VOS, Cornelis de
(b. 1584/85, Hulst, d. 1651, Antwerpen)

Portrait of a Boy

1627
Oil on wood, 75 x 62 cm
Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna

Cornelis de Vos is well known as a portrait painter of families and children, the latter being his speciality. This portrait of a four-year-old boy wearing the costume of a young nobleman shows the influence of Rubens whose assistant de Vos was.