Artist

Pieter Coecke van Aelst

Portrait of Pieter Coecke van Aelst
Portrait of Pieter Coecke van Aelst

Flemish, 1502–1550

Pieter Coecke van Aelst was a Flemish Flemish Baroque painting painter. 25 works are cataloged here, principally at Museo del Prado, most of them oil paintings. Pieter Coecke van Aelst was born in Aalst.

Pieter Coecke van Aelst or Pieter Coecke van Aelst the Elder was a Flemish painter, sculptor, architect, author and designer of woodcuts, goldsmith's work, stained glass and tapestries. His principal subjects were Christian religious themes. He hailed from the Duchy of Brabant, worked in Antwerp and Brussels, and was appointed court painter to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.

Works by Pieter Coecke van Aelst

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