Weeping and captive caryatids: Remorse and Penance
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).
c. 1650
Terracotta (clay material)
85.0cm
BK-AM-51-24-B-2
Image and text courtesy of Rijksmuseum, 2019
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Rijksmuseum
Permanent collection