Saint Luke painting the Virgin
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| - | '''Marten de Vos''' (1532–1603), also '''Maarten''', was a leading [[Antwerp painter]] and [[drawing|draughtsman]] in the late sixteenth century. | + | '''Saint Luke painting the Virgin''', ('''Lukas-Madonna''' in German or Dutch), is a devotional subject in art showing [[Saint Luke]] painting the [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Virgin Mary]] with the [[Baby Jesus]]. Such paintings were often created during the [[Renaissance]] for chapels of Saint Luke in European churches, and frequently recalled the composition of the ''[[Salus Populi Romani]]'', an icon based on the legend of [[Icon#Luke.27s portrait of Mary|Luke's portrait of Mary]]. Versions of the subject were sometimes painted as the [[masterpiece]] that many [[guild]]s required an artist to submit before receiving the title of [[master craftsman|master]]. |
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| - | Like [[Frans Floris]], he travelled to Italy and adopted the [[Mannerism|mannerist]] style popular at the time. De Vos was also highly influenced by the colors of Venetian painting, and might have worked in the studio of [[Tintoretto]]. Following the [[Iconoclasm|iconoclastic]] destruction in 1566, he was one of the artists largely responsible for redecorating churches with new altarpieces in Antwerp. Many of these, such as ''[[St. Luke Painting the Virgin]]'' (1602), painted for the [[Guild of St. Luke]] in the Antwerp ''Schilderkamer'', or painter's room, and the ''[[Marriage at Cana]]'' (1597), painted for the wine merchants [[guild]], were commissioned by leading Antwerp institutions. His nephew [[Willem de Vos (painter)|Willem de Vos]] was also a painter. | + | |
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| - | He was also the founder of the [[Guild of Romanists|society of the Romanists]], which brought together artists, connoisseurs and humanists who had travelled to Rome and appreciated its humanist culture. | + | |
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| - | A 16th century oval painting of ''[[Raphael (angel)|Saint Raphael, Archangel]] and the young Tobias'' at the [[Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral]] is attributed to De Vos. | + | |
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| - | *''[[The Temptation of St. Anthony (Marten de Vos)|The Temptation of St. Anthony]]'' | + | |
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Saint Luke painting the Virgin, (Lukas-Madonna in German or Dutch), is a devotional subject in art showing Saint Luke painting the Virgin Mary with the Baby Jesus. Such paintings were often created during the Renaissance for chapels of Saint Luke in European churches, and frequently recalled the composition of the Salus Populi Romani, an icon based on the legend of Luke's portrait of Mary. Versions of the subject were sometimes painted as the masterpiece that many guilds required an artist to submit before receiving the title of master.
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