Pieter van Aelst or Pieter van Aelst III (c. 1495 – c. 1560) was a Flemish

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weaver whose workshop commenced by his grandfather was one of the leading weavers of Flanders in the first half of the 16th century.Elise L. Smith. "Aelst, Pieter van." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 8 December 2014 He should not be confused with

Pieter Coecke van Aelst Pieter Coecke van Aelst or Pieter Coecke van Aelst the Elder ( Aalst, 14 August 1502 – Brussels, 6 December 1550) was a Flemish painter, sculptor, architect, author and designer of woodcuts, goldsmith's work, stained glass and tapestries.

(1502-1550), a Flemish painter who was also a significant tapestry designer.

Life

He was likely born around 1495 in Brussels (possibly in Aalst) as the son of Pieter van Edingen van Aelst (also referred to as (Pieter van Aelst the Younger', c. 1450-1533). His father and grandfather were both tapestry weavers. Pieter joined the workshop that his father had set up in Brussels in 1493 and was trained there.Paul F. State, ''Historical Dictionary of Brussels'', Scarecrow Press, 27 July 2004, p. 4 He became the purveyor of tapestries to the Spanish king Charles V, the then ruler of Flanders. This was likely upon the death of Pieter's grandfather Pieter van Aelst I. In 1509 he was mentioned as a restorer of the collection of tapestries of Margaret of Austria, the

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. In 1517 he was paid for tapestries of David and John the Baptist made for the English king

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. The most famous set his workshop produced was that designed for the