A Military Camp in Slovenia from the frieze Ces Moeurs et fachons de faire de Turcz (Customs and Fashions of the Turks)
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 20 15/16 in. (35.2 × 53.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
Accession Number
28.85.1
Tags
Burial GroundsMilitaryCaryatidsFlags
About the Artist
Pieter Coecke van Aelst|Mayken Verhulst
Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502–1550) was a leading Flemish artist of the Renaissance, renowned for his multifaceted talents as a painter, sculptor, architect, and designer of tapestries, stained glass, woodcuts, and metalwork. Born in Aalst, in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium), he likely studied under Bernaert van Orley, a prominent Antwerp painter, before becoming a master in the city...