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Quentin Massys (1465-66 – 1530)


• Was a Flemish painter.
• He was born in Leuven.
• He is regarded as the founder of the Antwerp school of painting.
• During the period in which Matsys was active in Antwerp he took only four apprentices: a certain Ariaen whom certain art historians believe to be Adriaen van Overbeke, Willem Muelenbroec, Eduart Portugalois, and Hennen Boeckmakere.
• Matsys became the guardian of Joachim Patinir's children after the death of that painter.
• Matsys died at Antwerp in 1530.