Art, literature & historyPieter Coecke van Aelst
1502–1550
Selected artwork
The Jews Collecting the Twelve Stones from the River Jordan
ca. 1535–38
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Other names (74)
Aelst, coecke van aelst, d'Alost Pierre Koch, Master of the Last Supper, P. Aelst, Peeter Cocke van Aelst, Peeter Coeke van Aelst, Peeter Coucke van Aelst, Peter Cock van Aelst, Peter Coecke van Aelst, Peter Coecke van Aloost, Peter Coeck van Alost, Peter Coück von Alst, Pier Aelst, Pierre Coeck d'Alost, Pierre Coucke, Pierre Koch, Pierre Koeck, Pierre Koecke, Pierre van Aelst, Pieter, Pieter Aest, Pieter Cocke van Aelst, Pieter Cocke van Alost, Pieter Cock van Aelst, Pieter Cock van Aelst (I), Pieter Cock van Alost, Pieter Cock van Alost (I), Pieter Cock van Alsloot, pieter cock van alst, Pieter Coecke van Aalst, Pieter Coecke Van Aelst, Pieter Coecke van Aelst (I), Pieter Coecke van Aelst the Elder, Pieter Coecke van Alost, Pieter Coecke van Alost (I), pieter coeck van aelst, Pieter Coek, Pieter I Alost, Pieter I Cock, Pieter, I Cock van Aelst, Pieter, I Cock van Alost, Pieter, I Coecke, Pieter, I Coecke van Aelst, Pieter, I Coecke van Alost, Pieter, I Coeck van Aelst, Pieter, I Coeck van Alost, Pieter, I Coeke van Aelst, Pieter, I Coeke van Alost, Pieter I Kock, Pieter, I Kock van Aelst, Pieter, I Kock van Alost, Pieter I Koecke Van Aelst, Pieter, I Koecke van Alost, Pieter I Koeck van Aalst, Pieter I Koeck van Aelst, Pieter I Koeck van Aloost, Pieter I Koeck van Alsloot, Pieter I van Aelst, Pieter Kock, Pieter Kock van Aelst, Pieter Kock van Aelst (I), Pieter Kock van Alost, Pieter Kock van Alost (I), Pieter Koecke, Pieter Koecke van Aalst, Pieter Koecke van Aelst, Pieter Koecke van Aelst (I), Pieter Koecke van Alost, Pieter Koecke van Alost (I), Pieter Koek, Pieter, the elder Coecke van Aelst, Pieter van Aelst Coeck, V. Koeck
Biography
Pieter Coecke van Aelst or Pieter Coecke van Aelst the Elder (14 August 1502 – 6 December 1550) was a Flemish painter, sculptor, architect, author and designer of woodcuts, goldsmith's work, stained glass and tapestries. His principal subjects were Christian religious themes. He hailed from the Duchy of Brabant, worked in Antwerp and Brussels, and was appointed court painter to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
Coecke van Aelst was a polyglot. He published translations into Flemish (Dutch), French and German of Ancient Roman and modern Italian architectural treatises. These publications played a pivotal role in the dissemination of Renaissance ideas in Northern Europe. They contributed to the transition in Northern Europe from the late Gothic style then prevalent towards a modern 'antique-oriented' architecture.
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Influenced by
- Bernard van Orleyeditorial inference
Evidence
Wikidata assertion retained for review; its references, if supplied, have not been independently verified. Teaching is recorded separately and does not itself establish artistic influence.
- Leonardo da Vincieditorial inference
Evidence
The biography identifies Leonardo da Vinci as an artistic influence on Pieter Coecke van Aelst. This concerns Coecke's Last Supper: Leonardo's composition, Dürer's apostolic gestures, and Raphael's lost drawing mediated by Raimondi's engraving. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
- Albrecht Dürereditorial inference
Evidence
The biography identifies Albrecht Dürer as an artistic influence on Pieter Coecke van Aelst. This concerns Coecke's Last Supper: Leonardo's composition, Dürer's apostolic gestures, and Raphael's lost drawing mediated by Raimondi's engraving. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
- Raphaeleditorial inference
Evidence
The biography identifies Raphael as an artistic influence on Pieter Coecke van Aelst. This concerns Coecke's Last Supper: Leonardo's composition, Dürer's apostolic gestures, and Raphael's lost drawing mediated by Raimondi's engraving. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
Later influence
- Pieter Bruegel the Eldereditorial inference
Evidence
Wikidata assertion retained for review; its references, if supplied, have not been independently verified. Teaching is recorded separately and does not itself establish artistic influence.
- Gillis van Coninxlooeditorial inference
Evidence
Wikidata assertion retained for review; its references, if supplied, have not been independently verified. Teaching is recorded separately and does not itself establish artistic influence.
Artworks by year
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Pieter Coecke van Aelst. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- Museo Nacional del Prado6 recorded works
- Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts2 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts — Nîmes1 recorded work
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art1 recorded work