A marvelous art book that reveals the unknown face of the Renaissance and the craze for monsters Hieronymous Bosch is known throughout the world as a painter of monstrous creatures and fantastic scenes that seem the output of dreamlike visions. His fame did not begin in the Netherlands where the artist was born but in 16thcentury southern Europe which was artistically dominated by themes and styles typical of Renaissance classicism very far from those of the Flemish painter. This book in addition to presenting Bosch aims to illustrate the success of his art in the high societies of Italy Spain and the Americas in the period between the 16th and early 17th centuries with particular reference to the collecting trends of the time in these two countries where the works of Bosch and his followers were in great demand by the Spanish Habsburgs the Grimani in Venice etc.