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De Vries Collection

"Unveiling the Mysteries of De Vries: A Journey through Alchemy, Mythology

Background imageDe Vries Collection: The Alchemists Laboratory from Heinrich Khunrath, Amphiteatrum sapientiae aeternae. n. d

The Alchemists Laboratory from Heinrich Khunrath, Amphiteatrum sapientiae aeternae. n. d
The Alchemists Laboratory from Heinrich Khunrath, Amphiteatrum sapientiae aeternae.n.d

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Hercules Slaying the Hydra, ca. 1602. Creator: Jan Muller

Hercules Slaying the Hydra, ca. 1602. Creator: Jan Muller
Hercules Slaying the Hydra, ca. 1602

Background imageDe Vries Collection: The Philosophers Stone from Heinrich Khunrath, Amphiteatrum sapientiae aeternae. n. d

The Philosophers Stone from Heinrich Khunrath, Amphiteatrum sapientiae aeternae. n. d
The Philosophers Stone from Heinrich Khunrath, Amphiteatrum sapientiae aeternae.n.d

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Cœnotaphiorum (10), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum

Cœnotaphiorum (10), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum
C" notaphiorum (10), 1563

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Cleopatra, ca. 1623. Creator: Jan Muller

Cleopatra, ca. 1623. Creator: Jan Muller
Cleopatra, ca. 1623

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Scheme of Christian Kabbalism from Heinrich Khunrath, Amphiteatrum sapientiae aeternae. n

Scheme of Christian Kabbalism from Heinrich Khunrath, Amphiteatrum sapientiae aeternae. n
Scheme of Christian Kabbalism from Heinrich Khunrath, Amphiteatrum sapientiae aeternae.n.d

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Wall-mounted Shelf Unit from Verscheyden Schrynwerck (... ) [ Plusieurs Menuiseries (

Wall-mounted Shelf Unit from Verscheyden Schrynwerck (... ) [ Plusieurs Menuiseries (
Wall-mounted Shelf Unit from Verscheyden Schrynwerck (...) [ Plusieurs Menuiseries (...) ], 1658

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Two Wooden Portals from Verscheyden Schrynwerck (... ) [ Plusieurs Menuiseries (

Two Wooden Portals from Verscheyden Schrynwerck (... ) [ Plusieurs Menuiseries (
Two Wooden Portals from Verscheyden Schrynwerck (...) [ Plusieurs Menuiseries (...) ], 1658

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Canopy Bed from Verscheyden Schrynwerck (... ) [ Plusieurs Menuiseries (... ) ], 1658

Canopy Bed from Verscheyden Schrynwerck (... ) [ Plusieurs Menuiseries (... ) ], 1658
Canopy Bed from Verscheyden Schrynwerck (...) [ Plusieurs Menuiseries (...) ], 1658

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Bust of Florae surrounded by strapwork, from the series Deorum dearumque

Bust of Florae surrounded by strapwork, from the series Deorum dearumque, a set of images of deities after coins in the collection of Abraham Ortelius, 1573

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Perspective view of the interior of a hall, with cross-vault decorated with grot

Perspective view of the interior of a hall, with cross-vault decorated with grotesques, plate 18, from Scenographiae sive Perspectivae, Published 1601

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Cœnotaphiorum (13), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum

Cœnotaphiorum (13), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum
C" notaphiorum (13), 1563

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Cœnotaphiorum (12), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum

Cœnotaphiorum (12), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum
C" notaphiorum (12), 1563

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Cœnotaphiorum (11), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum

Cœnotaphiorum (11), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum
C" notaphiorum (11), 1563

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Cœnotaphiorum (9), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum

Cœnotaphiorum (9), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum
C" notaphiorum (9), 1563

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Cœnotaphiorum (8), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum

Cœnotaphiorum (8), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum
C" notaphiorum (8), 1563

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Cœnotaphiorum (7), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum

Cœnotaphiorum (7), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum
C" notaphiorum (7), 1563

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Cœnotaphiorum (6), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum

Cœnotaphiorum (6), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum
C" notaphiorum (6), 1563

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Cœnotaphiorum (4), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum

Cœnotaphiorum (4), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum
C" notaphiorum (4), 1563

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Cœnotaphiorum (3), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum

Cœnotaphiorum (3), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum
C" notaphiorum (3), 1563

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Cœnotaphiorum (27), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum

Cœnotaphiorum (27), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum
C" notaphiorum (27), 1563

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Cœnotaphiorum (26), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum

Cœnotaphiorum (26), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum
C" notaphiorum (26), 1563

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Cœnotaphiorum (25), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum

Cœnotaphiorum (25), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum
C" notaphiorum (25), 1563

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Cœnotaphiorum (24), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum

Cœnotaphiorum (24), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum
C" notaphiorum (24), 1563

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Cœnotaphiorum (23), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum

Cœnotaphiorum (23), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum
C" notaphiorum (23), 1563

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Cœnotaphiorum (22), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum

Cœnotaphiorum (22), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum
C" notaphiorum (22), 1563

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Cœnotaphiorum (21), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum

Cœnotaphiorum (21), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum
C" notaphiorum (21), 1563

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Cœnotaphiorum (20), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum

Cœnotaphiorum (20), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum
C" notaphiorum (20), 1563

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Cœnotaphiorum (19), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum

Cœnotaphiorum (19), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum
C" notaphiorum (19), 1563

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Cœnotaphiorum (18), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum

Cœnotaphiorum (18), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum
C" notaphiorum (18), 1563

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Cœnotaphiorum (16), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum

Cœnotaphiorum (16), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum
C" notaphiorum (16), 1563

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Cœnotaphiorum (15), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum

Cœnotaphiorum (15), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum
C" notaphiorum (15), 1563

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Cœnotaphiorum (14), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum

Cœnotaphiorum (14), 1563. Creators: Johannes van Doetecum I, Lucas van Doetecum
C" notaphiorum (14), 1563

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Bust of Janus surrounded by strapwork, from the series Deorum dearumque

Bust of Janus surrounded by strapwork, from the series Deorum dearumque, a set of images of deities after coins in the collection of Abraham Ortelius, 1573

Background imageDe Vries Collection: The Alchemist, 16th century, (1849). Creator: Bisson & Cottard

The Alchemist, 16th century, (1849). Creator: Bisson & Cottard
The Alchemist, 16th century, (1849). An alchemist in his laboratory. Engraving after a drawing by Ferdinand Sere, after the 16th century original by Hans Vredeman de Vries in the Bibliotheque

Background imageDe Vries Collection: The Four, the Three, the Two, and the One, 1595. Artist: Hans Vredeman de Vries

The Four, the Three, the Two, and the One, 1595. Artist: Hans Vredeman de Vries
The Four, the Three, the Two, and the One, 1595. Illustration from the book Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae by Heinrich Khunrath, a work on alchemy. From a private collection

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Hermaphrodite, 1595. Artist: Hans Vredeman de Vries

Hermaphrodite, 1595. Artist: Hans Vredeman de Vries
Hermaphrodite, 1595. Illustration from the book Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae by Heinrich Khunrath, a work on alchemy. From a private collection

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Alchemists laboratory, 1595. Artist: Hans Vredeman de Vries

Alchemists laboratory, 1595. Artist: Hans Vredeman de Vries
Alchemists laboratory, 1595. Illustration from the book Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae (Amphitheatre of Eternal Wisdom) by Heinrich Khunrath. From a private collection

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Dutch colony found destroyed by Native Americans, 1640s

Dutch colony found destroyed by Native Americans, 1640s
De Vries finds the ruins of his Dutch settlement in New Netherland, 1640s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Traveler and a boy in a landscape, William van Senus, Ten Brink, De Vries, 1838

Traveler and a boy in a landscape, William van Senus, Ten Brink, De Vries, 1838

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Juggling Man

Juggling Man; Adriaen de Vries, Dutch, about 1545 - 1626; Netherlands, Europe; about 1615; Bronze; Object: H: 76.8 x W: 51.8 x D: 21.9 cm (2 ft. 6 1/4 in. x 1 ft. 8 3/8 in. x 8 5/8 in.)

Background imageDe Vries Collection: Rearing Horse

Rearing Horse; Adriaen de Vries, Dutch, about 1545 - 1626; Holland, Europe; about 1605 - 1610; Bronze; Object: H: 49.5 x W: 54.6 x D: 17.8 cm (19 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 7 in.)


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"Unveiling the Mysteries of De Vries: A Journey through Alchemy, Mythology, and Art" Step into the enigmatic world as we explore a collection that transcends time and space. From Heinrich Khunrath's "The Alchemists Laboratory, " we are transported to an ancient realm where secrets lie hidden within intricate symbols and esoteric knowledge. In Jan Muller's masterpiece, "Hercules Slaying the Hydra, " witness the triumph of strength over adversity, a metaphor for our own battles against inner demons. The power of transformation is further emphasized in Khunrath's depiction of "The Philosopher's Stone, " an elusive substance believed to hold the key to eternal wisdom. Johannes van Doetecum I and Lucas van Doetecum invite us into their mesmerizing world with "Cœnotaphiorum (10), " showcasing their exceptional craftsmanship in woodwork. Meanwhile, Jan Muller captures Cleopatra's allure in his captivating portrayal, inviting us to delve into her intriguing story. Khunrath returns once again with his exploration of Christian Kabbalism in his scheme, revealing connections between mysticism and spirituality. Verscheyden Schrynwerck presents us with stunning furniture pieces like the wall-mounted shelf unit and canopy bed – testaments to exquisite design from centuries past. Marvel at the beauty of Florae surrounded by strapwork in Bust of Florae series while immersing yourself in perspective view interior hall adorned with grot decorations - both examples highlighting artistic mastery across different mediums. Finally, Johannes van Doetecum I and Lucas van Doetecum astound us yet again with their creation Cœnotaphiorum (13), transporting us back to 1563 through their intricate craftsmanship.