ID: 700008646 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008646	Record Type: Movable Work
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Death and the Miser (painting (visual work); Hieronymus Bosch (Netherlandish, ca. 1450-1516); ca. 1485/1490; National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, United States); 1952.5.33)

Note: This type of deathbed scene derives from an early printed book, the Ars Moriendi or "Art of Dying," which enjoyed great popularity in the second half of the fifteenth century. The panel may have been the left wing of an altarpiece; the other panels, now missing, would have clarified the meaning of some aspects of the scene, such as the discarded and broken armor and weapons in the foreground. Oppositions of good and evil occur throughout the painting. In this panel Bosch shows us the last moments in the life of a miser, just before his eternal fate is decided. A little monster peeping out from under the bed–curtains tempts the miser with a bag of gold, while an angel kneeling at the right encourages him to acknowledge the crucifix in the window. Death, holding an arrow, enters at the left.

Titles:

Death and the Miser (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

altarpiece [300075940]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by function>, religious visual works)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 1485/1490

Creator Display:

Hieronymus Bosch (Netherlandish, ca. 1450-1516) [preferred,VP]

painter Bosch, Hieronymous (Netherlandish painter and draftsman, ca. 1450-1516) [500000759]

Locations:

Current: National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, United States) [500115983] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1952.5.33

Credit Line: Samuel H. Kress Collection

Display Materials: oil on panel

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	panel (wood by form) [300014657]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by form or function>)

Dimensions: overall: 93 x 31 cm (36 5/8 x 12 3/16 in.); framed: 105.9 x 43.5 x 5.4 cm (41 11/16 x 17 1/8 x 2 1/8 in.)

General Subject:

literary (preferred)

allegory

religion and mythology

Specific Subjects:

	Ars Moriendi [901001337]
	.....((Literary works: Scientific, Instructional, Encyclopedia, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	miser [300404754]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by ideology| philosophy| or political activity>) (AAT)

	Death [901000239]
	.....((Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters, Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme, Miscellaneous Topics)) (ICON)

	death [300151836]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), personal life events) (AAT)

	sparver bed [300121345]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, furniture, <furniture by form or function>, <sleeping and reclining furniture>, beds (furniture), canopy beds) (AAT)

	devils (spirits) [300379005]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion, spirits (beings)) (AAT)

	avarice [300417306]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, psychological concepts, emotion, negative emotions) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Death and the Miser	........ [VP]
	........ Unknown source
	........ National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-) http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.41645.html