Jakob Faurvig Thorvaldsens Museum Bertel Thorvaldsen 1770-1844 Mercury about to Kill Argus Production DateNo later than October 17, 1818 Type of Work / ObjectSculpture > Statue Location Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Main Floor > South Corridor Inventory NumberA5 Catalogue NumberA5 Catalogue Level / CollectionThorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (A) Motif / Theme Human > Giant > Argos / Argus Panoptes Human > God > Hermes / Mercury Object > Musical instrument > Flute Object > Weapon > Sword Object > Weapon > Lance Additional Catalogue Information MaterialPlaster TechniqueCast Version / EditionOriginal Model Dimension Height 174.5 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/A5 Sources / Literature Ludvig Müller: Fortegnelse over Thorvaldsens Værker i Thorvaldsens Museum (A), 1848, 5 3.3.1818 from Caroline von Humboldt to Christian Daniel Rauch 23.5.1818 from Jørgen Koch to G.F. Hetsch 25.5.1818 from Friederike Brun to Omnes 13.6.1818 from Jørgen Koch to Jonas Collin 23.7.1818 from Caroline von Humboldt to Christian Daniel Rauch 22.8.1818 from Jørgen Koch to C.F. Hansen Efter 11.10.1818 from B.S. Ingemann to Bertel Thorvaldsen 17.10.1818 from Caroline von Humboldt to Christian Daniel Rauch 16.1.1819 from Redaktørerne ved Janus to Omnes 17.1.1819 from Franziska Caspers to Charlotte Thierry 5.2.1819 from P.O. Brøndsted to Holger Halling Aagaard 6.3.1819 from P.O. Brøndsted to Holger Halling Aagaard 21.3.1819 from NN to Bertel Thorvaldsen 1.4.1819 from Peder Brønnum Scavenius to Peder Brønnum Scavenius 4.4.1819 from NN to Bertel Thorvaldsen 11.4.1819 from NN to Bertel Thorvaldsen 18.4.1819 from NN to Bertel Thorvaldsen 24.4.1819 from NN to Bertel Thorvaldsen 25.4.1819 from NN to Bertel Thorvaldsen 8.5.1819 from NN to Bertel Thorvaldsen 15.5.1819 from Caroline von Humboldt to Christian Daniel Rauch 24.7.1819 from Caroline von Humboldt to Christian Daniel Rauch September 1819 - september 1822 from NN to Bertel Thorvaldsen 16.10.1819 from Frederik Schmidt to Bertel Thorvaldsen 3.12.1819 from Hermann Ernst Freund to Bertel Thorvaldsen 1820-29 from Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel to Omnes Sommer 1820 from Christian Molbech to Omnes Antagelig 19.11.1820 from Franziska Caspers to Bertel Thorvaldsen 17.12.1820 from Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung to Omnes 12.8.1821 from Christian 8. to Bertel Thorvaldsen 2.11.1822 from NN to Omnes 1824 from Friederike Brun to Omnes Antagelig januar-februar 1824 from Johan Gunder Adler to Hermann Ernst Freund 26.2.1825 from Johan Gunder Adler to Hermann Ernst Freund 2.7.1825 from Hermann Ernst Freund to Bertel Thorvaldsen 12.4.1829 from N.C.L. Abrahams to Bertel Thorvaldsen 22.10.1829 from NN to Omnes 16.6 og 19.6.1832 from Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten to Omnes 17.6.1832 from C.F. Hansen to Bertel Thorvaldsen August 1832 from NN to Omnes 1837 from N.L. Høyen to Omnes Primo 1837 from N.L. Høyen to Omnes 22.1.1838 from Jørgen Knudtzon to Bertel Thorvaldsen 30.7.1838 from NN to Omnes Oktober 1840–marts 1841 from Christine Stampe to Omnes Sandsynligvis sommeren 1842 from Marie Lehmann to Bertel Thorvaldsen 10.5.1844 from Redaktørerne ved Dansk Ugeskrift, N.L. Høyen to Omnes 8.10.1849 from Redaktørerne ved Fædrelandet to Omnes 8.10.1849 from Redaktørerne ved Fædrelandet to Omnes 9.10.1849 from Redaktørerne ved Flyve-Posten to Omnes 9.10.1849 from Redaktørerne ved Flyve-Posten 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 22.11.1850 from Redaktørerne ved Fædrelandet, August Kestner to Omnes 24.5.1859 from Redaktørerne ved Fædrelandet, NN to Omnes 1874 (1818-23) from Louise Seidler to Omnes 3.3.1818 from Caroline von Humboldt to Wilhelm von Humboldt Kira Kofoed, Thorvaldsen på Skovgaard, 2018 Nanna Kronberg Frederiksen, Hjemsendelse af Thorvaldsens kunst 1825, 2013 Kira Kofoed, En strid om Thorvaldsen og hans eftermæle set gennem to kvinder, 2019 Nanna Kronberg Frederiksen, Christian 8.s borddekoration, 2014 Laila Skjøthaug: Catalogue of Bertel Thorvaldsen's Works, Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), 2015, 213.a Ernst Osterkamp: Caroline von Humboldt und die Kunst, 2017, 9
