The Jews Collecting the Twelve Stones from the River Jordan

The Jews Collecting the Twelve Stones from the River Jordan by Pieter Coecke van Aelst

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

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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...

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