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Maerten de Vos

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Monochrome painting of a glowing saint appearing to a crowd by a column, with a battle in the background and a second panel b

Saint Luke appears in the church of Our Lady of Tripoli

Painting of a bishop baptizing a kneeling bearded king before soldiers and attendants in a marble hall.

Baptism of the King of Silene

1590

Painting of Saint Thomas the Apostle reading a book and holding a staff, with a halo, against a red background.

Saint Thomas the Apostle

1574

Painting of Christ being baptized in a river by John the Baptist, with a dove descending above and angels under a tree.

The Baptism of Christ

1574

Grisaille painting of an elderly man in a turban weighing silver coins, a kneeling man pouring coins, and a landscape process

Abraham weighs out four hundred pieces of silver for Ephron to buy a grave for Sarah (Genesis 23:16)

1602

Grisaille painting of bearded men and soldiers before classical architecture, with a crowned central figure and nude figure a

Abraham weighs out four hundred pieces of silver to buy the land for Sarah's grave (Genesis 23:15-18)

1602

Crucifixion painting with Christ on the cross, a grieving woman in blue, a kneeling woman in red, and a man in red robes.

Crucifixion

1600

Saint Luke painting the Madonna and Child in a columned hall, with an ox, an open book, and cherubs above.

Saint Luke paints the Madonna

1602

Painting of Christ in a red drape with an apostle touching his side, surrounded by onlookers in a columned marble hall.

Incredulity of Saint Thomas

1574

Altarpiece with Christ among a crowd in a city street, flanked by grisaille panels of biblical scenes.

Altarpiece of the Guild of the Minters

1601

Robed friars gather around a kneeling figure before an altar with a risen Christ holding a cross, in a columned interior.

The Story of Saint Didacus of Alcalà

Crowned emperor in armor gestures as masons carve stone while a domed church rises behind them under a cloudy sky.

The Emperor Constantine erecting a church dedicated to Saint George

1590

Painting of a bearded man bitten by a viper at a bonfire, with robed onlookers, soldiers and a domed building behind.

Saint Paul Bitten by a Viper on the Island of Malta

1568

Painting of an executioner beheading a man while a woman holds the severed head on a platter in a stone prison.

The decapitation of Saint John

1574

Painting of Saint Stephen in a pale robe holding stones, gesturing with one hand against a red background.

Saint Stephen

1574

Painting of a friar in clouds with a rosary above a woman tending a newborn, attended by kneeling women in a green-canopied b

Saint Didacus Helps with a Difficult Birth

Bearded man holding a large fish beside a young man in red with a net, shells and crabs at their feet, city behind.

The Temple Tax

1602

Painting of a crowned king and daughter at a saint's tomb, with healed and freed figures and a bright heavenly cloud above.

Henry IV of Castile and his daughter find healing at the tomb of Saint Didacus

1591

Painting of a haloed friar dying on a bier while two kneeling monks pray beside him, with candles lit in a dark room.

Death of Saint Didacus

Painting of a crowded city scene where a man in red robes raises a coin before soldiers, elders and onlookers.

Then give to Caesar what is Caesar's

1602

Risen Christ stands above a skull and serpent, flanked by angels, a soldier with a flag, two bearded saints with books, and a

Christ Triumphant

1590

Painting of the Crucifixion with three crosses, mourning women below, soldiers in a landscape, and a stormy sky.

The Crucifixion

Painting of a friar in a cloud raising a crucifix over a kneeling woman holding an infant, with an elderly woman praying.

Saint Didacus Brings the Stillborn Girl to Life

1591

Painting of a bearded saint tempted by flying demons and hybrid creatures, with lions and a church in the landscape below.

The Temptations of Antony Abbot of Egypt

1594

Painting of a armored knight on a brown horse spearing a dragon, with onlookers behind an arch.

Saint Georges delivering Saint Margaret

1590

Seated woman in red robe surrounded by vegetables, fruit and flowers, with a farmhouse and fields in the background.

The earth

1550

Nude male figure surrounded by many birds in a cloudy sky, including peacock, turkey, owl and heron, in a painting.

The air

1550

Double portrait of a bearded man and a woman in black dress with gold chain, in an interior, by Maerten de Vos, 1570.

Portrait of Gillis Hooftman (1521-81), Shipowner, and his wife Margaretha van Nispen

1570

Nude woman with braided hair riding a white bull across the sea, with red drapery, cupids and nymphs on the shore.

The Rape of Europa

1590

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in a white bonnet, black dress and lace collar against a brown background, dated 1569.

Portrait of a Woman Aged Sixty-Eight

1569

Double portrait of a bearded man and a woman in dark 16th-century dress, with a green table and clock in an interior.

Portrait of Gillis Hooftman, Shipowner, and his Wife Margaretha van Nispen (Gilles van Eichelenberg, called Hoffman)

1570

Painting of an allegorical scene with a nude woman, a crowned king on a throne, and richly dressed attendants under a stormy

The Calumny of Apelles

1594

Painting of a triumphal procession with women musicians, armored soldiers and a severed head in a landscape.

Triomphe de David

White unicorn with spiral horn in a landscape with archers, a tree house, and a second unicorn by a stream.

Portrait of an unicorn

1572

Painting of a young man in a canopy bed tended by monks in grey robes, one reading a book, under a gilded coffered ceiling.

The Spanish Crown Prince Don Carlos Heals After Touching the Corpse of Saint Didacus

Painting of the Holy Family and Saint Anne's family with women, children, a lamb and elders in a columned interior.

The Family of Saint Anne

1585

Painting of figures gathering manna from the ground beside tents, with a bearded leader holding a staff and mountains behind.

Mannalese

1570

Painting of the Last Supper with Christ at the center of a table surrounded by twelve apostles in colorful robes.

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Moses holds up the tablets of the law before a crowd of Israelites in a wooded landscape, painted in 1574 by Maerten de Vos.

Moses Showing the Tablets of the Law to the Israelites, with Portraits of Members of the Panhuys Family, their Relati…

1574

Kneeling friar in dark habit faces an altar with candles and a Madonna and Child, beside a priest in white vestments.

Saint Didacus of Alcalà at Prayers

1591

Two friars in brown robes in a forest, one haloed, beside a table with fish, bread and a silver ewer on a white cloth.

Saint Didacus Finds a Miraculous Meal

1591

Friar reaches into a fiery oven to rescue a boy as a kneeling woman and another friar watch, with a town behind.

Saint Didacus Saves a Boy From the Oven

Painting of a grey-robed friar with a halo preaching a cross to a crowd, with two feathered archers at right and mountains be

Saint Didacus Preaches in the Canary Islands

Painting of a haloed monk blessing kneeling sick people in a church interior with an altar and Madonna image.

Saint Didacus Heals the Sick

Demons and hybrid creatures swarm above hermits, lions and a landscape with a church in Maerten de Vos's 1594 painting.

The Temptation of Saint Anthony the Great

1594