Willem de pannemaker biography for kids

«The upcoming exhibition Grand Design: Pieter Coecke van Aelst and Renaissance Tapestry (on view October 8, 2014–January 11, 2015) is the story, told through more than sixty astonishing objects, of a startlingly forward-thinking designer and entrepreneur—one who just happened to be born in 1502.»

Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502–1550) was arguably the greatest of northern Renaissance masters, and was certainly considered by his contemporaries to have reached the pinnacle of his profession.

Despite his premature death at the age of forty-eight, Coecke (pronounced cook-uh) was phenomenally productive, even finding time to edit and translate—into both Dutch and French—books of contemporary architectural theory coming out of Italy.

He was a virtuoso, as comfortable painting in oils on panel and distemper on paper as he was drawing designs for works across multiple media—from stained glass, to goldsmith's work and tapestries.

Coecke's tapestry designs reached the great