Maerten de Vos

1532–1603 · Mannerism

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.

40 paintings

• the Annunciation (1578)
• Portrait of an unicorn (1572)
• The Calumny of Apelles (1594)
• The Family of the Virgin (1593)
• The Rape of Europa (1590)
• Crucifixion (1600)
• Christ Triumphant (1590)
• Baptism of the King of Silene (1590)
• The Emperor Constantine erecting a church dedicated to Saint George (1590)
• The Baptism of Christ (1574)
• Saint Thomas the Apostle (1574)
• The Beheading of Saint John-Baptist (1574)
• Then give to Caesar what is Caesar's (1602)
• Altarpiece of the Guild of the Minters (1501)
• Abraham in Hebron (1602)
• Saint Luke painting the Madonna (1602)
• Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Didacus of Alcalá
• The Life of Saint Didacus of Alcalá (1590)
• Saint Didacus of Alcalà at Prayers (1591)
• The Story of Saint Didacus of Alcalà
• Saint Didacus Finds a Miraculous Meal (1591)
• Saint Didacus Saves a Boy From the Oven
• Saint Didacus Preaches in the Canary Islands
• Saint Didacus Heals the Sick
• Death of Saint Didacus
• The Spanish Crown Prince Don Carlos Heals After Touching the Corpse of Saint Didacus
• Saint Didacus Helps with a Difficult Birth
• The Temptations of Antony Abbot of Egypt (1594)
• The Family of Saint Anne (1585)
• The Last Supper (1580)
• Gathering of manna (1570)
• Portrait of an Old Woman (1556)
• Adoration of the Kings (1599)
• Triumph Davids
• Saint Paul Bitten by a Viper on the Island of Malta (1568)
• Moses Showing the Tablets of the Law to the Israelites, with Portraits of Members of the Panhuys Family, their Relatives and Friends (1570)
• The earth (1501)
• The air (1501)
• Portrait of Gillis Hooftman (1521-81). Shipowner, and his wife Margaretha van Nispen (b 1545) (1570)
• Adoration of the Shepherds (1639)