Paul Vredeman de Vries (ca. 1567-1630)

• Was a Flemish painter and draughtsman.
• He 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.
• In 1564 his father had fled to Antwerp from Mechelen, where he had been living in order to escape the Inquisition.
• He trained with his father who was as a painter interested in perspective and therefore painted mainly architectural paintings.
• He is known to have collaborated with his father in the completion of large assignments.
• He worked in Danzig from 1592 to 1595 where his father was employed.
• He worked in Prague from 1596 to 1599 where he painted the ceilings and the reception rooms of Emperor Rudolf II’s castle.
• He was active in Amsterdam from 1599 to 1617.
• In 1601 he married Mayken Godelet in Amsterdam.
• In 1649 she was buried in Nieuwe Kerk.
• The year her husband died is uncertain; it could be 1630 when his designs for furniture were published or later, but before 1636.
• He was the master of Hendrick Aerts and Isaak van den Blocke.
• His older brother Salomon Vredeman de Vries was also an architectural draughtsmen and painter.
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