Focus on Epitaph of Adriaen Vryburch and discuss the Subject.
Vrijburgh was a young Netherlandish nobleman from Alkmaar, who, like Ferdinand van den Eynde, was part of the Flemish community of expatriates in Rome. In 1628 he dueled with another Netherlandish nobleman in Rome, and on December 19, 1628, he died from injuries he suffered in the duel. Like Van den Eynde, Vryburch died prematurely, aged twenty-three. He was buried in Santa Maria dell'Anima the next day. Vryburch was a Protestant, but his executors managed to get him buried in the church by promising that a beautiful white marble monument would be erected therein. Duquesnoy and Vryburch knew each other, as the Fiammingo had carved a portrait of him a few years before Vryburch's demise.
Rome Santa Maria dell'Anima Ferdinand van den Eynde Flemish Alkmaar Protestant Netherlandish