Bertel Thorvaldsen
| Bertel Thorvaldsen | |
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| Portrait of the Artist by Karl Begas | |
| Birth | 9 November 1770 Copenhagen |
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| Deaths | 24 March 1844 Copenhagen |
| Nationality |  Denmark |
| Activity (s) | Sculptor |
| Students | Jens Adolph Jerichau |
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Bertel Thorvaldsen (born 9 November 1770 at Copenhagen , died on 24 March 1844 in the same city), is a sculptor of Denmark who became famous in Italy.
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Biography
Son of a woodcarver original Icelandic , he entered the age of 11 years at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts , where he won all the prizes. Recipient of a royal scholarship, he went in 1797 to Rome where he painted his first major work, a project of Jason who has earned the praise of Antonio Canova. In 1803, the rich British collector Thomas Hope commissioned a marble version of Jason's early success. Thorvaldsen not leave Italy for 16 years.
In 1819, he made a visit to Denmark where he received a series of colossal command of Christ and the twelve apostles, for the Copenhagen Cathedral was destroyed during the British bombardment of 1807. This Christ is the typical representation of the nineteenth century , among the statues of the most copied.
Thorvaldsen died suddenly in 1844. His will has an important legacy for building a museum in Copenhagen , to receive his personal collection and the models of his works. His body rests in the courtyard of the museum, beneath a bed of roses, according to his wishes. In Rome, he had noticed the Irish sculptor John Hogan and made towards him flattering remark: "The best sculptor after me as I leave for Rome."
Thorvaldsen global influence on the sculpture until Spain as Damian Campeny (1771-1855).
The painter Vilhelm Eckersberg (1783-1853) was a portrait of Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen, this work has significance in the history of Danish painting. Horace Vernet was also a portrait of him and he passed control to Orientalist subjects William Wyld ( 1806 - 1889 the young protg of Vernet, at 1 st visit to Italy of it in 1834.
Works
In 1811, he directed a restoration "exhaustive" characters from the pediment of the Temple Temple Aphaa to Aegina (500-490 BC.) to Ludwig I of Bavaria.
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