Jakob Faurvig Thorvaldsens Museum Bertel Thorvaldsen 1770-1844 Hercules Whole work's titleStrength, Health, Justice, and Wisdom Production DateAugust 1843 - November 1843 Type of Work / ObjectSculpture > Statue Location Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Stairwell Inventory NumberA14 Catalogue NumberA14 Catalogue Level / CollectionThorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (A) Motif / Theme Human > God > Heracles / Hercules Object > Attire > Skin > Lion's skin Object > Weapon > Club Additional Catalogue Information MaterialPlaster TechniqueCast Version / EditionOriginal Model Dimension Height 388 cm Art Form / CraftSculpture Culture / Period European > Modernity (1800 - 1914) Art Movement / Style Neoclassicism Owner Thorvaldsens Museum Acquisition ModeBequest from Bertel Thorvaldsen Acquisition DateMarch 24, 1844 Permalinkhttps://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/A14 Exhibition History Fortegnelse over de ved det Kongelige Akademie for de skjönne Kunstner offentligen udstillede Kunstværker, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, April 1844, cat. no. 261 Sources / Literature Ludvig Müller: Fortegnelse over Thorvaldsens Værker i Thorvaldsens Museum (A), 1848, 14 Sommer 1839, Julen 1841 & 1844 from Christine Stampe to Omnes 2.2.1843 from Christian 8. to Christian 8. Maj-november 1843 from Christine Stampe to Omnes 23.8.1843 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Slotsbygningskommissionen 10.10.1843 from Just Mathias Thiele to Johan Bravo 6.11.1843 from Christian 8. to Christian 8. 28.11.1843 from Jørgen Dalhoff to Bertel Thorvaldsen 3.12.1843 from Redaktørerne ved Berlingske Tidende to Omnes 18.1.1844 from Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt to Omnes 20.2.1844 from Jørgen Dalhoff to Bertel Thorvaldsen 25.3.1844 from Redaktørerne ved Fædrelandet to Omnes 25.3.1844 from Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten to Omnes 26.3.1844 from Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung to Omnes 28.3.1844 from Redaktørerne ved Den Frisindede, Caspar Claudius Rosenhoff to Omnes 28.3.1844 from Caroline Amalie to Christine Stampe Efter 30.3.1844 from NN, Caspar Claudius Rosenhoff to Omnes 30.3.1844 from NN to Omnes 30.3.1844 from Redaktørerne ved Aftonbladet to Omnes 8.4.1844 from Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung to Omnes 10.5.1844 from Redaktørerne ved Dansk Ugeskrift, N.L. Høyen to Omnes 23.5.1844 from Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt to Omnes 26.6.1844 from NN to Omnes 28.6.1844 from Redaktørerne ved Berlingske Tidende to Omnes 5.9.1844 from Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt to Omnes 19.6.1845 from Christian 8. to Christian 8. 1888 from Jørgen Dalhoff to Omnes Laila Skjøthaug: Catalogue of Bertel Thorvaldsen's Works, Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), 2015, 682.a
