Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Quadriga atop the Thorvaldsen Museum |
Murals on the exterior of the Thorvaldsen Museum |
Sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen returned to Denmark in 1838 |
Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) (A162) |
Eastern corridor of the Thorvaldsen Museum |
Casts of many of Thorvaldsen's works line the corridors |
Hebe (A875), 1815 |
Włodzimierz Potocki (1788-1812) (A155) |
Lord Byron (A130) |
Lord Byron (1788-1824) |
Relief of an angel on the base of the Byron statue |
A very realistic lion sculpture - En Liggende Løve (A121) |
Monument to Auguste Böhmer (A702), 1814 |
Ganymede with Jupiter's Eagle (A44), 1817 |
Ganymedes med Jupiters Ørn |
Ganymede with Jupiter as an Eagle |
Cupid on a lion's back - Amor På Løvens Ryg (A389) |
Hylas and the Water Nymphs (A484) |
Eros and Jupiter (A391) |
Mercury Brings Bacchus to Ino (A796) |
Wlodzimierz Potocki (A794), 1886-1888, modeled 1821 |
Alexander Sets Fire to Persepolis (A514) |
Den Triumferende Amor - Cupid Triumphant (A804), 1897-99, modeled 1814 |
Den Triumferende Amor - Cupid Triumphant (A804) |
Den Triumferende Amor - Cupid Triumphant (A804) |
Den Triumferende Amor - Cupid Triumphant (A804) |
Cupid Triumphant (A804) |
Den Triumferende Amor - Cupid Triumphant |
Den Triumferende Amor - Cupid Triumphant |
Den Triumferende Amor - Cupid Triumphant |
Den Triumferende Amor - Cupid Triumphant |
Den Triumferende Amor - Cupid Triumphant |
Ganymede Beats Cupid at Dice (A395) |
Adonis (A790), 1887 modeled 1808 |
Adonis (A790), 1887 modeled 1808 |
Adonis (A790), 1887 modeled 1808 |
Adonis (A790), 1887 modeled 1808 |
Adonis (A790), 1887 modeled 1808 |
Hunter on a Horse (A792), 1886-1887 modeled in 1834 |
Chiron and Achilles (A798), 1888-1890 modeled 1837 |
Chiron and Achilles (A798), 1888-1890 modeled 1837 |
Gratierne Med Amors Pil Og Amor Spillende På Lyre |
The Three Graces With Cupid's Arrow While Cupid Plays the Lyre |
The Three Graces (A31), 1864 |
The Three Graces with Cupid's Arrow |
The Three Graces with Cupid's Arrow |
Frederik VI (A859) |
A Shepherd Boy - En Hyrdedreng (A895) |
Shepherd Boy (A895), 1822-1825 |
Shepherd Boy (A895), 1822-1825 |
Shepherd Boy (A895), 1822-1825 |
Shepherd Boy (A895), 1822-1825 |
Shepherd Boy (A895), 1822-1825 |
Thorvalden Museum, Copenhagen |
Art and the Light-bringing Genius - A. GENIO LVMEN (A828) |
Bertel Thorvaldsen - Stående Ved Håbets Gudinde - Standing with the Goddess of Hope (A771) |
The Three Graces with Eros (A604) |
Ludwig I von Bayern (A232) |
Frederik Carl Christian (A200) |
Painted gallery ceiling |
Ceiling - Thorvaldsen Museum |
Conradin (A150) |
Baptism of Christ (A557) |
Casts in the eastern corridor |
Mercury about to Kill Argus (A5), 1818 |
Mercury about to Kill Argus (A5), 1818 |
Mercury about to Kill Argus (A5), 1818 |
Adonis (A53), 1808 |
Adonis (A53), 1808 |
Ghazi Al-din Haidar (A280) |
Vulkan (A9) |
Vulkan (A9) |
Napoleon Bonaparte (A909) |
Napoleon Bonaparte (A909) |
Mars Og Amor - Mars and Eros (A7) |
Mars and Eros (A7) |
Mars and Eros (A7) |
Mars and Eros (A7) |
Mars and Eros (A7) |
Mars and Eros (A7) |
Sankt Apollinaris (A186) |
Jason and the Golden Fleece (A52) |
Jason and the Golden Fleece |
Maximilian I (A189) |
Sir Walter Scott (A255) |
Eastern Corridor, Ground Floor, Thorvaldsen Museum |
Eastern Corridor, Ground Floor, Thorvaldsen Museum |
Alexander Frieze - The Tigris |
Courtyard with the tomb of Bertel Thorvaldsen |
Casts of Thorvaldsen's sculptures for the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen |
Vor Frue Kirke - Church of Our Lady |
Kneeling Angel - Church of Our Lady |
Kneeling Angel - Church of Our Lady |
Thorvaldsen's Christ (A82), 1821 |
There is a copy of Thorvaldsen's Christ in Temple Square, Salt Lake City |
Thorvaldsen's Christ (A82), 1821 |
Six of the Twelve Apostles |
Casts of the Apostles from Copenhagen's Church of Our Lady |
The Apostles |
St. Andrew |
Church of Our Lady set |
Church of Our Lady |
Portrait of an Angel |
The Apostles |
St. Jude the Apostle (Judas Thaddæus) (A105) |
St. Philip (A93) |
St. Jacob the Younger (A91) |
St. John (Johannes) (A89) |
St. Matthew (Mathæus) (A87) |
St. Peter (A86), 1821 |
St. Paul (A103) |
St. Simon Zelotes (A101) |
St. Bartholomæus (A99) |
St. Jacob the Elder (A98) |
St. Thomas (A96) |
St. Andrew (Andreas) (A108) |
The Western Corridor, Thorvaldsen Museum |
Fürst Clemens Metternich |
Prince Józef Poniatowski (A124) |
Prince Józef Poniatowski (1763-1813) |
Prince Józef Poniatowski |
Monument to Johann Philipp Bethmann-Hollweg( A615),1814 |
Monument to Johann Philipp Bethmann-Hollweg( A615),1814 |
Tsar Alexander I of Russia (1777-1825) (A883) |
Maria Fjodorovna Barjatinskaja (A171) |
Monument to Jacqueline Schubart (A704), 1814 |
Cupid and Hymen (A452), 1842-44 |
Mercury About to Kill Argus (A873) |
Mercury About to Kill Argus (A873) |
A cast of this Mercury is in the Eastern Corridor |
Mercury About to Kill Argus (A873) |
Cupid by Anacreon, The Winter (A416) |
Cupid and Bacchus (A407), c. 1824 |
Cupid and Bacchus (A407), c. 1824 |
Pan and a Satyr (A352), 1831 |
Bacchante and a Satyr (A354), 1833 |
Vulkan (A8) |
The cast of this statue is in the Eastern Corridor |
Ulysses Receiving the Arms of Achilles (A497) |
Venus, Mars and Cupid in the Smithy of Vulcan (A419) |
Håbets Gudinde - Goddess of Hope (A46) |
Cupid and Mars (A6) |
Cupid and Mars (A6) |
Cupid and Mars (A6) |
Cupid and Mars (A6) |
Cupid and Mars (A6) |
Cupid and Mars (A6) |
Cupid and Mars - a cast of this is in the Eastern Corridor as well |
Mars Og Amor (A6) |
Homer Singing for the People (A502), 1836-1837 |
Hebe (A874) |
Hebe (A874) |
Rondel with Mercury, Pegasus and Cupid |
Minerva and Prometheus Creating the First Man (A343), 1840, modeled 1807-1808 |
Hercules and Hebe (A317), 1829-1840 |
Hygieia and Aesculapius (A322), 1838-1840, modeled in 1808 |
Achilles and Petroclus (A493), 1837 |
Achilles and Penthesilia (A495), 1837 |
Jason and the Golden Fleece (A822) |
Jason and the Golden Fleece |
Jason and the Golden Fleece |
Jason and the Golden Fleece |
Jason and the Golden Fleece |
Jason and the Golden Fleece |
Jason and the Golden Fleece |
Jason and the Golden Fleece |
Jason and the Golden Fleece |
Jason and the Golden Fleece |
Briseis and Achilles (A489) |
Briseis and Achilles |
Briseis and Achilles (A489) |
Priam Pleads with Achilles for Hector's Body (A775) |
Priam Pleads with Achilles for Hector's Body |
Venus (A853) |
Cupid and Bacchus (A797), 1889 from an 1810 model |
Cupid Received by Anacreon, Winter (A827), 1823 |
Cupid Received by Anacreon, Winter (A827), 1823 |
Cupid and Bacchus, Autumn (A412), 1825-1828 |
Cupid with a Swan and Boys Picking Fruit, Summer (A410), 1825 |
The Three Graces and Cupid - Gratierne Og Amor (A894) |
Cupid and the Three Graces |
Cupid and the Three Graces |
The Dance of the Muses on Helicon (A340) |
Cupid and Hygieia (A371) |
Cupid and Psyche (A27) |
Cupid and Psyche |
Cupid and Psyche |
Cupid and Psyche |
Cupid and Psyche |
Cupid and Psyche |
Cupid and Psyche |
Ganymede Filling the Cup (A43) |
Ganymede Filling the Cup |
Ganymede Filling the Cup |
Ganymede |
Ganymede |
Ganymede Offering the Cup (A41) |
Ganymede Offering the Cup |
The Western Corridor of the Thorvaldsen Museum is also filled with casts |
A Sitting Jew - En Siddende Jøde (A72) |
A Sitting Jew |
Adam and Eve with Cain and Abel (A551) |
The main element in the Western Corridor is the pediment group of Copenhagen's Church of Our Lady |
Copenhagen's Church of Our Lady Pediment Sculpture Group |
A Youth - En Yngling (A64) |
Mother and Child - En Mor Med Sit Barn (A69) |
Son and Father - En Son Med Sin Far (A61) |
St. John the Baptist (A59) with a Young Man (A60) and a Standing Boy (A65) |
Pediment Group of the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen |
St. John the Baptist and A Standing Boy |
Standing Boy, Pharisee (A66), Hunter, Two Children (A68) (A67) |
Two Children (A68) |
Reclining Shepherd (A70) |
Reclining Shepherd (A70) |
Mother and Child (A69) |
Roman Soldier (A71) |
Angel with Hourglass |
Why are the plaster sculptures dirty? |
The Great Hall - Thorvaldsen Museum |
The Great Hall - Thorvaldsen Museum |
Prince Józef Poniatowski (A123) |
Maximilian of Bavaria (A128), 1833-1835 |
The Genius of Government (A530) |
Eugène de Beauharnais (A156) |
Copernicus (A113) |
Friedrich Schiller (A779) |
Pope Pius VII (A142) flanked by Divine Strength (A144) and Celestial Wisdom (A143) |
Johann Gutenberg (A114) |
Maximilian I (A128) |
The bronze is on Wittelsbacherplatz in Munich |
The Genius of Justice (A531) |
Cardinal Ercole Consalvi (A271) |
Hans Madsen and Johan Rantzau (A603), 1841 |
The Swiss Lion (A119) |
Lucern's Lion Monument was designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen |
Hercules guarding the way to the 2nd Floor (A14) |
View of the courtyard of the Thorvaldsen Museum |
Cupid's Swansong (A456), 1843 |
The Alexander Frieze - the beginning: palm tree and camel |
The Alexander Frieze - Boat on the River Tigris |
The Alexander Frieze - Old Tigris |
The Alexander Frieze |
The Alexander Frieze - Lions |
The Alexander Frieze - Babylonians bringing gifts of horses |
The Alexander Frieze - Marching Musicians |
The Alexander Frieze - the Treasurer Bagophanes Erecting an Altar |
The Alexander Frieze |
Thorvaldsen Museum - 2nd Floor, Western Corridor |
Thorvaldsen's Arrival in Copenhagen, 17 Sept 1838, C.W. Eckersberg |
Interior of an Art Academy, P.J. Larsen, 1837 |
A collection of Thorvaldsen's sculpture |
Portrait of Thorvaldsen by R. Suhrlandt, 1810 |
Portrait of Thorvaldsen by Chr. Vogel von Vogelstein, 1814 |
Portrait of Thorvaldsen by C.W. Eckersberg, 1820 |
Portrait of Thorvaldsen by A.L. Koop, 1828 |
Portrait of Thorvaldsen by H. Vernet, 1835 |
Portrait of Antonio Canova by R. Suhrlandt |
Den Triumferende Amor (A23) |
Apollo among the Thessalian shepherds, 1834-1835, J.A. Koch |
Apollo among the Thessalian shepherds, 1834-1835, J.A. Koch |
Guldalderen - Golden Age - Franz Catel & J.J. Rubby |
Guldalderen - Golden Age - Franz Catel & J.J. Rubby |
Night Piece from the Closing Scene of 'René' by Chateaubriand - Franz Catel |
Thorvaldsen Gallery with statue of Georgiana Russell (A773) |
Part of the Poseidon Temple in Paestum, Constantin Hansen, 1839 |
Piazza Montanara, Rome, T.L. Weller, 1829 |
S. Paolo Fuori le Mura after the 1823 Fire, L. Robert, 1825 |
Ponte Cestio, Rome, Ant. Aquaroni, 1836 |
Dancing Girl - Dansende Pige (A180) |
A Young Greek Hussar with Dagger, L. Robert, 1829 |
Pilgrim at a Fountain in Rome, N.P. Holbech, 1830 |
Buffalo Dragging a Marble Block, F. Nerly, 1831 |
View of the Harbor of Pirano, Istria, Leo von Klenze, 1831 |
Neapolitan Fisherman's Family on the Beach, A. Riedel, 1833 |
Socrates and Alcibiades, C.W. Eckersberg, 1813-16 |
Thorvaldsen Museum Pinakotek |
Baptismal Font (A555) |
Raphael is Introduced to Pope Julius II at Bramante, J. Riebenhausen, 1836 |
Tobias' Homecoming, M. Oppenheim, 1823 |
Noah on board the Ark, D.C. Blunck, 1835 |
Madonna and Child, F. Overbeck, 1818 |
Gallery Ceiling, Thorvaldsen Musuem |
Norwegian Mountain Valley, J.C. Dahl, 1827 |
Psyche (A821) |
Valløby Church, Th. Læssøe, 1839 |
Valløby Church, Th. Læssøe, 1839 |
The Dance of the Muses on Helicon (A341) |
Western Corridor, Upper Floor - cast of Ganymedes Pouring |
Cast of Ganymedes Offering the Cup |
Cast of the Shepherd Boy |
Cast of the Shepherd Boy |
Bacchus |
Apollo with Lyre |
Cupid with Arrow |
Cast of the frieze Priam Pleads with Achilles for Hector's Body (A492) |
Briseis and Achilles (A490), 1803 |
Cast of Ganymedes with Zeus in the form of an Eagle |
Ceiling painting - boys playing with balls |
Ceiling painting, Thorvaldsen Museum |
Ceiling painting - athletes |
Ceiling painting - acrobats |
Ceiling paintings - Thorvaldsen Museum |
Torso from Thorvaldsen's collection of antiquities |
Thorvaldsen Collection of Antiquities |
Thorvaldsen Collection of Antiquities |
Mosaic in the Thorvaldsen Collection |
Ancient Greek Pottery |
Ancient Relief - Hercules and the Lernaen Hydra |
Ancient Relief - Hercules and the Cretan Bull |
Thorvaldsen Collection of Antiquities |
Thorvaldsen Collection of Ancient Greek Pottery |
Thorvaldsen Collection of Ancient Coins |
Thorvaldsen Collection of Ancient Coins |
Thorvaldsen Collection of Ancient Coins |
Thorvaldsen Collection of Ancient Coins |
Thorvaldsen Collection of Ancient Coins |
A Genio Lumen (A518) |
Eastern Corridor, Upper Level - Cupid (A22) |
Cupid Triumphant (A22) |
Cupid = Eros = Amor |
Another Cupid with Arrow pose |
Hercules (A15), 1843 |
George Gordon Byron (A132) |
The basement of the Thorvaldsen Museum |
Small scale models of some of Thorvaldsen's works |
Cast of the Apollo Belvedere |
Thorvaldsen's collection of ancient sculpture casts |
Cast of a giant head |
Athlete with discus |
Cast of the Spinario |
Thorvaldsen's cast collection |
Thorvaldsen Cast Collection |
Thorvaldsen Cast Collection |
Thorvaldsen Cast Collection |
Thorvaldsen Cast Collection |
Thorvaldsen Cast Collection |
Thorvaldsen Cast Collection |
Thorvaldsen Cast Collection |
Thorvaldsen Cast Collection |
Thorvaldsen Cast Collection |
Cast of the Capitoline's Cupid and Psyche |
Cast of the Borghese Venus |
Cast of Castor, 170-180 AD (L124) |
Thorvaldsen Cast Collection |
Cast of the Vatican's Belvedere Torso |
Cast with tritons and serpents |
Special exhibition on Thorvaldsen and Napoleon - Magtens Pris/Power Price |
Thorvaldsen's bust of Napoleon (A867) |
Engraving of Napoleon surrounded by his generals |
Map of Europe during the Napoleonic Era |
Thorvaldsen's drawings for the Alexander Frieze, commissioned for the Palazzo del Quirinale on Napoleon's visit to Rome |
Alexander the Great in his triumphal chariot from the Alexander Frieze |
Cast of portion of the Alexander Frieze |
Napoleon (A252), ca 1830 |
Napoleon (A252), ca 1830 |
Death mask of Napoleon (L652) |