The Jews Collecting the Twelve Stones from the River Jordan
ca. 1535–38
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown ink, over black chalk, squared for transfer in black chalk
Dimensions
sheet: 11 7/8 x 18 3/4 in. (30.1 x 47.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, 2001 and 2000 Benefit Funds, and The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2002
Accession Number
2002.431
Tags
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...