Jan Matsys - Paintings by Jan Matsys or Jan Massijs in the Nationalmuseum (NM), Stockholm, Sweden.

Jan Matsys or Jan Massijs (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1509-1573 Antwerp) - Paintings by Jan Matsys or Jan Massijs in the Nationalmuseum (NM), Stockholm, Sweden. Jan Massijs or Jan Matsys ( – 8 October 1575) 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