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Movement. Antwerp School. Quentin Matsys [1] ( Dutch: Quinten Matsijs) (1466–1530) was a Flemish painter in the Early Netherlandish tradition. He was born in Leuven. There is a tradition alleging that he was trained as an ironsmith before becoming a painter. Matsys was active in Antwerp for over 20 years, creating numerous works with ...
View all 37 artworks. Quentin Matsys lived in the XV – XVI cent., a remarkable figure of Flemish Northern Renaissance. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
- Flemish
- Leuven, Belgium
Title: The Adoration of the Magi. Artist: Quinten Massys (Netherlandish, Leuven 1466–1530 Antwerp) Date: 1526. Medium: Oil on wood. Dimensions: 40 1/2 x 31 1/2 in. (102.9 x 80 cm) Classification: Paintings. Credit Line: John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1911. Accession Number: 11.143.
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Mar 26, 2024 · Quentin Massys (born c. 1465/66, Leuven, Brabant [now in Belgium]—died 1530, Antwerp) was a Flemish artist, the first important painter of the Antwerp school. Trained as a blacksmith in his native Leuven, Massys is said to have studied painting after falling in love with an artist’s daughter.
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Quentin Matsys, Quentin Metsys, Quentin Messys, Quentin de Smit, Maréchal d’Anvers, Herrero, Quinten Massys, I ... The Adoration of the Christ Child, c. 1515
Matsys was active in Antwerp for over 20 years, creating numerous works with religious roots and satirical tendencies. He is regarded as the founder of the Antwerp school of painting, which became the leading school of painting in Flanders in the 16th century.
Quentin Massys (also spelled Matsys, Metsys, or Messys), Flemish artist, the first important painter of the Antwerp school. He was part of a Flemish family of artists, son of a Leuven blacksmith, Joost Massys (d. 1483), and his wife, Katharina van Kinckem.
