Head of a Halberdier

Head of a Halberdier
Head of a Halberdier
Artist	Hieronymus Bosch
Year	1490s-after 1500
Medium	oil on panel
Dimensions	28 cm × 20 cm (11 in × 7.9 in)
Location	Museo del Prado, Madrid

Head of a Halberdier is a fragment of a painting by a follower of Netherlandish artist Hieronymus Bosch. It is currently in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.^[1] It is thought to be a cropped piece of a larger painting which might have been damaged.^[2]

A halberdier is a guard who wields a halberd.^[3]

References

^ "Head of a Halberdier". Lib-Art. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
^ "Head of a Halberdier by Hieronymus Bosch". www.thehistoryofart.org. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
^ "Definition of HALBERDIER". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2020-05-01.

[Lib-Art-1] "Head of a Halberdier". Lib-Art. Retrieved October 25, 2010.

[2] "Head of a Halberdier by Hieronymus Bosch". www.thehistoryofart.org. Retrieved 2022-11-23.

[3] "Definition of HALBERDIER". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2020-05-01.

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Hieronymus Bosch
Single panels	List of paintings Adoration of the Magi (New York, c. 1475) Christ Child with a Walking Frame (1480s) St. Jerome at Prayer (c. 1482) Ecce Homo (Frankfurt, c. 1475–1485) Crucifixion with a Donor (c. 1480–1485) St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness (c. 1489) St. John the Evangelist on Patmos/Scenes from the Passion of Christ (c. 1489) Hell (after 1490) Cutting the Stone (c. 1494) Allegory of Gluttony and Lust (c. 1490–1500) Christ Carrying the Cross (Vienna, c. 1490–1500) Saint Christopher Carrying the Christ Child (c. 1490–1500) Ship of Fools (c. 1490–1500) Head of a Woman (c. 1500) The Wayfarer (c. 1500) The Conjurer (c. 1502; disputed) Christ Carrying the Cross (Madrid, c. 1505–1507) Christ Crowned with Thorns (London, c. 1510) Death and the Miser (c. 1490–1516) Flood Panels (c. 1514; attributed) The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things (c. 1500; disputed) The Temptation of St Anthony (Kansas City, c. 1500–1510) The Temptation of St Anthony (Madrid, c. 1505–1525; disputed)
Triptychs	The Last Judgment (Vienna, c. 1482) The Hermit Saints (c. 1493) The Crucifixion of Saint Wilgefortis (c. 1497) Adoration of the Magi (Madrid, c. 1485–1500) Triptych of the Temptation of St. Anthony (c. 1501) The Garden of Earthly Delights (c. 1490–1510) The Haywain Triptych (c. 1516)
Triptych fragments	Fall of the Damned into Hell (before 1490) Ascent of the Blessed (c. 1505–1515) The Last Judgment (Bruges, c. 1486; with workshop) Terrestrial Paradise (c. 1490–1516)
Works by followers	Adoration of the Magi (Philadelphia, c. 1499) (1490s – after 1500) The Last Judgment (Munich, c. 1506–1508) Ecce Homo (Indianapolis, 1510s) The Temptation of St Anthony (Utrecht, c. 1525–1530) Christ Crowned with Thorns (El Escorial, 1530s) Christ Carrying the Cross (Ghent, c. 1510–1535) Concert in the Egg (c. 1561) Adoration of the Christ Child (c. 1568) Death of the Reprobate (unknown)
Formerly attributed	Two Male Heads (c. 1480–1485) The Marriage Feast at Cana (after 1550)
Drawings	The Owls' Nest (c. 1505–1516)
Museums	Jheronimus Bosch Art Center
Related	Hieronymus Bosch, Touched by the Devil (2015 documentary film) Jheronimus Bosch—Visions of Genius (2016 exhibition)