MAYBE THE RETROSPECTIVE OF THE CENTURY?
We have been planning this trip for a year. Of course it was going to be a block buster. To celebrate the 500 years Jheronimus Bosch in the Noordbrabants museum in his home town Bois-Le-Duc in Holland. Marielle who is a crack on the subject, introduced me to this painter some ten or more years ago. Everyone knows Bosch without necessarily knowing his background and really who he is. Those mythical creatures, horrific animals and sour faced individuals must have caught our attention somewhere along the line. Marielle must have seen all the paintings that are in Europe but when we were looking at the books yesterday, there is still a lot of arguments going on about « was it an original or wasn’t it? » Even to the extent that the Prado in Madrid, withdrew two paintings they were to send as they contested the 6 years of research and for two paintings, the findings of the specialists. PRADO'S DECISION There is NO way I can explain Bosch. The