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Adriaen de Vries

1556 - 1626

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adriaen de Vries has received more than 56,972 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Adriaen de Vries is the 55th most popular sculptor (up from 69th in 2019), the 236th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 268th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Adriaen de Vries ranks 55 out of 258. Before him are Chares of Lindos, Eduardo Chillida, Vera Mukhina, Étienne Maurice Falconet, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, and Andreas Schlüter. After him are Ageladas, Robert Smithson, Lars Vilks, Isamu Noguchi, Wäinö Aaltonen, and Antenor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1556, Adriaen de Vries ranks 5. Before him are Carlo Maderno, Anne Hathaway, Sophia Brahe, and Joseph Calasanz. After him are Otto van Veen, Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Uesugi Kagekatsu, Jerzy Radziwiłł, Tōdō Takatora, Paul Bril, and Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn. Among people deceased in 1626, Adriaen de Vries ranks 7. Before him are Francis Bacon, Nurhaci, Willebrord Snellius, John Dowland, Ernst von Mansfeld, and William V, Duke of Bavaria. After him are Christian the Younger of Brunswick, Isabella of Savoy, Wakisaka Yasuharu, Marino Ghetaldi, Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Pietro Cataldi.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Adriaen de Vries ranks 236 out of 1,646. Before him are Willem Mengelberg (1871), Joop Zoetemelk (1946), Robin van Persie (1983), Alexander, Prince of Orange (1851), Salomon van Ruysdael (1602), and Anton Mussert (1894). After him are George Blake (1922), Isaac Beeckman (1588), Wim Suurbier (1945), Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (1948), Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527), and Tiësto (1969).

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Among SCULPTORS In Netherlands

Among sculptors born in Netherlands, Adriaen de Vries ranks 2. Before him are Claus Sluter (1340). After him are Nikolaus Gerhaert (1420), and Hendrick de Keyser (1565).

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