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Quinten Metsys
Netherlandish, 1466–1530
Quinten Metsys was a Netherlandish Northern Renaissance painter. 68 works are cataloged here, principally at Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, most of them oil paintings. Quinten Metsys was born in Leuven.
Quentin Matsys (UK: MAT-sysse, US: MAHT-sysse; also Massys or Metsys; Flemish: Quinten Matsijs; 1466–1530) was a Flemish painter in the Early Netherlandish tradition. He was born in Leuven. According to tradition, he trained as an ironsmith before becoming a painter.
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. He introduced new techniques and motifs as well as moralising subjects without completely breaking with tradition.
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