The sculptor Adriaen de Vries (1556-1626) 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 firmly established the artist’s reputation and afforded a rare opportunity to study in depth a large group of bronzes. This heavily illustrated volume presents the results of the technical study of twenty-five bronzes from the exhibition. Introductory chapters provide background on the artist and technical methodologies. Subsequent chapters present case studies of individual statues, revealing the methods and materials used in their creation. The book will be of great interest to conservators, conservation scientists, art historians, curators, and sculptors.

• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: The Sculptural Personality of Adriaen de Vries, Peggy Fogelman
• PART I METHODOLOGY
  • Chapter 1. Project Method and Scope
  • Chapter 2. Casting Techniques
  • Chapter 3. Visual Examination and X-Ray Radiography
  • Chapter 4. X-Ray Fluorescence Alloy Analysis, David A. Scott
  • Chapter 5. Core Analysis, Ronald C. Schmidtling II
  • Chapter 6. Thermoluminescence Dating
• PART II CASE STUDIES
  • Chapter 7. Psyche Borne Aloft by Putti, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
  • Chapter 8. Faun and Nymph, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden
  • Chapter 9. Crucifix, Kirchenstiftung Maria Verkundigung, Wullenstetten
  • Chapter 10. Venus or Nymph, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig
  • Chapter 11. Bust of Emperor Rudolf II, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Chapter 12. Bust of the Elector Christian II of Saxony, Skulpturensammlung, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden
  • Chapter 13. Hercules, Nessus, and Deianeira, Musee du Louvre, Paris
  • Chapter 14. Allegory of the War against the Turks in Hungary, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Chapter 15. Rearing Horse, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Chapter 16. Horse, Narodni Galerie v Praze, Prague
  • Chapter 17. Vulcan’s Forge, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich
  • Chapter 18. Cain and Abel, University of Edinburgh, Torrie Collection
  • Chapter 19. Juggling Man, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Chapter 20. Farnese Bull, Schlossmuseum, Gotha
  • Chapter 21. Christ at the Column, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Chapter 22. Lazarus, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
  • Chapter 23. Putto with a Goose, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
  • Chapter 24. Cain and Abel, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
  • Chapter 25. Laocoon and His Sons, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
  • Chapter 26. Hercules Pomarius, Muzeum hlavniho mesta Prahy, Prague
  • Chapter 27. Mercury (Tetrode), Los Angeles County Museum of Art
  • Chapter 28. Mercury and Psyche (artist unknown), Huntington Art Collections, San Marino
  • Chapter 29. Christ Mocked (artist unknown), Los Angeles County Museum of Art
  • Chapter 30. Hercules, Nessus, and Deianeira (attributed to Crozatier), Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
  • Chapter 31. Hercules, Nessus, and Deianeira (attributed to Crozatier), Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
• Conclusion: Adriaen de Vries, Sculptor
• Appendix A. Glossary
• Appendix B. Summary Tables
• Appendix C. Signatures
• Bibliography
• Illustration Credits
• Index

Jane Bassett is an associate conservator of decorative arts and sculpture at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

Peggy Fogelman is the director of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston and is a former director of collections at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York.

David A. Scott is a professor of both art history and archaeology at UCLA.

Ronald C. Schmidtling II is a geologist in private practice in Los Angeles.