Our Lady Of Sorrows — Quinten Massijs

Our Lady of Sorrows


quinten massijs (1466 - 1530)

Discover Quinten Massys (c. 1466-1530), founder of the Antwerp School! Explore his religious paintings, satirical works & innovative oil techniques. A key Flemish Renaissance artist influencing Jan Massys & beyond.

National Museum of Ancient Art (Lisbon, Portugal)

Discover Portugal’s artistic heritage at the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga! Explore masterpieces by Bosch & Raphael within Lisbon's opulent palace setting – a journey through European art history.

Large central panel of an altarpiece made, by the most qualified Antwerp paintingworkshop, for the then newly founded church of the Madre de Deus Monastery inLisbon (1509). The seven other smaller paintings that surround the central paintingrepresent tragic episodes from the life and passion of Christ witnessed by Mary,thus referred to as His “seven pains”. The monumental figure of the Virgin in bluewould focus the eye of the believer on the altarpiece.