SCULPTORS from Netherlands

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Dutch Sculptors of all time. This list of famous Dutch Sculptors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Claus Sluter (1340 - 1406)

With an HPI of 61.12, Claus Sluter is the most famous Dutch Sculptor.  His biography has been translated into 25 different languages on wikipedia.

Claus Sluter (1340s in Haarlem – 1405 or 1406 in Dijon) was a Dutch sculptor, living in the Duchy of Burgundy from about 1380. He was the most important northern European sculptor of his age and is considered a pioneer of the "northern realism" of the Early Netherlandish painting that came into full flower with the work of Jan van Eyck and others in the next generation.

2. Adriaen de Vries (1556 - 1626)

With an HPI of 56.12, Adriaen de Vries is the 2nd most famous Dutch Sculptor.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Adriaen de Vries (c.1556–1626) was a Northern Mannerist sculptor born in the Netherlands but working in Central Europe, whose international style crossed the threshold to the Baroque; he excelled in refined modelling and bronze casting and in the manipulation of patina and became the most famous European sculptor of his generation. He also excelled in draughtsmanship. Partly as a result of the disturbances of the Thirty Years' War, and also changes in style, Adriaen de Vries had no direct follower.

3. Hendrick de Keyser (1565 - 1621)

With an HPI of 53.22, Hendrick de Keyser is the 3rd most famous Dutch Sculptor.  His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.

Hendrick de Keyser (15 May 1565 – 15 May 1621) was a Dutch sculptor, merchant in Belgium bluestone, and architect who was instrumental in establishing a late Renaissance form of Mannerism changing into Baroque. Most of his works appeared in Amsterdam, some elsewhere in the Dutch Republic. He was the father of Pieter and Thomas de Keyser and Willem, and the uncle of Huybert de Keyser, who became his apprentices and all involved in building, decoration and architecture.