Beneficence. Queen Emma by Lambertus Zijl, Calystegia sepium, Hedge Bindweed, and Conical Hydrangea, Hydrangea paniculata, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
When Queen Emma of The Netherlands (1858-1934) - Adelheid Emma Wilhelmina Theresia von Waldeck-Pyrmont - died, the entire nation grieved. She was much beloved as the Queen of Beneficence; Queen Emma had endowed many noble social causes among which the care for those ridden with TBC, and she'd established a fund for the first sanataria in Holland. More importantly she'd married the old widower King William III (1817-1890) - forty years her senior - and by giving birth to the later Queen Wilhelmina (1880-1962) she'd ensured the continuation of the Royal Line. When William died, she'd become Regent on behalf of their daughter and in that capacity preserved the prerogatives of the Throne. Moreover, her charity and political insight restored public faith in a very badly damaged royalty. Her death in 1934 was widely mourned.
This statue was made by the sculptor Lambertus Zijl (1866-1947) and it was inaugurated by Queen Wilhelmina in 1938. It stands in a nice little public park at the Emmaplein in the western part of Amsterdam (Willemsparkbuur). The (visible) iconography is of six maidens rejoicing in their example upliftingly just beneath the Regent's personal coat of arms. The hidden facades in this photo of the monument show scenes of Beneficence, Justice, and on the back one of a sanatarium.
The monument is circled by Roses and these White Conical Hydrangea's. Not really kept very well, those borders are prolific with pretty Hedge Bindweed.
Beneficence. Queen Emma by Lambertus Zijl, Calystegia sepium, Hedge Bindweed, and Conical Hydrangea, Hydrangea paniculata, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
When Queen Emma of The Netherlands (1858-1934) - Adelheid Emma Wilhelmina Theresia von Waldeck-Pyrmont - died, the entire nation grieved. She was much beloved as the Queen of Beneficence; Queen Emma had endowed many noble social causes among which the care for those ridden with TBC, and she'd established a fund for the first sanataria in Holland. More importantly she'd married the old widower King William III (1817-1890) - forty years her senior - and by giving birth to the later Queen Wilhelmina (1880-1962) she'd ensured the continuation of the Royal Line. When William died, she'd become Regent on behalf of their daughter and in that capacity preserved the prerogatives of the Throne. Moreover, her charity and political insight restored public faith in a very badly damaged royalty. Her death in 1934 was widely mourned.
This statue was made by the sculptor Lambertus Zijl (1866-1947) and it was inaugurated by Queen Wilhelmina in 1938. It stands in a nice little public park at the Emmaplein in the western part of Amsterdam (Willemsparkbuur). The (visible) iconography is of six maidens rejoicing in their example upliftingly just beneath the Regent's personal coat of arms. The hidden facades in this photo of the monument show scenes of Beneficence, Justice, and on the back one of a sanatarium.
The monument is circled by Roses and these White Conical Hydrangea's. Not really kept very well, those borders are prolific with pretty Hedge Bindweed.