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Quentin Matsys

Quentin Matsys (1466 - 1529) was active/lived in Flemish, Belgium.  Quentin Matsys is known for Portrait, religious figure and satirical painting.

Quentin Matsys was a painter in the Flemish tradition and a founder of the Antwerp school. He was born at Leuven, where legend states he was 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.

Most early accounts of Matsys' life are composed primarily of legend and very little contemporary accounts exist of the nature of his activities or character.  During the greater part of the 15th century, the centres in which the painters of the Low Countries most congregated were Tournai, Bruges, Ghent and Brussels. Leuven gained prominence toward the close of this period, employing workmen from all of the crafts including Matsys. Because no guild records were kept prior to 1494 in Leuven, there is no concrete proof that Matsys attained his master's status there; however, historians generally accept this to be the location of his early training because there he had no   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4656 characters.]  Artist bio

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