• Was a Flemish painter.
• He was born in Leuven.
• He is regarded as the founder of the Antwerp school of painting.• During the period in which Matsys was active in Antwerp he took only four apprentices: a certain Ariaen whom certain art historians believe to be
Adriaen van Overbeke, Willem Muelenbroec, Eduart Portugalois, and Hennen Boeckmakere.
• Matsys died at Antwerp in 1530.