Photo Flash: MFAH Films Screens HIERONYMUS BOSCH Documentary December 3 & 4

The documentary HIERONYMUS BOSCH: TOUCHED BY THE DEVIL, directed by Pieter van Huystee, follows a team of art historians who try to reveal the mystery of the 25 still remaining paintings of Hieronymus Bosch. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston screens the documentary on December 3 and 4. For BWW Critic Gary Laird's overview of the film, click here and see below for the Hieronymus Bosch trailer and photos!

Over the course of five years the research team traveled the world, visiting museums
such as The Louvre, The Prado and the National Gallery of Art in Washington to make
an in-depth analysis of Bosch's paintings. By using modern techniques, such as X-ray,
infrared photography and multi-spectrum analysis, they allow us to penetrate into the
deeper layers of his paintings -- thus helping the audience to look at the works of Bosch
with new eyes.

The research raises the question whether all works are really painted by Bosch. The
museum world is waiting anxiously for the results. Is their Bosch a real Bosch? In
addition, The Noordbrabants Museum has organized the largest exhibition to date of the
medieval painter in 2016 in Den Bosch, The Netherlands to commemorate the 500th
anniversary of Hieronymus Bosch's death. The museum plays a political chess game to
get as much paintings as possible to the exhibition. The Prado owns several masterpieces
and will organize their own exhibition on El Bosco. Will The Noordbrabants Museum
manage to bring the masterpieces home to the Netherlands?

To view the HIERONYMUS BOSCH: TOUCHED BY THE DEVIL trailer, click here.

Showtimes are 7 p.m. December 3 and 1 p.m. December 4. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1001 Bissonnet. For more information, please call 713-639-7515 or visit mfah.org.

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