Hans vredeman de vries biography images

By signing up you agree to terms and conditions and privacy policy. I agree to the Art UK terms and conditions and privacy policy. Sign up to the Art UK newsletter , a weekly edit of insightful art stories. Antwerp, c. Netherlandish painter, architect, engineer, and designer, active in Germany and Prague, as well as in Amsterdam, Antwerp, and The Hague.

He was famous in his lifetime for his skill in illusionistic architectural decoration, but much of his work was of a temporary nature triumphal arches for festivities and so on and although his paintings were much admired and imitated by his contemporaries, only a few survive that are certainly from his own hand. It is signed by Hans and his son Paul —c.

Dutch painter, architect, and

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