Marten de Vos

Marten de Vos, Martin de Vos ( * 1532 in Antwerp, † December 4, 1603 in Antwerp) was a Flemish painter of Dutch Mannerism.

Life and work

Marten de Vos was probably trained by his father Leiden Peeter de Vos and Frans Floris painter. After his apprenticeship he went contemporary on a study trip to Rome, Florence and Venice. His main interest was the Italian painter Jacopo Tintoretto, where he painted the landscape backgrounds in some of his pictures.

After de Vos had returned in 1558 from Italy, he was in Antwerp Master of the Guild of St. Luke. No later than 1560, he married Joanna de Boucq, with whom he had, among other sons, Daniel ( 1568-1605 ) and Marten ( 1576-1613 ), who worked as a painter and also from those Marten was named in 1607 as Master. De Vos ' first commissioned works were altarpieces, allegories and saints. Some of his works are still in various Belgian churches. The Museum in Antwerp hosts 30 of his paintings, including the triptych The triumph of Christ from the year in 1662. From this altar painting that Luke, the Madonna painting, representing the wings of Otto van Veen and Martin Pepyn were completed. Other historical works by de Vos can be found in the museums of Seville, Ghent and in the imperial gallery in Vienna. Among his major portraits counts in 1581 the portrait of Alexandro Farnese.

In his workshop he formed 1564-1600 from eleven apprentices, including Wenceslas Coebergher. In the Guild of St. Luke in 1571 he was promoted to deputy president and 1572/78 to the dean. Together with Ambrosius Francken took over de Vos in 1594 the line to decorate the city of Antwerp for the reception of Archduke Ernst of Austria.

Style

His early work is characterized by fresh, warm, and bright colors. The following period to 1574 has a cooler, brighter and more colorful coloring. Around 1600 his color harmonious and softer in modeling.

His oeuvre includes portraits and religious subjects. Besides his paintings he created numerous Stitch Books. Marten de Vos represented the Dutch Mannerism and his influence on the younger generation of artists in Antwerp was not without significance.

Reception

After his death, many of his drawings served as a template for engravings. On 24 January 2002 his altar wings with the representations of John the Baptist, John the Evangelist and the rear motives were: Hl.Katharina and Hl.Laurenz auctioned at Sotheby's in New York. He has shown in the foreground of a landscape, the individual figures of saints.

Works

  • Conception of Mary, in San Francesco a Ripa in Rome.
  • 1562 6 pictures the story of Rebekah Museum in Rouen
  • 1568 2 pictures from the history of St. Paul, the Louvre in Paris, Museum in Brussels
  • 1570 features the castle chapel to Celle near Hannover
  • 1572 Series of 6 pictures of animals, Museum Mainz and Schwerin
  • 1574 Thomas altar, museum in Antwerp
  • 1577 Family Anselmo, museum in Brussels
  • 1581 Alexander Farnese
  • 1585 Hl.Sippe, Museum in Ghent
  • 1590 Christ altar, museum in Antwerp
  • 1599 Adoration of the Magi, Museum in Valenciennes
  • 1601 Interest Grosch altar, museum in Antwerp
  • 1602 Luke painting the Madonna, Museum in Antwerp
  • 1670 couple Hoffmann, Museum in Amsterdam
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