lisbon was probably made for a hospital monastery of the Monks of St Anthony. The monastery in which the Temptation hung is unknown, but elements of its iconography and composition, as well as the chain of ownership, provide clues to the identity of the commissioning institution. By combining these clues into a set of parameters, the commissioning monastery comes into focus. The commissioning institution was wealthy, Dutch-speaking, and saw financial difficulties in the first quarter of the sixteenth century, while the monastery in which the painting hung was modestly sized, in the Gothic style, and did not use a choir screen. Cross-referencing these parameters with operating monasteries in the Low Countries during the sixteenth century, the monastery of the Monk of St Anthony in Maastricht comes to the forefront.

Keywords: HOSPITAL MONASTERY; PATRONAGE; HIERONYMUS BOSCH (C. 1450-1516); MONKS OF ST ANTHONY; HEALING IMAGE; TEMPTATION OF ST ANTHONY

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/155909011X13124528227372

Affiliations: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

Publication date: 2011-11-01

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