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Bertel Thorvaldsen
Portrait by Carl Joseph Begas, c. 1820
Born
Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen
19 November 1770
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died
24 March 1844(1844-03-24) (aged 73)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Known for
Sculpting
Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen (Danish:[ˈpɛɐ̯tl̩ˈtsʰɒːˌvælˀsn̩]; sometimes given as Thorwaldsen; 19 November 1770 – 24 March 1844) was a Danish sculptor and medalist of international fame,[1] who spent most of his life (1797–1838) in Italy. Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen into a working-class Danish/Icelandic family, and was accepted to the Royal Danish Academy of Art at the age of eleven. Working part-time with his father, who was a wood carver, Thorvaldsen won many honors and medals at the academy. He was awarded a stipend to travel to Rome and continue his education.
In Rome, Thorvaldsen made a name for himself as a sculptor. Maintaining a large workshop in the city, he worked in a heroic neo-classicist style. His patrons resided all over Europe.[2]
Upon his return to Denmark in 1838, Thorvaldsen was received as a national hero. The Thorvaldsen Museum was erected to house his works next to Christiansborg Palace. Thorvaldsen is buried within the courtyard of the museum. In his time, he was seen as the successor of master sculptor Antonio Canova. Among his more famous public monuments are the statues of Nicolaus Copernicus and Józef Poniatowski in Warsaw; the statue of Maximilian I in Munich; and the tomb monument of Pope Pius VII, the only work by a non-Catholic in St. Peter's Basilica.
^Forrer, L. (1916). "Thorwaldsen, Albertus". Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. Vol. VI. London: Spink & Son Ltd. pp. 84–86.
^Alexander Sturgis. 2006. Rebels and Martyrs: The Image of the Artist in the Nineteenth Century, London: National Gallery (Great Britain), p. 52
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