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Metsys
[ met-sahys ]
Metsys
/ ˈmetsaɪs /
noun
- a variant spelling of (Quentin) Massys
Example Sentences
Various pieces, produced by other artists in Italy, illustrate the artist's many sources of inspiration, in particular a watercolour by and paintings by Quentin Metsys.
There are also some diverting minor works, such as Quentin Metsys' Contract of Marriage, a droll example of genre by a Flemish contemporary of Erasmus, showing a young man dutifully snuggling up to an ugly but rich old wife.
Later Quentin Metsys was to paint him and Erasmus, joined in a diptych; a present for Thomas More and for us a vivid memorial of one of the best things Erasmus ever knew: this triple friendship.
Erasmus appears dissatisfied with the reverse of the medal cast by Metsys in 1519.
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