Adriaen Thomasz Key

Portrait of William the Silent, 1579

Adriaen Thomasz. Key[1][2] (c. 1544, Antwerp – after 1589, Antwerp) was a Flemish painter of portraits and religious paintings, a draughtsman and a printmaker. He worked for a while in the Antwerp workshop of the prominent history and portrait painter Willem Key and later took over the workshop.[3] His work was highly regarded in his time for its technical mastery and innovative concepts and thus influenced a later generation of painters including Rubens.[4]

  1. ^ Name variations: Adriaen Thomas Key, Ariaen Thomas, Adriaen Kaey, Adriaen Kay, Adriaen Thomasz. Kay, Adriaen Thomasz. Keij, Adriaen Key, Adriaen Keyns, Monograms: AT and ATK
  2. ^ Adriaen Thomasz. Key at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
  3. ^ Adriaen Thomasz. Key at the Prado website (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Adriaen Thomasz. Key at Kunstbus (in Dutch)