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Hieronymus Bosch: Witches.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Possibly Hieronymus Bosch  (circa 1450
date QS:P,+1450–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
–1516)  wikidata:Q130531 s:fr:Portail:Jérôme Bosch q:it:Hieronymus Bosch
 
Possibly Hieronymus Bosch
Alternative names
Jheronimus Bosch, Jheronimus van Aken,
Jheronimus van Aeken, Jheronimus Anthonissoen van Aken
Description Dutch-Southern Netherlandish painter, drawer, architectural draftsperson and visual artist
Date of birth/death circa  Edit this at Wikidata 9 August 1516 (buried)
Location of birth/death 's-Hertogenbosch 's-Hertogenbosch
Work period 1474 Edit this at Wikidata–1516 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
's-Hertogenbosch (1474–1516) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q130531,P5102,Q30230067
Formerly attributed to Pieter Bruegel (I)
Title
Witches.
Description
Single-sided drawing. Witches may also be women celebrating carnival.
Date circa 1475-1525
Medium pen and brown ink on paper
Dimensions height: 20.4 cm (8 in); width: 26.5 cm (10.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,20.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,26.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Département des Arts Graphiques
Accession number
INV 19721, Recto
Object history

Jean-Pierre Mariette

Unknown date
Unknown date
: acquired by Cabinet du Roi
by 1815
date QS:P,+1815-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1815-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
(?): Musée Napoléon, today Louvre, Paris
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Bruegel / manu / propria.
References AnonymousUnknown author, Inventaire du Département des Arts Graphiques, as Hieronymus Bosch, Sorcières et monstres, height: 20.4 cm (8 in); width: 26.5 cm (10.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,20.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,26.5U174728
.
AnonymousUnknown author, Base Joconde, as Hieronymus Bosch, Sorcières et monstres, fourth quarter of 15th century
date QS:P,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
, first quarter of 16th century
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
, height: 20.4 cm (8 in); width: 26.5 cm (10.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,20.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,26.5U174728
.
AnonymousUnknown author, Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage Photolibrary, object number 40005163, as Hieronymus Bosch, Feuille d'études : Sorcières et monstres, from 1453 until 1516
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1453-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1516-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
, height: 20.4 cm (8 in); width: 26.5 cm (10.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,20.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,26.5U174728
.
AnonymousUnknown author, Web Gallery of Art, as Hieronymus Bosch, Witches, height: 20.3 cm (7.9 in); width: 26.4 cm (10.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,20.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,26.4U174728
.

Fraenger, Wilhelm (1994) Hieronymus Bosch, Basel: The Gordon and Breach Publishing Group G+B Arts International, ISBN 976-6410-40-2, p. 204, as “Witches”.
Friedländer, Max J. (1969) Early Netherlandisch Painting. Volume , Leyden: A.W. Slijthof, Brussels: La Connaissance, p. 68, as A study with women carrying objects.

Koldeweij, A.M., P. Vandenbroeck en B. Vermet (2001) Jheronimus Bosch. Alle schilderijen en tekeningen, Rotterdam: NAi Uitgevers, Gent/Amsterdam: Ludion, ISBN 90-5662-219-6, p. 159, as Hieronymus Bosch (?), Heksen, height: 20.3 cm (7.9 in); width: 26.4 cm (10.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,20.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,26.4U174728
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Source/Photographer Unknown sourceUnknown source
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