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Jan Massijs or Jan Matsys (alternative spellings of family name: Massys, Matsijs, Messijs, Messys, Metsijs, Metsys) (c.1510, Antwerp – 8 October 1575, Antwerp) was a Flemish Renaissance painter known for his history paintings, genre scenes and landscapes.〔(Jane Campbell Hutchison and Jan Van der Stock. "Jan Massys." ) Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 27 Jun. 2014〕 ==Life== He was the son of leading Antwerp painter Quinten Matsys and the older brother of Cornelis, who became a painter and engraver.〔(Jan Massijs ) at the Netherlands Institute for Art History 〕 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.〔(Lauran Toorians, Eerherstel voor Jan Massys ), in: Ons Erfdeel. Jaargang 39. Stichting Ons Erfdeel, Rekkem/Raamsdonksveer 1996 〕 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.〔(Jean Matsys ) at the Biographie Nationale de Belgique, Volume 14, p. 633-638 〕 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 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.〔 His known pupils are Frans van Tuylt (in 1536), Frans de Witte (in 1543) and Olivier de Cuyper (in 1569).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jan Matsys」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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