Reigles generales de l'architecture, sur les cincq manieres d'edifices
Medium
Printed book with woodcut illustrations
Dimensions
14 3/16 x 9 13/16 x 7/8 in. (36 x 25 x 2.3 cm)
Classification
Books|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Accession Number
41.100.138
Tags
About the Artist
Pieter Coecke van Aelst|Sebastiano Serlio|Maria, Queen of Hungary|Pieter Coecke van Aelst
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...