The Adoration of the Magi
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Quinten Metsys
Flemish1466–1530
About
Quentin Matsys 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.
Notable works
Portrait of a Woman
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Portrait of a man
at Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Portrait of a Humanist
at Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg
Madonna and Child with the lamb.
at National Museum in Poznań
Anbetung der Könige
at Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Portrait of a man with a letter in his hand
at Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Mourning Woman from a Lamentation
at Gemäldegalerie Berlin
The Two Tax Collectors
at Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Die Heilige Elisabeth von Portugal
at Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Works in the collection
51 works
The Adoration of the Magi
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Portrait of a Woman
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Portrait of a man
at Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Portrait of a Humanist
at Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg
Madonna and Child with the lamb.
at National Museum in Poznań
Anbetung der Könige
at Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Portrait of a man with a letter in his hand
at Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Mourning Woman from a Lamentation
at Gemäldegalerie Berlin
The Two Tax Collectors
at Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Die Heilige Elisabeth von Portugal
at Gemäldegalerie Berlin
More by Quinten Metsys in institutions
Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Bezirk Mitte, Germany
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
National Museum of Ancient Art
Estrela, Portugal
Louvre Museum
Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, France
Courtauld Gallery
City of Westminster, United Kingdom
Yale University Art Gallery
New Haven, United States
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Manhattan, United States
Liechtenstein Museum
Vienna, Austria
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Zugló, Hungary
Galleria Doria Pamphilj
Rome, Italy
National Museum in Warsaw
Śródmieście, Poland
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
Städel Museum
Frankfurt, Germany
Museum Mayer van den Bergh
Antwerp, Belgium
National Museum in Poznań
Poznań, Poland
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK)
Ghent, Belgium
Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
1st arrondissement of Lyon, France
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe, Germany
Wallraf–Richartz Museum
Altstadt-Nord, Germany
J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Montjuïc, Spain
Bonnefanten Museum
Maastricht, Netherlands
