Artus (I) Quellinus (1655)

Prudence is personified here in clay. She is one of the four Virtues portrayed in art as women. The other three are Justice, Fortitude and Temperance. A snake winds around Prudence's arm while in her right hand, which has broken off, she would have held a mirror. This sculpture was made in the mid-seventeenth century by Artus Quellinus, or one of his assistants. They were responsible for all the sculpture in and on the new town hall in Amsterdam, now the Palace on Dam Square. Before making the final sculpture, they first made a model, or study, in clay - terracotta.  www.rijksmuseum.nl/

Artus (I) Quellinus (1655)

Prudence is personified here in clay. She is one of the four Virtues portrayed in art as women. The other three are Justice, Fortitude and Temperance. A snake winds around Prudence's arm while in her right hand, which has broken off, she would have held a mirror. This sculpture was made in the mid-seventeenth century by Artus Quellinus, or one of his assistants. They were responsible for all the sculpture in and on the new town hall in Amsterdam, now the Palace on Dam Square. Before making the final sculpture, they first made a model, or study, in clay - terracotta.  www.rijksmuseum.nl/

Adriaen de Vries (1615)

A lifesize bronze statue of a nude figure, depicted twisting round as he sits on a ring of fish. The man's head is turning to the right and is slightly raised as he blows on a horn-shaped shell held in his right hand. His eyes are fixed on the horn and his cheeks are puffed up as he blows; he gives it all the power and concentration he can muster. The bronze figure is a triton: a sea creature belonging to the sea god Neptune's entourage. The tritons dash over the waves and often use a shell, as here, for a horn. With the sound of their horns they could raise a storm or calm the sea.   www.rijksmuseum.nl/

Adriaen de Vries (1615)

A lifesize bronze statue of a nude figure, depicted twisting round as he sits on a ring of fish. The man's head is turning to the right and is slightly raised as he blows on a horn-shaped shell held in his right hand. His eyes are fixed on the horn and his cheeks are puffed up as he blows; he gives it all the power and concentration he can muster. The bronze figure is a triton: a sea creature belonging to the sea god Neptune's entourage. The tritons dash over the waves and often use a shell, as here, for a horn. With the sound of their horns they could raise a storm or calm the sea.   www.rijksmuseum.nl/