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Maerten de Vos

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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.

最後の晩餐

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

Brown ink drawing of the Adoration of the Magi showing the Virgin and Child with crowned kings offering gifts in an interior.

Adoration of the Magi

c. 1590

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated female saint with a sword, palm frond, and dragon beneath her.

Study for Saint Margaret

c. 1584-1587

Pen and brown wash drawing of a standing figure addressing seated judges in a columned hall, with crowds around.

Christ before his judges

1542

Pen and wash drawing of a sacrifice beneath a round temple with Corinthian columns, a bull, musicians, and a city in the dist

Schlachtszene vor einem Rundtempel

Engraving of Ezra with a winged angel, a haloed figure crowning a kneeling crowd holding palm fronds beneath clouds.

Eerste visioen van Ezra: de Zoon van God kroont de menigte

1585

Engraving of Christ with a spade consoling a kneeling Mary Magdalene in a garden with a town behind them.

Christus verschijnt aan Maria Magdalena (Noli me tangere)

1585

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded armored man greeting a kneeling figure, with armed men and a landscape of sheep behin

The Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau

1581

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Descent from the Cross, with figures on ladders lowering Christ among mourning women.

The Descent from the Cross

1585

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with angels, putti, a cross and chalice, allegorical figures of faith, hope and lo

Faith, Hope and Love.

1577

Brown ink drawing of a Roman triumphal procession with a chariot, soldiers and crowds before a Colosseum-like arena.

A Roman Triumph

Drawing of a blank sphere framed by allegorical figures, a sun-rayed Apollo, and a winged Time with a scythe.

Apollo, Diana, and Time with the Cyclic Vicissitudes of Human Life

1561

Pen and brown wash drawing of a Renaissance-style interior with muscular men, a woman with a child, and a harbor view.

Saint Peter's Vision

1588

Engraving of two men carrying a heavy cluster of grapes on a pole across a footbridge, with a landscape behind them.

Terugkeer van de verkenners uit Kanaän

1585

Engraving of a crowned king on a throne receiving an armored commander, with gold coins, urns and an army in the background.

Holofernes voor Nebukadnessar

1585

Engraving of an angel kneeling at a burning altar before a helmeted warrior, with a tent camp and trees in the background.

Gideon en de engel

1585

Brown ink drawing of the Baptism of Christ with a bearded figure pouring water, a crowd of onlookers, and angels in clouds.

Baptism of Christ

16th century

Pen and wash drawing of Ecce Homo: a crowned figure on a balcony above a crowd, framed by a border of birds, flowers and urns

Ecce Homo

1584

Engraving of the Last Judgment: an angel separates sheep from goats beneath a glorified Christ and heavenly host.

Laatste Oordeel met het scheiden van de schapen en de bokken

1585

Engraving of a crowd receiving bread and food in a city square, with a haloed figure at left and a cooking pot in front.

Spijzigen van de hongerigen

1585

Engraving of elderly Tobit seated in a courtyard with a woman tending him, a dog nearby, and a town with a domed building beh

Tobits blindheid

1585