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Also Known As Quentin Messys • Quentin Metsys • Quentin Matsys
Born c.1465 or c.1466 • Leuven • Belgium
Died 1530 • Antwerp • Belgium
Movement / Style Early Netherlandish art • Flemish art

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Massys, Quentin: Virgin in Adoration
“The Money Changer and His Wife,” painting by Quentin Massys, 1514; in the Louvre, Paris
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