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          Bertel Thorvaldsen was a sculptor, prominent in the Neoclassical period, who was the first internationally acclaimed Danish artist.

        1. Bertel Thorvaldsen was a sculptor, prominent in the Neoclassical period, who was the first internationally acclaimed Danish artist.
        2. This site is a research and documentation centre on Bertel Thorvaldsen and his art.
        3. Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor and medalist of international fame, who spent most of his life (–) in Italy.
        4. Motifs for his works (reliefs, statues, and busts) were drawn mostly from Greek mythology, but he also created portraits of important personalities, as in his.
        5. The influence of Thorvaldsen's collection of ancient scarabs and gems on his own work is discussed in Bertel Thorvaldsen,.

          6. Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor and medalist of international fame, who spent most of his life (–) in Italy.!


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          Bertel Thorvaldsen
          (1770-1844)
          Various works
          JULY 2016: Numerous images added, page width columnized for (hopefully) easier reading

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          THORVALDSEN or THORWALDSEN, BERTEL (1770-1844), Danish sculptor, the son of an Icelander who had settled in Denmark and there carried on the trade of a wood-carver, was born in Copenhagen on the 8th November 1770.

          While very young he learnt to assist his father; at the age of eleven he entered the Copenhagen School of Art, and soon began to show his exceptional talents.

          In 1792 he won the highest prize, the travelling studentship, and in 1796 he started for Italy in a Danish man-of-war. On the 8th March 1797 he arrived in Rome, where Canova was at the height of his popularity. Thorwaldsen’s first success was the model for a statue of Jason, which was highly praised by Canova, and he received the commission to execute it in marble from Thomas Hope, a wealthy English art-