The Prodigal Son Feasting
Pieter Coecke van Aelst
ca. 1540
Medium
Stained glass
Dimensions
Diam. 10 in.
Classification
Glass-Stained
Culture
Flemish, Antwerp
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of George D. Pratt, 1928
Accession Number
28.46.4
Tags
DrunkennessMenWomenPartyDrinking
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...