Cornelis de Vos
Cornelis de Vos (* 1584 or 1585 in Hulst , Flanders , † May 9, 1651 in Antwerp ) was a Flemish painter .
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Cornelis de Vos studied with David Remeens in Antwerp and became free master of the guild in 1608 . He trained the style of the older master school for greater strength and fullness of life. De Vos had painted religious and mythological pictures as well as portraits , the latter of which show his painting skills at the highest level.
The most outstanding of his portraits are:
- The servant of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke (in the Museum of Antwerp),
- The master and his family (in the Brussels Museum),
- The Hutten family ( Alte Pinakothek Munich) and
- Child portrait ( Städelsches Kunstinstitut zu Frankfurt / M.),
- Abraham Grapheus , 1620, wood, 120 × 102 cm.
- Anne-Frédérique van den Boeckhorst , 1622, canvas, 109 × 86 cm.
- Antonia van Eversdyk , 1624, wood, 122 × 93 cm.
- Portrait of a lady , wood, 59 × 49 cm.
- Portrait of a boy , 1627, wood, 75 × 62 cm.
- Portrait of a girl , canvas, 120 × 79 cm.
- Cornelia (or Elisabeth) Vekemans as a young girl
From his religious pictures: the return of the sacred vessels to Saint Norbert (in the museum in Antwerp) and the anointing of Solomon (in the imperial gallery in Vienna).
His brother Paul de Vos (1590–1678) had painted hunts and animals in the manner of Frans Snyders and was a collaborator of Peter Paul Rubens .
Works
(Selection)
Portraits
- The servant of the Antwerp Guild of Luke
- The master and his family
- The Hutten family
- Child portrait
Religious motifs
- The return of the sacred vessels to St. Norbert
- The anointing of Solomon
- Diogenes of Sinope meets Alexander the Great
literature
- Hermann Arthur Lier: Vos, Cornelis de . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 321.
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SURNAME | Vos, Cornelis de |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1584 or 1585 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hulst |
DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 1651 |
Place of death | Antwerp |