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Jakob Faurvig
Thorvaldsens Museum
  • Bertel Thorvaldsen 1770-1844

The Dance of the Muses on Helicon

  • 1816
  • Sculpture > Relief
  • Location

    • Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Upper Floor > North Corridor
  • A341
  • A341
  • Thorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (A)

Motif / Theme

  • Human > Goddess > Muse > Erato
  • Human > Goddess > Muse > Euterpe
  • Human > Goddess > Muse > Calliope
  • Human > Goddess > Muse > Kleio / Clio
  • Human > Goddess > Muse > Melpomene
  • Human > Goddess > Muse > Ourania / Urania
  • Human > Goddess > Muse > Polymnia / Polyhymnia
  • Human > Goddess > Muse > Terpsichore
  • Human > Goddess > Muse > Thalia / Thaleia
  • Nature > Mountain > Helicon

    • Plaster
    • Cast
  • Original Model

Dimension

  • Height 73.5 cm
  • Width 160 cm
  • Sculpture
  • European > Modernity (1800 - 1914)
    • Neoclassicism
    • Thorvaldsens Museum
    • Bequest from Bertel Thorvaldsen
    • March 24, 1844
  • https://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/A341

Sources / Literature

    • Ludvig Müller: Fortegnelse over Thorvaldsens Værker i Thorvaldsens Museum (A), 1848, 341
    • Kira Kofoed, Bondeknolden og æselrytteren i kunstens og frihedens tjeneste, 2018
    • Kira Kofoed, En strid om Thorvaldsen og hans eftermæle set gennem to kvinder, 2019
    • Nanna Kronberg Frederiksen, Hjemsendelse af Thorvaldsens kunst 1825, 2013
    • Kira Kofoed, Thorvaldsen på Skovgaard, 2018
    • 23.9.1813 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Anna Maria Uhden
    • Sommer 1820 from Christian Molbech to Omnes
    • 21.10.1824 from Guillaume Bertrand-Favre to Giuseppe Basseggio
    • Før 8.8.1833 from NN to NN
    • Før 8.8.1833 from NN to NN
    • Før 8.8.1833 from NN to NN
    • 7.10.1838 from Henrik Hertz to Omnes
    • Sandsynligvis sommeren 1842 from Marie Lehmann to Bertel Thorvaldsen
    • 1844 from NN, Adam Oehlenschläger, H.C. Ørsted to Omnes
    • 20.12.1850 from Redaktørerne ved Fædrelandet to Omnes
    • Laila Skjøthaug: Catalogue of Bertel Thorvaldsen's Works, Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), 2015, 168.a

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