他是领先安特卫普画家的儿子昆滕Matsys和哥哥科内利斯，谁成为一个画家和雕刻。他训练他的父亲之下。他被录取，与他的兄弟一起科内利斯，如在安特卫普的主圣卢克协会在1531年，他们的父亲去世后的一年。据推测，他离开安特卫普之后立即和在一段时间的工作枫丹白露，但这些事实并不牢固确立。他回到安特卫普由1536年他娶了他的表妹安娜面包车Tuylt 1538年中的这对夫妻将有三个孩子。

1544年扬和他的兄弟科内利斯从安特卫普禁止，因为他们的宗教信仰。这可能是扬去枫丹白露和德国。可以肯定的是他所花的时间热那亚。他对他实行禁令结束时的1555年底前恢复到安特卫普。然后，他被卷入了一些诉讼案件与他的兄弟姐妹在遗产的分配。

他得到充分恢复为当地市议会向他委托的几部作品。这些作品于1576年被摧毁时，西班牙军队在期间放火焚烧市政厅西班牙愤怒和安特卫普袋。扬Massijs已降低到近乎贫困状态之前已经去世一年。他的儿子昆廷已成为圣卢克协会的大师于1574年，并在会死法兰克福在1589年一月的女儿苏珊移居意大利。据推测，简的孩子离开安特卫普出于宗教原因。

他的著名学生是弗兰斯面包车Tuylt（153​​6年），弗兰斯•维特（1543）和奥利维尔·Cuyper（1569年）。

这是可能一月Massys的工作区分三个时期。在他的1544流亡前的第一阶段，他合作过，在他父亲的工作作风。他还完成了一些作品在他父亲去世时留下未完成的。从这个时候第一个过时幅画是圣 杰罗姆在他的牢房 1537年，这完全是在父亲的风格。

从第二期，这与他的驱逐安特卫普1544年至1555年相吻合，只有9个作品可追溯。这些作品似乎显示了影响枫丹白露的学校。目前还不清楚扬Massijs是否真的去枫丹白露或进行以间接方式这种影响。期间，他在意大利逗留，他画的肖像安德烈多利亚，这是他画的肖像的几个例子之一。从这一时期只有两部作品承受的签名和日期，无论是从1552年

他回到安特卫普之后一月达到了他的艺术力量的高度。他开发了一种独特的风格和处理了一些，对他的工作变得特色学科。值得注意的是，在他的作品中女性裸体和色情发挥的重要作用。他经常使用的旧约圣经人物如朱，苏珊娜，拔示巴和女儿地块为借口来描绘女性裸体。这些数字的肉感让人想起枫丹白露派的作品。的他描绘的主要男性角色分别为托比亚斯和埃利亚斯。

扬Massijs有时被看作是某些世俗题材的荷兰艺术的先驱之一，如“不平等的爱”（描绘一对夫妇的广泛不同年龄段）和“快乐的公司”。在这些画作诱惑，购买爱情似乎总是发挥主体作用。他开创的其他议题是货币兑换，税务员和守财奴，虽然别人看他的父亲作为这一流派的创造者。这些作品被认为已经进行一个说教的目的。
扬Massijs也画了一些风景，但他在这一流派的工作并不像他的哥哥科内利斯作为显著。

He was the leading painter of Antwerp's son Matsys and his brother Cornelis quinten, who became a painter and engraver.  he trained his father under. He was admitted to Cornelis, together with his brother, as in Antwerp's main St. Luke's Association in 1531, their father died a year. It is speculated that he left Antwerp immediately after a period of time and work in Fontainebleau, but these facts are not firmly established.  he returned to Antwerp by 1536 he married his cousin Anna van Tuylt in 1538, the couple will have three children.
In 1544 Yang and his brother Cornelis were banned from Antwerp because of their religious beliefs. This may be yang to Fontainebleau and germany. can be sure of the time he spent in Genoa. he imposed a ban on his return to Antwerp before the end of 1555. He was then involved in a number of cases with his brothers and sisters in the distribution of the estate.
He was fully restored to the local City Council commissioned several works to him. These works were destroyed in 1576 when the Spanish army set fire to the town hall during the Spanish rage and the Antwerp bag. Yang Massijs has been reduced to near poverty before the death of a year. His son Quentin has become a master of the guild of St. Luke in 1574, and in Frankfurt will die in January 1589 daughter Susan moved to Italy. It is speculated that Jane's children left Antwerp for religious reasons.
His famous student is Frans van Tuylt (153 J 6), Victor Frans (1543) and Olivier Cuyper (1569).It is possible to distinguish between three periods of Massys work in January. In the first stage of his 1544 exile, he worked in his father's work style. He also completed some works left unfinished when his father died. From this time the first picture is outdated Jerome in his cell in 1537, this is the father's style.
From the second period, which was consistent with his expulsion from Antwerp in 1544 to 1555, only 9 works can be traced. These works seem to show the influence of Fontainebleau school. It is not clear whether Yang Massijs really go to Fontainebleau or to carry out this kind of indirect impact. During his stay in Italy, he painted a portrait of Andre Doria, which is one of the few examples he painted a portrait of the. Only two works from this period bear the signature and date, both from 1552
He returned to Antwerp in January and reached the height of his artistic power. He developed a unique style and dealt with a number of disciplines that became characteristic of his work. It is worth noting that in his works, women play an important role in nudity and pornography. He often uses the Old Testament characters such as Zhu, Susanna, Bathsheba, and daughter plots as an excuse to portray female nudes.these figures sensual reminiscent of Fontainebleau painting. The main male characters depicted by  are Tobias and Elias, respectively.
Yang Massijs is sometimes regarded as one of the pioneers of some secular themes of Holland art, such as "unequal love" (depicting a couple of widely different ages) and "happy company"". In the temptation of these paintings, the purchase of love always seems to play the main role. Other issues he created is the currency exchange, tax collectors and miser, while others see his father as the creator of this genre.  these works are believed to have been carried out for a didactic purpose. 
Yang Massijs also painted some landscapes, but his work in this genre is not as significant as his brother Cornelis.