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10 Euros - Willem-Alexander Jheronimus Bosch, 500th Anniversary
| Issuer | Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt) |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Value | 10 Euros |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a dynamic, fantastical composition drawn from the imagery of Jheronimus Bosch, featuring a swirling arrangement of grotesque figures, hybrid creatures, and surreal elements characteristic of the master's oeuvre. A large circular form dominates the centre of the field, around which human and fantastical figures are arranged in animated poses evoking scenes from Bosch's celebrated triptychs. The date of the artist's death, 1516, appears in the lower left field alongside a small mintmark, while the legend TIEN EURO curves along the left periphery and JHERONIMUS BOSCH arcs along the upper right. |
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Hieronymus Bosch died in 's-Hertogenbosch in 1516, and for centuries the historical record on him was remarkably thin — no confirmed self-portrait, no surviving letters, no authenticated drawings from his own hand. The 2016 quincentenary prompted the Bosch Research and Conservation Project, a multi-year technical examination of his panels using infrared reflectography and dendrochronology, which reassigned several works previously attributed to him and forced a significant revision of the accepted catalogue.
's-Hertogenbosch, not Amsterdam, drove the commemorative program, reflecting Bosch's almost total geographical confinement to that single city throughout his working life.