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Quentin Massys, attestato anche come Quinten o Kwinten, e con cognome Matsys, Metsys, o ancora Matsijs (Lovanio, 1466 – Anversa, 1530), è stato un pittore fiammingo, fondatore della Scuola di Anversa.
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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Learn about the life and works of Quentin Matsys, a painter in the Flemish tradition who was born in Leuven and active in Antwerp. See his 37 artworks, mostly with religious roots and satirical tendencies, and his influence on Joachim Patinir and other artists.
- Flemish
- Leuven, Belgium
1 giu 2024 · Learn about Quinten Massys, the leading painter in Antwerp in the early 16th century, who influenced by Memling and Leonardo. See his paintings, including portraits and religious scenes, in the National Gallery collection.
Quentin Massys (alternative spelling Quinten or Quintin Metsys or Matsys) was born in Louvain, the son of a blacksmith. On 10 September 1494 Massys declared to the magistrates of Louvain that he was twenty-eight years old. Thus he must have been born sometime between September 1465 and September 1466. There is no record of Massys having been ...
Learn about Quentin Massys, a Renaissance artist who worked in Antwerp and was influenced by Van Eyck, Memling and Leonardo. See his portrait of a man and his portrait of Erasmus, given to Sir Thomas More.
Quinten Massys Netherlandish. 1526. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 636. This intentionally claustrophobic composition is characteristic of the Antwerp Mannerist style of the first half of the sixteenth century. Finely wrought goldsmith’s work abounds.
