Art, literature & history
The Jews Collecting the Twelve Stones from the River Jordan
ca. 1535–38
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- 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)
- Collection no.
- 2002.431
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Pieter Coecke van Aelst. The Jews Collecting the Twelve Stones from the River Jordan. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
The Jews Collecting the Twelve Stones from the River Jordan — Pieter Coecke van Aelst. 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).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Purchase, 2001 and 2000 Benefit Funds, and The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2002.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.