Editing Quentin Matsys (section)

==Work in Leuven==

[[File:Joost Massys - Clock face Louvain (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Detail of a {{circa|1500}} [[Calendar Clock Face]], which shows the artist with his 'brothers' Joost the clockmaker and Jan]]
During the greater part of the 15th century, the centres in which the painters of the [[Low Countries]] most congregated were [[Tournai]], [[Bruges]], [[Ghent]] and [[Brussels]]. Leuven gained prominence toward the close of this period, employing workmen from all of the crafts including Matsys. Not until the beginning of the 16th century did Antwerp take the lead which it afterward maintained against Bruges, Ghent, Brussels, [[Mechelen]] and Leuven.<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Matsys, Quintin |volume=17 |pages=890-891}}</ref> Because no guild records were kept prior to 1494 in Leuven there is no concrete proof that Matsys attained his master's status there; however, historians generally accept this to be the location of his early training because he had not been previously registered in Antwerp as an apprentice. As a member of Antwerp's [[Guild of Saint Luke]], Matsys is considered to be one of its first notable artists. Existing records of guild laws and regulations from the 16th century indicate that it is highly unlikely that Matsys was self-taught, despite accounts in [[Carel van Mander]]'s ''Schilderboeck'' (1604) stating that Matsys studied under no artist.<ref>Silver, Larry. "The Paintings of Quinten Massys with Catalogue Raisonne". Rowman & Allanheld, 1984, p. 1-15.</ref>