Moneylender and his wife

ID: #3011 | Dutch painters | People

Date: 1514
Medium: oil on board
Location: Louvre, Paris, France
Dimensions: 70.5 x 67

The painting depicts a medieval couple indoors. The man in a green hat is focused on weighing coins, while the woman in a red cloak and white headdress is reading a book. Various objects such as coins, scales, a knife, an apple and other small items are seen on the table.

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Massys painted picture Moneylender and his wife in 1514. Prevailing color of this fine art print is vivid and its shape is square. Original size is 70.5 x 67. This art piece is located in Louvre, Paris, France. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Quentin Massys (1464-1530) A Dutch master who was born into a family of blacksmiths and watchmakers. According to the wishes of his father, he also became a blacksmith. It is said, however, that he fell in love with the daughter of a painter from Antwerp and feared that his chosen love would not want a simple blacksmith. On the other hand, it is also said that he was too weak for the hard work of a blacksmith. Before he left for his love, he allegedly forged a well in front of the Antwerp cathedral. He painted mostly paintings with religious themes - Jesus Chasing the Merchants from the Temple. His work, such as the painting Ill-Matched Marriage s, is so heavily melancholy and grotesquely bizarre that it was often misunderstood. He was a good friend of Durer. Several of his relatives died because of their faith - his sister was buried alive, her husband beheaded. Massys died in Antwerp and, in his honour, asteroid 9569 was named Quentinmatsijs.