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The Raising of Lazarus

National Gallery, London

religious

After the middle of the seventeenth century Baroque was the determining style for small-scale work made by painters in Antwerp, such as Simon de Vos, Pieter van Lint, Willem van Herp the Elder, and others. The style of Simon de Vos before 1640 is marked by a notable plasticity and a preference for bright light effects. His history paintings are crowded with restlessly moving characters, the Raising of Lazarus is a characteristic example.

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The Raising of Lazarus

About the Artist

Simon de Vos

1603 – 1676

Flemish painter. In 1615 he became a pupil of Cornelis de Vos (no relation), with whom Jan Cossiers may have been a fellow-apprentice. By 1620 de Vos was a master in the Antwerp Guild of St Luke. For the next eight years he may either have worked in Rubens 's studio or have travelled abroad . The latter is more likely in view of the similarities between de Vos's oeuvre and that of Johann Liss, who was in Rome and Venice at that time. This hypothesis is supported by the italianizing characteristics evident in de Vos's early work.

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