COECKE VAN AELST, Pieter
(b. 1502, Aelst, d. 1556, Bruxelles)

Turkish Sultan before the Hippodrome (detail)

1553
Woodcut, 295 x 831 mm (entire woodcut)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Coecke van Aelst had made drawings in Constantinople that were intended for tapestry projects made for the Ottoman Sultan, Suleyman the Magnificent. These are preserved in a series of woodcuts "Ces moeurs et fachons de faire de Turcz," published posthumously by his wife in 1553. The woodcuts are interesting mostly for their historical and topographical features.




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