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Maerten de Vos

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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

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 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 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

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

Painting of the risen Christ in a red cloak rising above a tomb, with startled armored soldiers and angels around him.

The Resurrection of Christ

1564

Painting of John the Baptist baptizing Christ in a river as a dove descends, with two angels and a landscape behind.

Altarpiece of the Guild of the Fur Workers

1574

Painting of the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child, surrounded by women, many children, a lamb, and men in a colonnaded hall.

The Family of the Virgin

1593

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling crowned kings, attendants and a procession toward a

L'Adoration des Mages

1599

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

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

Portrait of an Old Woman

1556

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

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

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

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 Christ on shore as Peter wades toward him, fishermen with a net in a boat, bordered by insects and shells.

Christ Appearing to St. Peter [John 21:1-8]

ca. 1584

Engraving of a haloed figure walking with two men past a castle with towers and a bridge, framed by fruit and leaf borders.

Christ on the way to Emmaus [Mark 16:12]

ca. 1584

Engraving of Saint Philip with halo, raised arm and cross-topped staff against clouds, with a small crucifixion scene at lowe

St Philip

1592

Engraving of Saint Jude Thaddeus with halo beside a large cross beam, with soldiers and ruins in the background.

St Judas Thadeus

1592

Engraving of Saint James the Less with a halo, book and staff, with figures attacking a man in a town behind him.

St James the less

1592

Engraving of Saint Paul standing with a sword and book, haloed against clouds, with soldiers in a landscape at lower left.

St Paul

1592

Engraved print of Christ standing with a halo, holding a globe topped by a cross, with a shepherd and sheep in the landscape

Christ

1592

Engraving of Saint Andrew holding his X-shaped cross, with a harbor town on the left and soldiers on the right.

St Andrew

1592

Engraved print of Saint James the Greater with a halo, pilgrim staff and gourd, with a town scene and windmill behind him.

St James the great

1592

Engraving of Saint Matthias holding an axe and a book, with a halo, a landscape with an obelisk and a town behind him.

St Matthias

1592

Engraving of St Bartholomew standing with a halo, holding a book and knife, against clouds and a distant landscape.

St Bartholomew

1592

Engraving of Saint Peter standing with keys and a halo, clouds above, rocky landscape and small figures below.

St Peter

1592

Engraving of the Holy Trinity with God the Father and Christ seated on clouds, a dove above, and angels and putti around them

The Trinity

1574

Pen and brown wash drawing of Saint Mark with halo, quill and open book, seated beside a lion near a column.

Saint Mark the Evangelist

n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a female figure in a niche wearing a lion skin over her shoulder, flanked by columns.

Fortitude

Engraving of an allegorical woman on a cloud with a lamb and child, above a scene of playing nude children.

Innocentia, from "Virtues"

ca. 1581

Engraving of Constantia floating above a flaming altar as armoured soldiers watch a man holding his hand in the fire.

Constantia, from "Virtues"

ca. 1581

Engraving of allegorical Pax on clouds with olive branch above two crowned kings beside a temple sacrifice scene.

Pax, from "Virtues"

ca. 1581

Engraving of allegorical Concordia on a cloud above two embracing youths, with doves, a temple and a landscape.

Concordia, from "Virtues"

ca. 1581

Engraving of a helmeted warrior holding a severed bearded head aloft, with a nude body on the ground in a hilly landscape.

Judah with the Head of Adonibezek, from "Tyrannorum Proemia"

1578