Quentin Massys
Quentin Massys Biography
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...
Quentin Massys 7 Most Important Paintings and Artworks
- Lamentation.
c. 1508-1511. Oil on wood. Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium. Read Note.
- Old Woman. (The Queen Of Tunis).
c.1513. Oil on panel. National Gallery, London, UK.
- The Moneylender And His Wife.
1514. Oil on wood. Louvre, Paris, France.
- Portrait Of A Canon.
c. 1515. Oil on wood. Grand Ducal Collection, Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
- Erasmus Of Rotterdam.
1517. Oil on panel. Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome, Italy. Read Note.
- Portrait Of A Man.
c. 1520-30. Oil on wood. National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.
- Unknown Man With Rosary.
Tempera on panel. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Quentin Massys Bibliography
Painting of Europe. XIII-XX centuries. Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1999.
