Cornelis Floris de Vriendt: The Flemish Renaissance Architect and Sculptor Cornelis Floris II (c. 1514 – 20 October 1575) was a Flemish sculptor, architect, draughtsman, medallist, and designer of prints and luxury whose Antwerp workshop contributed significantly to the Northern Renaissance by disseminating 16th-century Italian art styles. In the 1540s Floris, along with his brother Frans I Floris, studied in Rome, and he returned to Flanders with sketchbooks crammed with impressions of both Classical sculpture and the frescoes of Michelangelo and their followers. He was soon at the head of…