Agamemnon musters the Greek troops at Aulis from the “Story of Iphigenia”
Medium
Wool, silk (16-17 warps per inch, 6-7 per cm.)
Dimensions
Overall: 164 1/2 x 259 in. (417.8 x 657.9 cm)
Classification
Textiles-Tapestries
Culture
Netherlandish, Brussels
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Constance McCann Betts, Mrs. Winston F.C. Guest, and Frasier W. McCann, 1942
Accession Number
42.193.1
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About the Artist
Pieter Coecke van Aelst|Willem de Kempeneer
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...