Quentin Massys (also: Matsys, Metsys) was the most important Antwerp artist of the first half of the XVI century.
Massys was born in Louvain c.1465/66 and probably completed his training there under the influence of Bouts. We know nothing about his early work.
After having settled in Antwerp he was admitted to the Antwerp St. Lukas Guild. He belonged to the circle of the humanists Petrus Aegidius...
c. 1508-1511. Oil on wood. Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium. Read Note.
c.1513. Oil on panel. National Gallery, London, UK.
1514. Oil on wood. Louvre, Paris, France.
c. 1515. Oil on wood. Grand Ducal Collection, Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
1517. Oil on panel. Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome, Italy. Read Note.
c. 1520-30. Oil on wood. National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.
Tempera on panel. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Painting of Europe. XIII-XX centuries. Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1999.