Massys Paintings
Among massys s early works are two pictures of the virgin and child.
Massys paintings. Trained as a blacksmith in his native leuven massys is said to have studied painting after falling in love with an artist s daughter. More paintings by quinten massys showing 6 of 10 works view all. Quentin matsys was a flemish painter in the early netherlandish tradition. He was born at leuven where legend states he was trained as an ironsmith before becoming a painter.
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. The savior 1529 flemish school oil on panel 44 cm x 35 cm p01561. 1527 flemish school oil on. Matsys was active in antwerp for over 20 years creating numerous works with religious roots and satirical tendencies.
He introduced new techniques and motifs as well. An old woman the ugly duchess quinten massys. Old woman tearing at her hair ca. Massys was the leading painter in antwerp in the early 16th century.
He was born in louvain and his earliest works show the influence of memling who had been active in bruges. Quinten massys this intentionally claustrophobic composition is characteristic of the antwerp mannerist style of the first half of the sixteenth century. Quinten matsijs 1466 1530 was a painter in the flemish tradition and a founder of the antwerp school. He was notable as a portraitist as well as a religious painter massys is first recorded in antwerp on becoming a member of the guild there in 1491 when the town was beginning to assume importance as the main port of the netherlands.
Jan massys david and bathseba 1562 oil on panel 162 x 197 cm inv. Quentin massys the virgin mary 1529 flemish school oil on panel 44 cm x 35 cm p01562. Quentin massys the virgin mary 1529 flemish school oil on panel 44 cm x 35 cm p01562. Her skin is pimply and wrinkled and she.
His later works show some italian influence particularly that of leonardo. This must be one of the most striking studies in ugliness in western painting. He was born in leuven. Quinten massys departing from earlier devotional portraits the sitter appears distracted from her prayer book by something on our side of the frame.
This portrait reflects humanist interests and a modern approach to portraiture. In 1491 he went to antwerp and was admitted into the painters guild. Finely wrought goldsmith work produced for the opulent taste of the cosmopolitan community in antwerp abounds. An elderly woman with a very short nose and an exceedingly long upper lip rests one hand on a marble parapet.
Matsys was active in antwerp for over 20 years creating numerous works with religious roots and satirical tendencies.