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Danish sculptor and collector; active in Italy. He spent most of his working life in Rome, where, after the death of Antonio Canova in 1822, he became the foremost Neo-classical sculptor. Although the heroic quality of his early Roman work was later modified by certain naturalistic features, he never abandoned his fundamental, classicizing ideals.

The internationally famous Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1789–1838) was asked to produce for the new church a series of colossal statues of Christ, John the Baptist, and the apostles. Of these, Christus (Christ) has become best-known (Fig. 1). Copies of the sculpture, often true to size or even larger, can be found around the world.

Hectors farewell to Andromache and Astyanax (1807/1810) by Bertel Thorvaldsen Thorvaldsens Museum. 'The posture of the figure of Hector, with its stress on surface, is found again in several of Thorvaldsen's drawings, reliefs and sculptures.'. Bacchantal Procession with Bacchus and Ariadne. Two Statues of Muses (1813) by Bertel Thorvaldsen ...

Bertel Thorvaldsen (Danish: [ˈpɛɐ̯tl̩ ˈtsʰɒːˌvælˀsn̩]; 19 November 1770 – 24 March 1844) was a Danish and Icelandic sculptor and medalist of international fame, 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 ...

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Bertel Thorvaldsen with the Statue of Hope. Bertel Thorvaldsen with the Statue of Hope is a self-portrait by Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, created as a plaster model in his studio at Nysø Manor in 1839 and executed in marble posthumously by Herman Wilhelm Bissen in 1859. In 1894, a bronze cast was erected in Central Park, New York City.

Bertel Thorvaldsen is one of the most famous sculptors in Denmark. His work was clearly inspired by classiscal Greece and Rome. Amongst his most famous works is the relief King Priam of Troy supplicates Achilles for his son Hector’s body (1815), Jason with the Golden Fleece (1828), the sculptures in Copenhagen Cathedral (1821-4), including statues of Christ and the Apostles, and the ...