Adriaen de Vries
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Adriaen de Vries 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 modelli
Portrait by Hans von Aachen
Hercules fountain, gardens of Drottningholm Palace
Wrestlers, in garden at Drottningholm Palace
Apollo, c. 1594, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wallenstein Palace
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Waldstein Palace is a Baroque palace in Malá Strana, Prague, that served as a residence for Imperial Generalissimo Albrecht von Waldstein and now houses the Senate of the Czech Republic.
Adriaen de Vries
…his palace on the Lesser Town (city quarter) of Prague. The originals, now to be found in Museum de Vries, are represented by bronze replicas at the Wallenstein Palace in Prague, now seat of the Czech senate. Another famous work by de Vries, also now at Drottningholm, was the Neptunus Fountain, made for Frederiksborg…
The east facade of the palace and portion of the Waldstein Garden with Prague Castle in the background
Gardens of the palace
Garden frontage with sala terrena
Albrecht Wallenstein as Mars (cropped)