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

Portrait of a Girl at the Age of 10

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Oil on canvas, 94 x 157 cm
Galleria Sabauda, Turin

With van Dyck's departure to Genoa in 1621, de Vos, along with Gaspar de Crayer, quickly became the leading portrait artist in Antwerp. From his earliest works, de Vos deftly rendered his sitters with articulated contours coupled with a lush, yet soft skin quality. The use of thick impasto brushwork offers an enamel-like gloss to the surface.




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