Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen
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.
Artwork Details
- 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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