Quinten Matsys

(1466–1530) flamländsk målare

Quinten Matsys (1466–1530) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Quinten Matsys belongs to the chapter ‘The Renaissance’ in this site’s history of art.

Quinten Matsys was born in Leuven and died in Antwerp. Quinten Matsys studied under Dieric Bouts. Quinten Matsys worked in Leuven and Antwerp. Wikidata associates Quinten Matsys with Early Netherlandish painting. Quinten Matsys became a member of Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke. The students included Eduardo, o Português.

The best-known works include ‘The Ugly Duchess’, ‘The Moneylender and his Wife’, and ‘Ill-Matched Marriage’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 116 works by Quinten Matsys with free images. The dated works span the years 1450–1559. Works by Quinten Matsys are held by several collections, among them Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, National Museum of Ancient Art, National Gallery, and Pradomuseet. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Antonio Solario, Hans Fries, Giovanni di Niccolò Mansueti, Jan Provoost, and Bramantino.

• The Renaissance
• The Ugly Duchess
• The Moneylender and his Wife
• Altarpiece of the Guild of the Joiners
• Madonna and Child with Angels