DETAILS
- Artist
- Pieter Coecke van Aelst
- Date
- 1522
- Location
- Museum Catharijneconvent
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The full narration walks you through Triptych of the Adoration of the Magi — the story behind it, the details most visitors miss, and why it matters. Free in the Art Whisper app.
THE ARTIST
Pieter Coecke van Aelst
Pieter Coecke van Aelst was a Flemish Renaissance polymath whose translations of architectural treatises helped spread Italian Renaissance ideas across Northern Europe.
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