Pieter Coecke van Aelst I, The Triumph of Sloth, ca. 1537, pen and brown ink, brush and grey wash on paper, 8 3/4 in. x 15 11/16 in. (22.2 cm. x 39.8 cm.), Pieter Coecke van Aelst I oversaw an Antwerp-based workshop that designed works across media, from panel paintings to tapestries, prints, goldsmiths' work, and stained glass. This drawing depicts a lethargic procession in which the allegorical embodiment of Sloth, recumbent and idle on her chariot, traverses a droopy, dismal landscape, her snoozing standard-bearer Sleep leading the way and about to keel off his steed. This is one from a series of seven tapestry designs representing the theme of the Seven Deadly Sins, to be viewed contiguously as an inglorious parade. Coecke drew small-scale designs ('petit-patrons'), then he and members of his workshop copied and enlarged these plans into full-size cartoons for use by tapestry weavers in Brussels. This drawing is a record of the finished cartoon to be kept in Coecke's workshop.
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Pieter Coecke van Aelst I, Triumph, Sloth, ca. 1537, pen, brown ink, brush, grey wash, paper, 8 3/4 . x 15 11/16, 22.2 cm. x 39.8 cm., Pieter Coecke van Aelst I oversaw, Antwerp-based workshop, designed works across media, panel paintings, tapestries, prints, goldsmiths' work, stained glass., drawing depicts, lethargic procession, allegorical embodiment, Sloth, recumbent, idle, chariot, traverses, droopy, dismal landscape, snoozing standard-bearer Sleep leading, way, keel off, steed., series, seven tapestry designs representing, theme, Seven Deadly Sins, viewed contiguously, inglorious parade. Coecke drew small-scale designs, 'petit-patrons', members, workshop copied, enlarged, plans, full-size cartoons, tapestry weavers, Brussels., drawing, record, finished cartoon, kept, Coecke's workshop
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