Who was Hieronymus Bosch an apprentice to?
This does actually refer to Hieronymus Bosch! – Born (circa 1450) in the provincial but flourishingly prosperous southern Flemish commercial town of ‘s-Hertogenbosch, and named for a family fondness for the patron Saint Hieronymous (St Jerome), Jheronimus Anthonis-zoon van Aken1 took on the family tradition of painting, a profession also undertaken by his grandfather (Jan Van Aken, died c. 1454), his father (Anthonius Van Aken, died c. 1478), his brother (Goossen Van Aken), and three of his four uncles. Jheronimous probably trained in the family workshop before establishing a workshop of his own, perhaps with 25 Guilders loaned to him in 1474 by his Father (as is reportedly recorded in the town registry). Apparently he was called “El Bosco” in Spain – rather like “El Greco”!
