# Weeping and captive caryatids: Remorse and Penance

- By: Artus Quellinus (I) (Antwerp, 1609–1668)
- Date: 1650 - 1651
- Medium: terracotta (clay material)
- Classification: model
- Dimensions: height 84.3 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the City of Amsterdam
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-AM-51-24-A-1--ff4d3a279303d5281376f58c93828f89)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/NzzPr/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Between the reliefs in the Vierschaar (Tribunal), or court of justice, in the Amsterdam Town Hall, Quellinus placed four female caryatids – weight-bearing sculpted figures – personifying Remorse (with their hands covering their face) and Penance (with bound hands).