• Bertel Thorvaldsen

  1770-1844

Clemens Metternich

• Production Date

  June 12, 1819

• Type of Work / Object

  Sculpture > Bust > Portrait Bust

• Location

  • Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Main Floor > Room 12

• Inventory Number

  A235

• Catalogue Number

  A235

• Catalogue Level / Collection

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

Explanation

• Prince Metternich (1773-1859) was the Austrian chancellor and foreign minister. During and after the Congress of Vienna, Metternich played a major role in the politics of the European great powers until 1848. Thorvaldsen has carved him as the ideal of a man of the world with the clearly defined face, the turn of the head and the dignified stance.

Motif / Theme

• Human > Man > Clemens Metternich

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