A-level: Adriaen de Vries’s bronze casting technique: direct lost-wax method

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Video from The J. Paul Getty Museum

Adriaen de Vries, a 17th century Dutch sculptor, often used “direct lost-wax casting.” Because the wax is “lost,” each bronze cast is unique. If the casting fails, the sculptor begins again.

Cite this page as: The J. Paul Getty Museum, "A-level: Adriaen de Vries’s bronze casting technique: direct lost-wax method," in Smarthistory, June 14, 2017, accessed January 27, 2021, https://smarthistory.org/bronze-casting-lost-wax-2/.