The Journey to Constantinople

published 1553

Pieter Coecke van Aelst

Associated Names
Pieter Coecke van Aelst

Artist, Flemish, 1502 - 1550

This image shows a wide, panoramic view with many figures and architectural elements. The horizon is at the top, with various structures and trees in the background. The artwork features detailed line work in a monochromatic color palette of shades of grey and black. Closest to us, figures are engaged in different activities, leading to more groups of figures in the middle ground and a distant background with buildings and landscapes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut (10 blocks, 17 sheets? joined together)

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.462

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Fl. Tulkens, Brussels); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA , 1961; gift to NGA, 1964.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2007

  • Fabulous Journeys and Faraway Places: Travels on Paper, 1450 - 1700, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger.

Wikidata ID

Q65511667

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