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Quinten Metsys: The Ugly Duchess  wikidata:Q2706250 reasonator:Q2706250
Artist
Quinten Metsys  (1456/1466–1530)  wikidata:Q314275
 
Quinten Metsys
Alternative names
Quinten Massys (I), Quinten Matsijs, Quinten Matsys, Quinten Messijs, Quinten Messys, Quinten Metsijs (I), Quinten Metsys, Quintinus Metsys, Quintin Metsys
Description Flemish painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 26 April 1466 / between 1465 and 1466
date QS:P,+1465-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1465-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1466-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
/ 1456 / 1465 Edit this at Wikidata		 14 September 1530 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Leuven Edit this at Wikidata Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Leuven (1486), Antwerp (1491-1530)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q314275
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Amorfus Woman Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Les,"Una anciana lo grotesco"
label QS:Lde,"Eine groteske alte Frau"
label QS:Lnl,"Een groteske oude vrouw"
label QS:Len,"A Grotesque old woman"
Alternative titles:
Amorfus Woman Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Les,"Retrato de una anciana"
label QS:Lde,"Porträt einer alten Frau"
label QS:Lfr,"Portrait d'une vieille femme"
label QS:Lnl,"Portret van een oude vrouw"
label QS:Len,"Portrait of an Old Woman"

Amorfus Woman Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Les,"La duquesa fea"
label QS:Lde,"Die hässliche Herzogin"
label QS:Lfr,"La Duchesse laide"
label QS:Lnl,"De lelijke hertogin"
label QS:Len,"The Ugly Duchess"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description

It was probably intended to satirise old people who behave as if they are still young. The figure was more probably a fictional, folkloric character from the world of carnival.[1]

Pendant of Portrait of an old man, by Quinten Matsys
Date circa 1513
date QS:P571,+1513-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on oak wood
Dimensions height: 64.2 cm (25.2 in); width: 45.4 cm (17.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,64.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,45.4U174728
institution QS:P195,Q180788
Current location
room 65 (Southern Germany and Austria)
Accession number
NG5769
Credit line gift of Miss Jenny Louisa Roberta Blaker, 1947
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References
  1. ↑ National Gallery
Source/Photographer National Gallery, London
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'A Grotesque Old Woman', a 1513 portrait of an unknown Duchess, perhaps Margaret, Countess of Tyrol, by Flemish artist Quentin Matsys; also known as 'The Ugly Duchess'.

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The Ugly Duchess

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