Bertel thorvaldsen

In September 1807, the Vor Frue Kirke (Our Lady’s Church), the National (Lutheran) Cathedral of Denmark, was destroyed during the bombardment of Copenhagen by the British navy. The church was rebuilt between 1817 and 1829 in the then fashionable Neoclassical style. The internationally famous Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1789–1838) was asked to produce for the new church a series of colossal statues of Christ, John the Baptist, and the apostles. Of these, Christus (Christ) has become…

Portrait of Bertel Thorvaldsen by Carl Joseph Begas

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A look at the difference between the experiences of visiting Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek versus Thorvaldsen's Museum, both sculpture museums in Copenhagen

Horace Vernet | Bertel Thorvaldsen (1768–1844) with the Bust of Horace Vernet | The Met

A daughter of William Backhouse Astor Jr. and Caroline Webster Schermerhorn, and great-granddaughter of John Jacob Astor, her father strongly objected to her relationship with James J. Van Alen. Undeterred, she eloped with him in 1876. They had three children, Mary, James and Sarah, during their five year marriage....

Portrait of the Sculptor Berthel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844) (1842/43) by Friedrich von Amerling, an object of LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vaduz–Vienna