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Simon de Vos

Flemish painter, draughtsman and art collector

Died when: 72 years 361 days (875 months)
Star Sign: Libra

 

Simon de Vos

Simon de Vos (20 October 1603 in Antwerp – 15 October 1676 in Antwerp) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and art collector.He started his career making small-format cabinet pictures of genre scenes, in particular of Caravaggesque merry companies.

Later he switched to history painting, working on larger formats in a Flemish Baroque style which was influenced by Rubens and van Dyck.


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