The Money Changer and His Wife

The Money Changer and His Wife is a 1514 oil-on-panel painting by the Flemish Renaissance artist Quentin Matsys, currently in the Louvre Abu Dhabi.

A man, who is weighing the jewels and pieces of gold on the table in front of him sits next to his wife who is reading a book of devotion with an illustration of the Virgin and Child.

[1] The couple is not dressed as members of nobility, but rather as well-to-do burghers of Antwerp, where the painting was made.

At the time, Antwerp had grown with the influx of many southern immigrants fleeing the Spanish Inquisition.

Van der Geest was an admirer of Matsys' work and owned several of his paintings, including The Moneylender and His Wife.