(Albert) Bertel Thorvaldsen
Other names: Thorwaldsen
Born 19 November 1770
Died 24 March 1844
Country of birth and death: Denmark
Sculptor
Born in Copenhagen (or possibly Iceland). In 1797 he won a scholarship to study in Rome where he settled for many years. During this time he completed a number of commissions in his native Denmark and returned there permanently in 1838. He died suddenly on 24 March 1844 having bequeathed a large sum to fund the building of a museum in Copenhagen to house preparatory models and finished examples of his work.
Works
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Morning
1853
Night
1853
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of Art-Industry in Dublin, 1853
Sources
Illustrated Catalogue of the Exhibition of Art Industry in Dublin, 1853.
1853
Exhibited 'Morning'
Citing this record
'(Albert) Bertel Thorvaldsen', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib3_1214920805, accessed 20 May 2022]
