Quentin Massys

Quentin Matsys, engraved by Johannes Wierix with Dominicus Lampsonius' poem

Years of life:	1466 – 1530
Artist's Teachers:	Joachim Patinir
Art Movement:	Northern Renaissance
Painting School:	Antwerp School

Genre:	Portrait , Religious
Country:	Flanders
Century:	XV , XVI

A representative of the Antwerp painting school, also known as Quentin Metsys. Massys visited Italy, where he studied the painting of Leonardo. Massys is best known for his portraits of bankers, tax collectors, and merchants and their wives. They abound in detail and are painted in a slightly grotesque style; perhaps the influence of Erasmus of Rotterdam, whom he met.

Quentin Massys’s major works are St. Anne, 1507–09 (Bruges: Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts); Portrait of a Canon, c. 1515 (Private Collection); The Adoration of the Magi, 1526 (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art).

References:

Robert Cumming. Art: complete encyclopedia. – 512 p. – Moscow: Astrel, 2005.

Artworks:

The Virgin and Child Enthroned, with Four Angels

between 1493 and 1497

The Virgin and Child Enthroned, with Four Angels • between 1493 and 1497
St John Altarpiece (central panel)

between 1507 and 1508

St John Altarpiece (central panel) • between 1507 and 1508
Triptych of the Sainte-Anne brotherhood in Louvain

Triptych of the Sainte-Anne brotherhood in Louvain
Triptych of the Sainte-Anne brotherhood in Louvain

Triptych of the Sainte-Anne brotherhood in Louvain
Christ Carrying the Cross

1510-1515

Christ Carrying the Cross • 1510-1515
St Christopher

St Christopher
Portrait of a Canon

1510s

Portrait of a Canon • 1510s
The Lamentation

The Lamentation
Unequal Marriage

between 1525 and 1530

Unequal Marriage • between 1525 and 1530
The Crucifixion

1515

The Crucifixion • 1515
Portrait of an old man

1517

Portrait of an old man • 1517
An Allegory of Folly

An Allegory of Folly
Ill-Matched Lovers

between 1520 and 1525

Ill-Matched Lovers • between 1520 and 1525
The Moneylender and his Wife

1514

The Moneylender and his Wife • 1514
Portrait of a Man

between 1510 and 1520

Portrait of a Man • between 1510 and 1520
Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam

1517

Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam • 1517
Portrait of a Woman

1520

Portrait of a Woman • 1520
An Old Woman

1513

It was probably intended to satirise old women who try inappropriately to recreate their youth, rather than as a portrait of a specific person

An Old Woman • 1513
Ecce Homo

1520

Ecce Homo • 1520
St Mary Magdalene

St Mary Magdalene