Willem van Tetrode : sculptor (c. 1525 -1580) / Guglielmo Fiammingo : scultore

The Netherlands is renowed more for its painters than for its sculptures. It is a bias that has existed since the XVIII centuy, but the facts are gradually starting dispel. The Reformation ushered in a barren period for Dutch sculpture -an effect accentuated by the absence of the extent of patronage of sculpture that pertained elsewhere in Europe; nonetheless, the Netherlands did spawn a few sculptors of international importance and among them is Willem van Tetrode. Tetrode is better known under his Italian name of Guglielmo Fiammingo and this is due to his long sejourn in Italy.