The Disciples in the Upper Room (?)
Pieter Coecke van Aelst
ca. 1535–50
Medium
Stained glass
Dimensions
Overall: 81 1/2 × 66 in. (207 × 167.6 cm)
Classification
Glass-Stained
Culture
Flemish, Antwerp
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1952
Accession Number
52.75
Tags
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About the Artist
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...