• Bertel Thorvaldsen

  1770-1844

Recumbent lion

• Whole work's title

  Monument to Karl Philipp von Schwarzenberg

• Production Date

  No earlier than May 1825

• Type of Work / Object

  Sculpture > Statue

• Location

  • Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Main Floor > Room 13

• Inventory Number

  A121

• Catalogue Number

  A121

• Catalogue Level / Collection

  Thorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (A)

Explanation

• Throughout the ages, the lion has often been used in art as a symbolical guardian of one thing or another. This lion was originally created in order to watch over the memory of a famous man: the Austrian field marshal and diplomat Karl Philip von Schwarzenberg (1771-1820). However, the memorial of which the lion was to have formed part was never realised.

Motif / Theme

• Animal > Lion

Additional Catalogue Information