# The Tax Collectors [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [REYMERSWALE, Marinus van]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 84 x 60 cm ## Commentary Genre compositions depicting moneychangers, usurers, or merchants became common in 16th-century Netherlandish painting. In contrast to Quentin Massys, who pioneered the theme, Reymerswaele gives his personages satirically pointed, almost grotesque features. The archaic elements in their dress may have been a traditional indicator of their occupation. The many repetitions of the subject \(more than 30 variants are known\) indicate that it was popular and in enduring demand. ## Related artworks - [Money-Changer and his Wife]() - [St Jerome]() - [St Jerome]() - [St Jerome]() - [The Banker and His Wife]() - [The Calling of Matthew]() - [The Tax Collector]() - [The Tax Collectors]() - [The Tax Collectors]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()