Amsterdams Lieverdje

The bronze figure of a young boy, hands tucked behind his back with an impish grin, stands on a pedestal in the middle of the Spui. Created by Amsterdam sculptor Carel Kneulman and unveiled on September tenth, nineteen sixty, the statue was a gift to the city from the Hunter Cigarette Company. It was based on a character from a newspaper column by journalist Henri Knap, representing the mischievous yet kind-hearted street children of Amsterdam.