Pieter van Aelst

(1502–1550) flamländsk målare, skulptör, arkitekt

Pieter van Aelst (1502–1550) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a sculptor, and a printmaker. By year of birth, Pieter van Aelst belongs to the chapter ‘Mannerism’ in this site’s history of art.

Pieter van Aelst was born in Aalst and died in Brussels. Pieter van Aelst studied under Bernard van Orley. Pieter van Aelst worked in Antwerp. Pieter van Aelst became a member of Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke. The students included Pieter Brueghel the Elder and Pauwels Coecke van Aelst.

The best-known works include ‘Triptych with Adoration of the Magi’, ‘The Holy Family’, ‘Triptych of Nava and Grimon’, and ‘Triptych: Adoration of the Magi; Annunciation; Rest on the flight into Egypt’. The works belong mainly to the genre Renaissance. The catalogue has 94 works by Pieter van Aelst with free images. The dated works span the years 1501–1628. Works by Pieter van Aelst are held by several collections, among them Oxburgh Hall, Pradomuseet, Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, and National Gallery. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Perino del Vaga, David Joris, Girolamo da Carpi, Wen Jia, and Braunschweiger Monogrammist.

• Mannerism
• Triptych of Nava and Grimon