Smart Secrets Of Great Paintings
The moneylender and his wife by Quentin Metsys
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In 1514 in Antwerp Quentin Metsys put the finishing touches to "The Gold Weigher and his Wife", depicting the intimacy of a currency exchange counter. This oil on panel, housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris, appears at first glance to be a genre scene.