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Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Published 2019-12-18T11:34:00+00:00
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This bust is a self-portrait of the master neoclassical sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen. The work, interestingly, was actually commissioned by a Hans West in 1810.
This work is a plaster copy of the marble version now housed at The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, The Academy Council, Copenhagen (inv. no. KS445).
Read more of the correspondance between Hans West and Thorvaldsen here.
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Date published | 18/12/2019 |
Complexity | Medium |
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Title | Bertel Thorvaldsen |
Date | 1810 |
Dimension | Height 73.5 cm |
Accession | A223 |
Medium | Plaster |
Record | https://thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/collections/work/A223 |
Artist | Bertel Thorvaldsen |
Place | Thorvaldsens Museum |
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