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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 53,324 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 17 in 2019). Adriaen de Vries is the 69th most popular sculptor (down from 51st in 2019), the 268th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 211th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Adriaen de Vries ranks 69 out of 189Before him are Igor Mitoraj, Wäinö Aaltonen, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Francesco Laurana, Bonanno Pisano, and Stefano Maderno. After him are Yaacov Agam, Antonio Corradini, Cephisodotus the Elder, Nanni di Banco, Pietro Bernini, and Andrea Sansovino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1556, Adriaen de Vries ranks 6Before him are Anne Hathaway, Carlo Maderno, Sophia Brahe, Joseph Calasanz, and Otto van Veen. After him are Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Uesugi Kagekatsu, Paul Bril, Jerzy Radziwiłł, Philipp Nicolai, and Isaac Oliver. Among people deceased in 1626, Adriaen de Vries ranks 8Before him are Nurhaci, Willebrord Snellius, John Dowland, William V, Duke of Bavaria, Ernst von Mansfeld, and Isabella of Savoy. After him are Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Christian the Younger of Brunswick, Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Pietro Cataldi, Théophile de Viau, and Paul Bril.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Adriaen de Vries ranks 268 out of 1,427Before him are Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1768), Hans Kramers (1894), Wim Suurbier (1945), Wim Hof (1959), Joop Zoetemelk (1946), and Abe Lenstra (1920). After him are Jozef Israëls (1824), Hendrik Verwoerd (1901), Willem van Hanegem (1944), Geert Wilders (1963), William I, Count of Holland (1167), and Emanuel de Witte (1617).

Among SCULPTORS In Netherlands

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