 Jan's son, Quentin Metsys the Younger, was an artist of the Tudor court, and painted the "Sieve Portrait" of Elizabeth I of England.Near the front of the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp is a wrought-iron well, known as the "Matsys Well", which according to tradition was made by the painter-to-be.Matsys was a cult figure during the 17th century in Antwerp in addition to being one of the founders of the local school of painting (which climaxed with the career of Peter Paul Rubens).