Jan Matsys (1510-1575)
Jan Massijs or Jan Matsys was a Flemish Renaissance painter known for his history paintings, genre scenes and landscapes. He also gained a reputation as a painter of the female nude, which he painted with a sensuality reminiscent of the school of Fontainebleau.
He was born in Antwerp, the son of leading Antwerp painter Quinten Matsys and the older brother of Cornelis, who became a painter and engraver. He trained under his father. He was admitted, together with his brother Cornelis, as a master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1531, a year after their father’s death. It is assumed that he left Antwerp immediately thereafter and worked for a while in Fontainebleau, but these facts are not firmly established. He was back in Antwerp by 1536. He married his cousin Anna van Tuylt in 1538. The couple would have three children.
In 1544 Jan and his brother Cornelis were banned from Antwerp because of their religious beliefs. It is possible that Jan went to Fontainebleau and Germany. It is certain that he spent time in Genoa. He returned to Antwerp before the end of 1555 when the ban imposed on him was ended. He was then involved in a number of court cases with his brothers and sisters over the distribution of inheritances.
He had been sufficiently rehabilitated for the local city council to commission several works from him. These works were destroyed in 1576 when Spanish troops set the city hall on fire during the Spanish Fury and the Sack of Antwerp. Jan Massijs had died the year before, in Antwerp, having been reduced to a state bordering on poverty. His son Quentin had become a master of the Guild of St. Luke in 1574 and would die in Frankfurt in 1589. Jan’s daughter Susan emigrated to Italy. It is assumed that Jan’s children left Antwerp for religious reasons.
- Jan Matsys – A Merry Company – The Flying Pates Mechelen
- Jan Matsys – A Merry Company – Workshop Of Jan Massys, 1496
- Jan Matsys – A Merry Company
- Jan Matsys – A Merry Company, 1562
- Jan Matsys – A Merry Peasant Couple, 1545
- Jan Matsys – Allegoria Della Fortuna
- Jan Matsys – An Allegory Of Charity
- Jan Matsys – Andrea Doria Dipinto Del 1555
- Jan Matsys – At The Tax Collector, 1539
- Jan Matsys – Bathsheba Observed By King David, First Half Of 16th Century
- Dimensions: 18 23 X 12 76 In (46 3 X 32 4 Cm) Medium: Oil On Panel
- Jan Matsys – Charity
- Jan Matsys – David And Bathsheba, 1562
- Jan Matsys – Flora, 1559
- Jan Matsys – Holy Virgin And Child, 1564
- Jan Matsys – Judith With The Head Of Holofernes 1543
- Jan Matsys – Judith With The Head Of Holofernes, About 1543
- Jan Matsys – Judith With The Head Of Holofernes, Before 1575
- Jan Matsys – Judith
- Jan Matsys – Lot And His Daughters, 1565
- Jan Matsys – Lot And His Daughters
- Jan Matsys – Madonna With Child And Angel General
- Jan Matsys – Madonna With Child
- Jan Matsys – Metsys (Or Massys), Jan (Follower) – A Mother And Her Children
- Jan Matsys – Penitent Magdalene
- Jan Matsys – Rebus (Attributed Jan Massys
- Jan Matsys – Saint Jerome
- Jan Matsys – Saint Jerome
- Jan Matsys – San Girolamo, 1560-70
- Jan Matsys – Susanna And The Elders, 1564
- Jan Matsys – Susanna And The Elders, 1567
- Jan Matsys – The Apocalypse Of Saint John The Evangelist On The Island Of Patmos, 1563
- Jan Matsys – The Entombment Of Christ
- Jan Matsys – The Healing Of Tobit, Circa 1550
- Jan Matsys – The Holy Family, 1563
- Jan Matsys – The Hypocrites – The Flying Pates Mechelen
- Jan Massys ANTWERP CIRCA 1509 – BEFORE 8 OCTOBER 1575 THE NATIVITY
- Jan Matsys – The Prophet Elijah And The Widow Of Sarepta, 1565
- Jan Matsys – The Savior
- Jan Matsys – The Tax Collector
- Jan Matsys – The Virgin Mary
- Jan Matsys – Venus Van Cythera, 1561