Story of Saint Paul: The Burning Of The Books cartoon fragment

Designer Pieter Coecke van Aelst Netherlandish
1530 or 1536
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Story of Saint Paul: The Burning Of The Books cartoon fragment
  • Designer: Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502–1550 Brussels)
  • Date: 1530 or 1536
  • Culture: Netherlandish, Brussels
  • Medium: black chalk, brush and black ink, colored chalks
  • Dimensions: 12 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (32.4 × 24.1 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Collection of Philip Taaffe, New York. ©Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts