Paul Vredeman de Vries

Paul Vredeman de Vries (Antwerp, 1567 – Amsterdam, 1617), was a Flemish painter and draughtsman who specialised in architectural paintings and, in particular, church interiors.

He was a son of the Dutch-born architect, painter and engineer Hans Vredeman de Vries who at the time was working in the Southern Netherlands.

[6][7] He was the master of Hendrick Aerts and Isaak van den Blocke,[2] both artists of Flemish descent who were living in Gdansk.

The rigour of the geometric composition, which incorporates the principles of the contemporary treatises on perspective, is tempered by an atmospheric rendering of the light with its silvery shimmers.

[3] He further made the engravings for a series entitled Verscheyden Schrynwerck als Portalen, Kleerkassen, Buffeten (Various woodwork for porches, wardrobes and cupboards), published in 1630.