Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen

1858

Not on view

This sketch served as the modello for a finished painting of the same date that now belongs to the Thorvaldsens Museum, whose audacious neoclassical building was erected to house the art of Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844). The sculptor, who spent most of his career in Rome, was celebrated internationally and was a hero to his fellow Danes.

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Title: Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen
Artist: Constantin Hansen (Danish, Rome 1804–1880 Frederiksberg)
Date: 1858
Medium: Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
Dimensions: 12 7/8 x 17 in. (32.7 x 43.2 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Thaw Collection, Jointly Owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Morgan Library & Museum, Gift of Eugene V. Thaw, 2009
Object Number: 2009.400.73
Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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