Production Date
Beginning of 1837Type of Work / Object
Sculpture > Relief > Pedestal Relief
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Location
Inventory Number
A502
Catalogue Number
A502Catalogue Level / Collection
Thorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (A)
Explanation
- The blind Homer, the presumed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, is sitting here on the steps leading to an ancient temple and reciting a poem for a motley group of people. Thorvaldsen has given the second figure from the left his own, rather more youthful, features.
Version / Edition
Original Model
Dimension
- Height 97.7 cm
- Width 198 cm
Art Form / Craft
Sculpture
Commission Date
1829
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Acquisition Mode
Bequest from Bertel ThorvaldsenAcquisition Date
March 24, 1844
Exhibition History
- Fortegnelse over de ved det Kongelige Akademie for de skjönne Kunstner offentligen udstillede Kunstværker, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, April 1845, cat. no. 256
- Fortegnelse over de af det Kongelige Akademie for de skiönne Kunstner i Juni 1845 udstillede Kunstværker, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, June 1845