van Aelst Pieter I Coecke
Born on 14 August 1502: Pieter I Coecke van Aelst , Flemish painter who died in 1550. Netherlandish painter, architect, sculptor, designer of tapestries and stained glass, writer and publisher. A student of Bernard van Orley, he entered the Antwerp Guild in 1527. Some time before then he had been to Rome and in 1533 he visited Constantinople. His mission to gain business there for ...