Agamemnon musters the Greek troops at Aulis from the “Story of Iphigenia”

Agamemnon musters the Greek troops at Aulis from the “Story of Iphigenia” by Pieter Coecke van Aelst|Willem de Kempeneer

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

Tags

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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...

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