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Willem Key

Willem Key (1515 - 1568) was active/lived in Netherlands, Flemish.  Willem Key is known for Portraiture and religious/historical subjects, merging Netherlandish and Italian artistic traditions.

Willem Adriaensz. Key was a Flemish artist born in Breda in 1516. He began his artistic career as an apprentice in the studio of Pieter Coecke van Aelst in Antwerp, where he had the opportunity to work with great patrons and study imperial collections. He later joined the workshop of Lambert Lombard in Liège, where he learned the theoretical principles of Renaissance art. Upon returning to Antwerp in 1542, Key became one of the leading artists in the city, known for his portraiture and religious/historical subjects. He merged Netherlandish and Italian artistic traditions in his work, and his use of a reclining Venus and a standing Cupid may have been influenced by Venetian and Michelangelo's works. Key died in Antwerp in 1568.

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