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| Keywords: Francesco Bertos - Allegorical Groups Representing the Four Continents - Africa - Walters 54658.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 Africa the continent is depicted by people who in a simple peaceful way of life gather grain from the fertile ground A lion and a snake indicate the African continent ca 1710 1725 bronze cm 63 5 accession number 54 658 2220 Spiradon Paris Jacques Seligmann and Co Inc New York Sale February 17 1917 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1917 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 | ||||
