Caritas romana (Roman Charity)
Also titled Caritas romana
Artus Quellinus (I) (Antwerp, 1609–1668)
c. 1651 - c. 1652
- Medium
- terracotta (clay material)
- Classification
- model
- Dimensions
- height 23.8 cm x width 24.5 cm x depth 22.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
This terracotta gives an impression of the first phase of Quellinus’ design process. It is a loosely modelled sketch for the never realized decoration of a water pump in the inner courtyard of the Town Hall. The subject is Pero offering her aged father, Cimon, her breast to keep him alive in prison – an appropriate subject for a pump near the municipal lockup.
