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Frenzy
Artus Quellinus the Elderca. 1660
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This curious, life-size sandstone sculpture portrays a woman pulling out her hair in a fit of madness, the personification of Frenzy. The statue originally stood in the garden of the Dolhuys (madhouse), the municipal institution for the mentally ill. A lunatic is peering out from his or her cell on all four sides of the pedestal.
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Details
- Title: Frenzy
- Creator: Quellinus, Artus (I)
- Date Created: ca. 1660
- Physical Dimensions: zandsteen
- Subject Keywords: Dolhuis
- Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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