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Willem Boy

1520-1592 · Belgian, Dutch, Swedish · 2 places

Flemish painter, sculptor, and architect who arrived in Sweden around 1558 during the reign of Gustav Vasa and became one of the country's leading artists. He is best remembered for the monumental sarcophagus of King Gustav I in Uppsala…

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