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Matsys

METSYS, or MASSYS, QUINTEN, a Flemish painter; born in Louvain, Belgium, in 1466. He quitted his native city in 1491 and went to Antwerp, when he was made master of the famous guild of painters of that city.

The "Descent from the Cross," in the cathedral of Antwerp, is a favorable specimen of his work. His picture of the "Two Misers," at Windsor, is also much admired. He died in Antwerp in 1529.

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