Ida Brun
Ida Brun
3D
Published 2019-12-17T15:50:05+00:00
Ida Brun (1792-1857) was given a very extensive aesthetic upbringing by her mother, Friederike Brun, to enable her to become the ideal of female beauty, charm, intellect and talent. Ida had to devote herself to everything beautiful – nature in its splendour and exquisite art, and she was given the best teachers in language, music, singing, dancing and drawing. Her attitude dancing and her beautiful singing voice were much admired by her contemporaries.
Thorvaldsen had undertaken to give drawing lessons to Brun but he preferred having her sing to him, while he accompanied her on the guitar. Deeply impressed by Brun's beauty and grace, in 1810, Thorvaldsen modelled a portrait bust of Brun.
| Date published | 17/12/2019 |
| Complexity | Medium |
| Title | Ida Brun |
| Date | 1809 |
| Dimension | Height 56.5 cm |
| Accession | A810 |
| Medium | Marble |
| Record | https://thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/collections/work/A810 |
| Artist | Bertel Thorvaldsen |
| Place | Thorvaldsens Museum |
