Quinten MassijsNetherlandish, 1530Vieillards en prière
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Vieillards en prière” now? Collection: Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Châlons-en-Champagne, Châlons-en-Champagne. Unknown.
Châlons-en-Champagne, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 861.1.100 ; 90 (Registre des entrées 1865-1969) ; 23 (Testament de Charles Picot) ; 90 (Catalogue 1891)
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Châlons-en-Champagne
- Image: Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Châlons-en-Champagne — © Maillot Hervé; Ministère de la Culture (France), base Joconde
In the life of Quinten Massijs
The whole life1491–1530 · Workplace
Antwerp
1508
Second marriage, to Catharina Heyns
After the death of his first wife Massys remarried in 1508, to Catharina Heyns. This marriage produced the future painters Jan and Cornelis and eight more children besides.
1508/1510
Son born: Cornelis Massijs
1509
Son born: Jan Matsys
1520
Dürer is believed to visit Massys
Albrecht Dürer is believed to have visited Massys's house in Antwerp; Massys most likely met Hans Holbein more than once on the way to England. He deliberately avoided the refined detailing of these masters.
14 September 1530
Died
