America from the Four Continents ensemble

Maker:

Vaccaro, Lorenzo

Medium:

silver (metal)

Dimensions:

128 cm

Place of Origin:

Italy > Campania > Napoli

Repository:

Museo de la Catedral, Toledo

Date:

1695 CE

ID:

21036

Keywords:

Silver Commission Allegory Sculpture

Notes:

One of four silver sculptures of the Four Continents, made to models by Lorenzo Vaccaro, commissioned for King Charles II by Fernando de Benavides, count of Esteban, viceroy of Naples 1687-95, and completed in 1695 (now in the Treasury of Toledo cathedral).