Slavernijmonument (National Slavery Monument) (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Dublin Core
Title
Slavernijmonument (National Slavery Monument) (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Subject
Subject (Topic)
Middle Passage
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Slave Trade
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Middle Passage
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Slave Trade
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture
Commemorative sculpture
Description
Taken collectively, the elongated bronze figures of enslaved Africans evoke the hull of a ship. An over life-sized woman, her arms outstretched as she arches her body backward, recalls the ship’s prow. The stern of the ship is personified by a number of nude figures, staggering forward, tethered to one another by the shackles around their necks and wrists. The rough-hewn metal texture of the sculptural surface abstracts the individual features of each figure. The memorial commemorates the abolition of slavery in the Netherlands in 1863.
Creator
de Vries, Erwin, 1929-2018
Source
Wikipedia Commons
Date
Unveiled: 2002
Contributor
Sophiedela ( Afro-European women’s movement )
Relation
To read more about the monument, click here.
Format
JPEG
Language
English
Type
Visual Arts-Sculpture
Coverage
Oosterpark 9, 1091 HA Amsterdam, Netherlands
Medium
Bronze
Rights Holder
Renée Ater
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Sculpture
Collection
Citation
de Vries, Erwin, 1929-2018, “Slavernijmonument (National Slavery Monument) (Amsterdam, The Netherlands),” Contemporary Monuments to the Slave Past, accessed September 10, 2024, https://slaverymonuments.org/items/show/1153.