Artus QuellinusFlemish, 1609–1668Gerechtigheid
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Gerechtigheid” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the sculpture
Both façades of the Town Hall are surmounted by three bronze statues. On the front elevation, Peace is flanked by
the virtues Wisdom and Justice, of which these terracotta figures are the scale models. On the rear elevation, Atlas shoulders the celestial globe, with Temperance and Vigilance at his side. The message expressed here is that universal peace, on earth and in heaven, depends on these four virtues.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- BK-AM-51-5
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
