File:Jan Massijs - The Apocalypse of Saint John the Evangelist (1563).jpg

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Jan Matsys: The Apocalypse of Saint John the Evangelist on the Island of Patmos   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Jan Matsys  (1509–1575)  wikidata:Q431137
 
Jan Matsys
Alternative names
Jan Massys, Jan Matsijs, Jan Matsys, Jan Massijs, Jan Messijs, Jan Messys, Jan Metsijs, Jan Metsys
Description Flemish painter and drawer
Date of birth/death circa 1509
date QS:P,+1509-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
before 8 October 1575
date QS:P,+1575-10-08T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1575-10-08T00:00:00Z/11
Location of birth/death Antwerp Antwerp
Work period from 1531 until 1571
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1531-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1571-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location
Antwerp (1531-1544), France (circa 1544-1558), Italy (circa 1544-1558), Antwerp (1558-1571)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q431137
Title
The Apocalypse of Saint John the Evangelist on the Island of Patmos
Date 1563
date QS:P571,+1563-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on oak wood
Dimensions height: 117.2 cm (46.1 in); width: 147 cm (57.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,117.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,147U174728
Object history Acquired by the grandmother of the last owner, probably in the 1930s; Thence by descent.
Inscriptions

Date and signature bottom right:

1563/JOANNES MASSiiS.PINGEBAT
Source/Photographer Sotheby's London, 04 December 2013, lot 2

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