Jakob Faurvig Thorvaldsens Museum Bertel Thorvaldsen 1770-1844 Simon Zelotes Whole work's titleChrist and the Twelve Apostles Production Date1823 - No later than 1827 Type of Work / ObjectSculpture > Statue Location Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Main Floor > Christ Hall Inventory NumberA101 Catalogue NumberA101 Catalogue Level / CollectionThorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (A) Motif / Theme Human > Man > Simon the Zealot Object > Tool > Saw Additional Catalogue Information MaterialPlaster TechniqueCast Version / EditionOriginal Model Dimension Height 241 cm Art Form / CraftSculpture Culture / Period European > Modernity (1800 - 1914) Art Movement / Style Neoclassicism SkabelsesstedItaly > Lazio > Rome Assistant Emil Wolff Owner Thorvaldsens Museum Acquisition ModeBequest from Bertel Thorvaldsen Acquisition DateMarch 24, 1844 Permalinkhttps://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/A101 Sources / Literature Ludvig Müller: Fortegnelse over Thorvaldsens Værker i Thorvaldsens Museum (A), 1848, 101 1.1.1818 from Lauritz Kruse to Bertel Thorvaldsen 2.3.1821 from Christian 8. to Christian 8. 2.3.1821 from Johan Gunder Adler to Bertel Thorvaldsen 27.3.1821 from Christian 8. to C.F. Hansen 24.1.1823 from NN to Omnes 1824 from Just Mathias Thiele to Omnes 26.4.1824 from Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt to Omnes 3.7.1824 from Redaktørerne ved Nyt Aftenblad to Omnes 14.8.1824 from Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn to Omnes 27.8.1824 from John Gibson to John Crouchley 29.1.1825 from Redaktørerne ved Nyt Aftenblad to Omnes 1.2.1825 og medio februar 1825 from Redaktørerne ved Hesperus, NN to Omnes 26.2.1825 from Christian 8. to Bertel Thorvaldsen 24.11.1826 from C.F. Hansen to Bertel Thorvaldsen 28.11.1826 from Kirkebygningskommissionen to Bertel Thorvaldsen Senest 4.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Christian 8. Senest 4.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Christian 8. 4.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Christian 8. 4.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Slotsbygningskommissionen 4.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Slotsbygningskommissionen 4.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Slotsbygningskommissionen 4.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Slotsbygningskommissionen 7.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to C.F. Hansen 7.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to C.F. Hansen 7.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to C.F. Hansen Senest 12.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Kirkebygningskommissionen 12.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Kirkebygningskommissionen Marts 1827 from NN to Omnes 17.3.1827 from Christian 8. to Bertel Thorvaldsen 10.4.1827 from Kirkebygningskommissionen to Bertel Thorvaldsen 7.5.1827 from C.F. Hansen to Bertel Thorvaldsen 22.5.1827 from Slotsbygningskommissionen to Bertel Thorvaldsen 6.6.1827 from Kirkebygningskommissionen to Bertel Thorvaldsen 9.6.1827 from NN to Omnes 22.6.1827 from J.C. Ulrich to Bertel Thorvaldsen 27.7.1827 from Johan Gunder Adler, Hermann Ernst Freund to Slotsbygningskommissionen 17.9.1827 from C.F. Hansen to Bertel Thorvaldsen 1.12.1827 from Slotsbygningskommissionen to Bertel Thorvaldsen 15.1.1828 from Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten to Omnes 19.1.1828 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Slotsbygningskommissionen 17.6.1828 from Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten to Omnes Antagelig 26.6.1828 from H.W. Bissen to Bertel Thorvaldsen 8.7.1828 from Kirkebygningskommissionen to Bertel Thorvaldsen 30.12.1828 from Kirkebygningskommissionen to Bertel Thorvaldsen 12.4.1829 from N.C.L. Abrahams to Bertel Thorvaldsen 21.5.1829 from Adam Oehlenschläger to Bertel Thorvaldsen 14.7.1829 from F.C. Hillerup to Omnes 28.6.1830 from NN to Omnes 29.6.1830 from NN to Omnes 30.6.1830 from NN to Omnes 2.7.1830 from NN to Omnes 1831 from Rembrandt Peale to Omnes 12.12.1831 from Christian 8. to Bertel Thorvaldsen 12.12.1831 from Christian 8. to Bertel Thorvaldsen 21.2.1832 from Kirkebygningskommissionen to Bertel Thorvaldsen 12.3.1832 from Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten to Omnes 17.6.1832 from C.F. Hansen to Bertel Thorvaldsen 13.3.1834 from NN to Omnes 19.6.1834 from NN to Omnes Antagelig 20.6.1835 from Maria Callcott to Bertel Thorvaldsen 8.4.1836 from Ludvig Bødtcher to Bertel Thorvaldsen 16.2.1837 from Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten to Omnes 27.3.1837 from NN to Omnes 24.10.1838 from Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten to Omnes 28.3.1839 from Redaktørerne ved Dannevirke to Omnes 1841 from Nikolaj Krossing to Omnes 1841 from Chr. K.F. Molbech to Omnes 1841 from Gottlieb Nicolai Sibbern to Omnes 25.10.1842 from Redaktørerne ved Dagen to Omnes 6.5.1843 from NN to Omnes 8.10.1843 from Redaktørerne ved Ny Portefeuille to Omnes Efter 30.3.1844 from NN, Caspar Claudius Rosenhoff to Omnes 30.3.1844 from Adam Oehlenschläger to Omnes 8.4.1844 from Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung to Omnes 11.4.1844 from E.A. Hagen to Omnes 1.6.1844 from Alfred Reumont to Omnes 17.10.1849 from Charles Blanc, Redaktørerne ved Le Moniteur Universel to Jules Armand Dufaure 17.10.1849 from Charles Blanc, Redaktørerne ved Le Moniteur Universel to Jules Armand Dufaure 2.12.1815 from P.O. Brøndsted to Bertel Thorvaldsen Nanna Kronberg Frederiksen, Hjemsendelse af Thorvaldsens kunst 1828, 2014 26.2.1825 from Johan Gunder Adler to Hermann Ernst Freund 22.10.1829 from NN to Omnes 26.6.1830 from NN to Omnes Laila Skjøthaug: Catalogue of Bertel Thorvaldsen's Works, Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), 2015, 351.a Margrethe Floryan: Kristus. Thorvaldsens statue i Vor Frue Kirke. Æstetisk, historisk og liturgisk set, 2020