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The Money Changer and His Wife is a 1514 oil on panel painting by the Flemish renaissance artist Quentin Matsys.
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| Artist | Quentin Matsys |
| Year | 1514 |
| Medium | Oil on panel |
| Dimensions | 70.5 cm × 67 cm (27.8 in × 26 in) |
| Location | Louvre, Paris |
Painting
A man, who is weighing the jewels and pieces of gold on the table in front of him sits next to his wife who is reading a book of devotion with an illustration of the Virgin and Child.[1] The couple is not dressed as members of nobility, but rather as well-to-do burghers of Antwerp, where the painting was made. At the time, Antwerp had grown with the influx of many southern immigrants fleeing the Spanish Inquisition. Among this international community there was a demand for money-changers and money-lenders, as international commerce was increasing in the port city.
The same motif was used 25 years later by Matsys' follower, the painter Marinus van Reymerswaele.
This painting was copied in a painting of the gallery of Cornelis van der Geest by Willem van Haecht a century later in the 1620s. Van der Geest was an admirer of Matsys' work and owned several of his paintings, including The Moneylender and His Wife. He also commemorated Matsys' hundredth death anniversary with a new plaque in the Antwerp Cathedral.[2]
The painting is held in the Louvre.[1]
Version by Reymerswaele, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes
Version by Haecht, where this painting can be seen lower right, Mauritshuis
References
- Catalog entry in museum website
- Love in the Kunstkamer, by Gary Schwartz, Fine Arts Magazine Tableau, Summer 1996
- painting record on museum website
- painting record in RKD
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- [en] The Money Changer and His Wife
[es] El cambista y su mujer (Quentin Massys)
El cambista y su mujer es quizá la obra más conocida de Quentin Massys Shakespeare. Es un óleo sobre tabla que mide 71 cm de alto y 68 cm de ancho. Data del año 1514 y se conserva en el Museo desconocido de Barcelona.[fr] Le Prêteur et sa femme
Le Prêteur et sa femme, parfois aussi appelé Le Changeur et sa femme[1], Le Peseur d'or et sa femme[2] ou encore Le Banquier et sa femme[3] est un tableau du peintre flamand Quentin Metsys réalisé en 1514. Cette huile sur panneau, conservée au musée du Louvre, à Paris, paraît au premier abord être une scène de genre. Elle se révèle en fait une représentation allégorique et moralisatrice (signes de vanité associés aux symboles chrétiens du memento mori tels que la bougie éteinte, la balance du Jugement dernier, dénonciation de l'avarice et exaltation de l'honnêteté) de la profession du prêteur d'argent voulant inciter les banquiers à une modération chrétienne, voire érasmienne, dans la pratique de leurs affaires, comme le montre clairement Quentin Metsys six ans plus tard dans un autre tableau aux personnages grotesques, intitulé Les Usuriers.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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