Born in the Hague, de Vries was a sculptor who trained in Italy under Giambologna. From 1593, he was associated with the court of the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II, in Prague. His important works include bronze portrait busts of Rudolf II and fountain sculptures in Augsburg and Copenhagen.
The National Gallery's Girl Bathing, painted sometime in the early 18th century, is thought to have been inspired by his work.
Adriaen de Vries
about 1545 - 1626
Paintings by Adriaen de Vries
After Adriaen de Vries
This sculpture is a copy of a bronze thought to be by Adriaen de Vries (now in the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig). De Vries was born in The Hague, trained in the workshop of Giambologna in Florence and worked in Italy, then Augsburg, Germany and Prague.The bronze dates to about 1600, b...
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