The Four Continents Paying Homage to Amsterdam
Also titled De vier werelddelen brengen eerbetoon aan Amsterdam
c. 1650 - c. 1653
- Medium
- terracotta (clay material)
- Classification
- sculpture
- Dimensions
- height 90 cm x width 415 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
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
The front and rear elevation of the Town Hall are each dominated by a sculpted marble tympanum approximately twenty metres in width and surmounted by bronze statues. This design for the rear façade shows the four (then known) continents bringing prosperity to Amsterdam. It symbolizes the Amsterdam merchants’ worldwide trading network.
