If an artist chooses ephemeral materials

delightful introduction to the imagination of the medieval world

Beginning in the seventeenth century

Richard Nixon

The Craftsman Revealed: Adriaen de Vries, Sculptor in Bronze CAA 2025 If an artist chooses ephemeralJane Bassett With contributions by Peggy Fogelman, David A. Scott, and Ronald C. Schmidtling II The sculptor Adriaen de Vries (15561626) spent much of his life working for the most discerning royal courts of the age, including that of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. A master of composition and technique, De Vries was relatively unknown until the J. Paul Getty Museum's groundbreaking 1999 exhibition Adriaen de Vries: Imperial Sculptor, which