Adriaen de Vries

Netherlandish, c. 1556 - 1626

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Cast in bronze, one woman stands over a second crouching woman in this free-standing sculpture. Both women are nude, muscular, and have long wavy hair pulled back under bands. The golden-brown surface of the bronze is highly polished and smooth. In this photograph, the standing woman’s body faces us. Representing Empire, her head is encircled with a ring of laurel leaves, and she lifts her left hand, to our right, high overhead to hold up a second crown of leaves. She looks down onto the second woman, representing Avarice, and presses her hand into the Avarice’s shoulder, pushing the latter down. Empire balances on one foot and presses the other into Avarice’s hips, also destabilizing the latter’s stance. Avarice falls back onto one hand, which grips a purse on the ground. Avarice looks up at Empire with her mouth open and her left arm, farther from us, raised. Coins spill out on the square base, which is just big enough for Empire’s planted foot, the purse, and Avarice’s unstable feet.
Adriaen de Vries, Empire Triumphant over Avarice, 1610, bronze, Widener Collection, 1942.9.148

Empire Triumphant over Avarice

Adriaen de Vries · 1610 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1942.9.148

Adriaen de Vries, Pacing Stallion, early 17th century, bronze, Gift of Robert H. Smith/Robert H. Smith Collection, 2022.181.42

Pacing Stallion

Adriaen de Vries · early 17th century · bronze ·  Accession ID  2022.181.42

Anonymous Artist, The Rape of a Sabine, mid 17th century, bronze, Gift of Robert H. Smith/Robert H. Smith Collection, 2022.181.44

The Rape of a Sabine

Anonymous Artist · mid 17th century · bronze ·  Accession ID  2022.181.44

Jan Muller, Hercules Killing the Hydra, c. 1602, engraving, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1971.36.3

Hercules Killing the Hydra

Jan Muller · c. 1602 · engraving ·  Accession ID  1971.36.3

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Fountain of Hercules in Augsburg

Jan Muller · 1602 · engraving ·  Accession ID  1971.36.2

Western European 17th Century, Emperor Rudolph II, c. 1600/1610, silver, Gift of Andrew Brown, 2009.55.1

Emperor Rudolph II

Western European 17th Century · c. 1600/1610 · silver ·  Accession ID  2009.55.1

Jan Muller, Cleopatra, c.1598, engraving on laid paper, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen, 2012.92.576

Cleopatra

Jan Muller · c.1598 · engraving on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2012.92.576

Jan Muller, Dancker Danckerts, The Rape of a Sabine Woman (View from Behind), c.1598, engraving on laid paper, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen, 2012.92.582

The Rape of a Sabine Woman (View from Behind)

Jan Muller, Dancker Danckerts · c.1598 · engraving on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2012.92.582

Jan Muller, Mercury Abducting Psyche, c. 1597, engraving on laid paper, Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund, 2022.24.2

Mercury Abducting Psyche

Jan Muller · c. 1597 · engraving on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2022.24.2

Jan Muller, Mercury Abducting Psyche, c. 1597, engraving on laid paper, Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund, 2022.24.3

Mercury Abducting Psyche

Jan Muller · c. 1597 · engraving on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2022.24.3

Bibliography

1994

  • Mulcahy, Rosemary. "Adriaen de Vries and Pompeo Leoni: The High Altarpiece of El Escorial." Apollo XXXIX, No. 384, New Series (February 1994): 35-38.