Maerten de Vos

Flemish · 1532–1603 · Painter, Printmaker

Maerten de Vos, Maerten de Vos the Elder or Marten de Vos was a Flemish painter, known mainly for his history and allegorical paintings and portraits. He was, together with the… (Wikipedia)

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Maerten de Vos, Maerten de Vos the Elder or Marten de Vos was a Flemish painter, known mainly for his history and allegorical paintings and portraits. He was, together with the brothers Ambrosius Francken I and Frans Francken I, one of the leading history painters in the Spanish Netherlands after Frans Floris's career slumped in the second half of the sixteenth century as a result of the Iconoclastic fury of the Beeldenstorm.

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Born 1532, AntwerpDied 1603, AntwerpOccupation Painter, Printmaker, DraughtsmanWikidata Q555022 ↗ULAN 500029816 ↗Museum works 22

Also known as De Vos, Maarten de Vos, Maarten Vos, Maerten de, the elder Vos, maerten de voss, Maerten Vos, Mar. de Vos, Mart. de Vos and 5 other name forms

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Maerten de Vos, Portrait of a Man with a Landscape View — **Portrait of a Man with a Landscape View**1552/1556 · oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Chester Dale Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Maerten de Vos, Portrait of a Woman Aged Sixty-Eight — **Portrait of a Woman Aged Sixty-Eight**1569 · oil on panel
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Family of Edith K. Bralove — Ope…

Maerten de Vos, A Roman Triumph — **A Roman Triumph**pen and brown ink with brown and gray wash
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Julius S. Held Collection — Open Access …

Maerten de Vos, Fortitude — **Fortitude**pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Julius S. Held Collection — Open Access …

Maerten de Vos, Apollo, Diana, and Time with the Cyclic Vicissitudes of Human Life — **Apollo, Diana, and Time with the Cyclic Vicissitudes of Human Life**c. 1561 · pen and brown ink with gray wash over traces of graphite, incised for transfer on laid paper; laid down
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Maerten de Vos, America — **America**c. 1585 · pen and brown ink on laid paper, incised for transfer
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Thomas A. Cox — Open Access (CC0)

Maerten de Vos, Gideon beveelt zijn manschappen te drinken — **Gideon beveelt zijn manschappen te drinken**1580 - 1585
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Maerten de Vos, Thesaurus (...) novi Testamenti — **Thesaurus (...) novi Testamenti**1581
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Maerten de Vos, Rijke man in bad — **Rijke man in bad**1542 - 1603
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Maerten de Vos, Hemelvaart van Christus — **Hemelvaart van Christus**1585
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Maerten de Vos, Portrait of Gillis Hooftman (1521-81). Shipowner, and his wife Margaretha van Nispen (b 1545) — **Portrait of Gillis Hooftman (1521-81). Shipowner, and his wife Margaretha van Nispen (b 1545)**1570
Rijksmuseum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Rijksmuseum

Maerten de Vos, Adoration of the Shepherds — **Adoration of the Shepherds**1639
Rijksmuseum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Rijksmuseum

Maerten de Vos, The Rape of Europa — **The Rape of Europa**1590
Bilbao Fine Arts Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Bilbao Fine Arts Museum

Maerten de Vos, The Adoration of the Kings — **The Adoration of the Kings**1575
Statens Museum for Kunst ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Statens Museum for Kunst

Maerten de Vos, The Soldiers Fighting over Christ's Cloak — **The Soldiers Fighting over Christ's Cloak**1575
Statens Museum for Kunst ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Statens Museum for Kunst

Maerten de Vos, Crucifixion — **Crucifixion**1600
Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp

Maerten de Vos, Christ Triumphant — **Christ Triumphant**1590
Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal

Maerten de Vos, Altarpiece of the Guild of the Old Arbalest — **Altarpiece of the Guild of the Old Arbalest**1590
Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal

Maerten de Vos, The Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau — **The Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau**1581 · Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash on cream laid paper, incised with a stylus for transfer
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Margaret Day Blake Fund — public domain (CC0)

Maerten de Vos, Study for Saint Margaret — **Study for Saint Margaret**c. 1584-1587 · Brush and gray wash, over incising, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Maerten de Vos, Saint Matthew with Adam and Eve and the Tree of Jesse — **Saint Matthew with Adam and Eve and the Tree of Jesse**c. 1590/1600 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on tan laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Maerten de Vos, Adoration of the Magi — **Adoration of the Magi**c. 1590 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash; traces of transfer
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Whitehill Art Purchase Endow…

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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