Adriaen de Vries
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Adriaen de Vries
Adriaen de Vries, (born , 1545/46,
The Hague—died Dec. 15, 1626, Prague), the most important
Dutch Mannerist sculptor.
De Vries left his homeland, where
there was little interest in sculpture at the time, and he
never returned. In Florence he studied under Giambologna,
the leading Italian Mannerist sculptor of his day. De Vries
lived for a time in Rome and later worked for Charles
Emmanuel, duke of Savoy, and as court sculptor (from 1601)
under the emperor Rudolf II in Prague.
De Vries’s most significant work is
the “Hercules Fountain” (1596–1602), a monumental Italianate
work created in Augsburg for the city festival of 1600. His
“Psyche with Pandora’s Box” is a characteristic example of
his style—shimmering satin finish, spiraling complexity, and
a soaring grace.
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Adriaen de Vries.
Hercules Fountain
1596-1602
Bronze
Maximilianstrasse, Augsburg
Adriaen de Vries.
Lazarus
Bronze
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Adriaen de Vries.
St Sebastian
1613-15
Bronze, height 200 cm
Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna
Adriaen de Vries.
Victory of Rudolph II over the Turks
1609
Bronze, height 71 cm
Hofmuseum, Vienna
Adriaen de Vries. Bacchus Discovering Ariadne on Naxos
c. 1610
Bronze, 52,5 x 42 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Adriaen de Vries.
Vir Dolorum
1607
Bronze, height 149 cm
Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna
Adriaen de Vries.
Triumf Ctnosti nad Neresti. Wallenstein Palace, Prague.
Adriaen de Vries.
Hercules fights with the dragon. Waldstein Palace, Prague
Adriaen de Vries.
Appolon
Adriaen de Vries.
Giocoliere, 1615
Adriaen de Vries.
Bacchus
Adriaen de Vries.
Laokoon
Adriaen de Vries.
Neptun
Adriaen de Vries.
Venus and Adonis
Adriaen de Vries.
Zapasnici
Adriaen de Vries.
Horse. Wallenstein Palace, Prague
Adriaen de Vries.
Mercury and Psyche. Bronze, 1593
Adriaen de Vries.
Psyche with Pandora's Box
1593
Bronze, height 187 cm
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
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