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| Keywords: Francesco Bertos - Allegorical Groups Representing the Four Continents - Europe - Walters 54659.jpg Very little is known about Francesco Bertos a highly original artist who created a considerable number of complicated pyramidal groups in a very distinctive ingenious style that mirrors the lightness and airiness of contemporary rococo painting in France These four groups Walters 54 659 54 657 54 660 and 54 658 are allegories symbolic representations of the four continents of which the world was then thought to consist All have their names engraved In the allegory of Europe Jupiter the king of the gods in Greco-Roman mythology crowns Bellona the goddess of war Jupiter's eagle rest on objects used in war canon shield and drum Europe is thereby represented as being the leader of the world through her military prowess The figure of Religion on the ground reveals that the Christian faith is the source of Europe's superior position ca 1710 1725 bronze cm 63 accession number 54 659 28471 Spiradon Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Jacques Seligmann Co Inc Sale New York February 17 1917 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1917 The Allure of Bronze The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 place of origin Padua Italy Walters Art Museum license Baroque sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Francesco Bertos Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Allegories | ||||
