Simon De Vos (1603 - 1676), The Miracle Of Saint Isidore The Farmer

Simon de Vos
Flemish painter
Antwerp 1603 – 1676 Antwerp
The miracle of Saint Isidore the Farmer
Oil on copper : 51,2 X 59,8 cm
Unsigned
Frame : 63,0 X 78,1 cm

I would like to thank Bert Schepers from the Rubenianum in Antwerp who has confirmed the attribution to the previous owner March 2023

Simon de Vos was a prolific Antwerp painter of interior scenes and of biblical subjects. He produced a fair number of high-quality religious scenes on copper, such as ours, for the art dealers Guillaume Forchondt I and II, who exported these works to Spain and to its colonies in the Americas.

Isidore the Farmer was helped in his work by angels, while he was praying. He lived circa 1100 and was made a saint in 1622: this simple man with an ordinary job had lived a life of holy kindness. In 1615 King Philip III of Spain was cured of a deadly disease when the relics of Isidore were brought to his sickbed.

All my paintings stand fully documented on my website:
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