Niels Elswing Thorvaldsens Museum Bertel Thorvaldsen 1770-1844 Alexander the Great's Entry into Babylon Production DateMarch 1812 - June 1812 Type of Work / ObjectSculpture > Relief > Frieze Location Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Main Floor > Grand Hall Inventory NumberA503 Catalogue NumberA503 Catalogue Level / CollectionThorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (A) Motif / Theme Human > Man > Alexander den Store Location > Town > Babylon Additional Catalogue Information MaterialPlaster TechniqueCast Version / EditionPlaster Cast Dimension Height 106.5 cm Width 3,446 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/A503 Sources / Literature Ludvig Müller: Fortegnelse over Thorvaldsens Værker i Thorvaldsens Museum (A), 1848, 503 27.12.1819 from Slotsbygningskommissionen to Bertel Thorvaldsen 25.5.1820 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Slotsbygningskommissionen 25.5.1820 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Slotsbygningskommissionen 18.11.1820 from Hermann Ernst Freund to Bertel Thorvaldsen 1821 from Sydney Morgan to Omnes 31.8.1826 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Luigi Sommariva 24.11.1826 from C.F. Hansen to Bertel Thorvaldsen 31.3.1812 from Christian Daniel Rauch to Caroline von Humboldt 11.5.1812 from Christian Daniel Rauch to Caroline von Humboldt Sommer 1812 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Herman Schubart 10.6.1812 from Christian Daniel Rauch to Caroline von Humboldt Sandsynligvis 18.11.1813 from David Ferdinand Koreff to Bertel Thorvaldsen Efter 23.12.1813 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Raffaele Stern 7.1.1814 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Ludwig 1. 7.1.1814 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Ludwig 1. 7.1.1814 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Ludwig 1. 3.4.1816 from Jørgen Knudtzon to Bertel Thorvaldsen 20.6.1816 from Jørgen Knudtzon to Bertel Thorvaldsen 20.11.1816 from Jørgen Knudtzon to Bertel Thorvaldsen 1.8.1817 from Caroline von Humboldt to Wilhelm von Humboldt 1818 from August Wilhelm Kephalides to Omnes 1.1.1818 from Lauritz Kruse to Bertel Thorvaldsen 2.1.1818 from Caroline von Humboldt to Christian Daniel Rauch 7.4.1818 from Christian 8. to Bertel Thorvaldsen 23.4.1818 from Peder Hjort to Omnes 5.5.1818 from Jørgen Koch to C.F. Hansen 9.5.1818 from Herman Schubart to Christian 8. 9.5.1818 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Christian 8. 9.5.1818 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Christian 8. 20.6.1818 from C.F. Hansen to Bertel Thorvaldsen 20.6.1818 from Slotsbygningskommissionen to Bertel Thorvaldsen 20.6.1818 from Slotsbygningskommissionen to Bertel Thorvaldsen 1.8.1818 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Slotsbygningskommissionen 27.8.1818 from Caroline von Humboldt to Christian Daniel Rauch Antagelig kort efter 4.10.1818 from NN to Bertel Thorvaldsen Efter 11.10.1818 from B.S. Ingemann to Bertel Thorvaldsen 12.10.1818 from Jørgen Knudtzon to Bertel Thorvaldsen 14.4.1819 from Franz Grillparzer to Omnes Juli 1819 - december 1823 from NN to Bertel Thorvaldsen Juli 1819 - april 1822 from NN to Bertel Thorvaldsen September 1819 - maj 1821 from NN to Bertel Thorvaldsen 23.10.1819 from Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn to Omnes November 1819 - maj 1821 from NN to Bertel Thorvaldsen 3.12.1819 from Hermann Ernst Freund to Bertel Thorvaldsen 25.11.1826 from Christian 8. to Bertel Thorvaldsen 7.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to C.F. Hansen 7.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to C.F. Hansen 17.3.1827 from Johan Gunder Adler to Bertel Thorvaldsen 17.3.1827 from Johan Gunder Adler to Hermann Ernst Freund 17.3.1827 from Christian 8. to Bertel Thorvaldsen 10.4.1827 from Kirkebygningskommissionen to Bertel Thorvaldsen 7.5.1827 from C.F. Hansen to Bertel Thorvaldsen 27.7.1827 from Johan Gunder Adler, Hermann Ernst Freund to Slotsbygningskommissionen 8.6.1830 from Peder Horrebow Haste to Just Mathias Thiele 1.3.1831 from Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy to Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy 19.11.1831 from Redaktørerne ved Dansk Litteratur-Tidende to Omnes 23.11.1831 from Charles Monck to Omnes 12.12.1831 from Christian 8. to Bertel Thorvaldsen 12.12.1831 from Christian 8. to Bertel Thorvaldsen 17.6.1832 from C.F. Hansen to Bertel Thorvaldsen 21.8.1832 from Slotsbygningskommissionen to Bertel Thorvaldsen 24.11.1832 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Slotsbygningskommissionen 29.12.1832 from Christian 8. to Bertel Thorvaldsen 12.1.1833 from C.F. Hansen to Bertel Thorvaldsen 26.2.1833 from Christian 8. to Bertel Thorvaldsen 16.5.1833 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to C.F. Hansen Før 8.8.1833 from NN to NN Før 8.8.1833 from NN to NN Før 8.8.1833 from NN to NN Før 8.8.1833 from NN to NN 27.9.1833 from Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten to Omnes 1.10.1833 from Redaktørerne ved Dagen to Omnes 21.12.1833 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Just Mathias Thiele 8.10.1833 from C.W. Eckersberg, Kunstakademiet, København, Just Mathias Thiele to Bertel Thorvaldsen 18.1.1834 from Just Mathias Thiele to Bertel Thorvaldsen 26.10.1833 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Jonas Collin 26.10.1833 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Christian 8. 15.11.1833 from Christian 8. to Bertel Thorvaldsen 6.12.1833 from Friederike Brun to Bertel Thorvaldsen 22.2.1834 from Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten to Omnes 16.4.1834 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to C.F. Hansen 16.4.1834 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Jonas Collin 12.5.1834 from Jonas Collin to Københavns Universitet, Slotsbygningskommissionen 16.8.1834 from C.F. Hansen to Bertel Thorvaldsen 4.11.1834 from Christian 8. to Bertel Thorvaldsen 6.2.1835 from Hermann Ernst Freund to Bertel Thorvaldsen 19.12.1837 from Hans Puggaard to Bertel Thorvaldsen 1838 from Karl Herloßsohn to Omnes 20.2.1838 from Marie Lehmann, Bolette Puggaard, Hans Puggaard to Bertel Thorvaldsen 7.4.1838 from Hans Puggaard to Bertel Thorvaldsen 8.12.1838 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to NN Efter 24.7.1839 from N.F.S. Grundtvig to Omnes 24.7.1839 from N.F.S. Grundtvig to Bertel Thorvaldsen Vinter 1840-41 & 1844 from Christine Stampe to Omnes 1841 from Nikolaj Krossing to Omnes 18.12.1841 from Hans Puggaard to Bertel Thorvaldsen Sandsynligvis sommeren 1842 from Marie Lehmann to Bertel Thorvaldsen 14.6.1842 from Christine Stampe to Bertel Thorvaldsen 1843 from NN to Omnes 2.2.1843 from Christian 8. to Christian 8. April 1844 from Frederik Barfod to Omnes 1849 from Just Mathias Thiele to Omnes 27.3.1812 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Herman Schubart 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 1833, 2016 Kira Kofoed, Thorvaldsen på Skovgaard, 2018 Laila Skjøthaug: Catalogue of Bertel Thorvaldsen's Works, Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), 2015, 136.e Tabea Schindler: Bertel Thorvaldsen - celebrity. Visualisierungen eines Künstlerkults im frühen 19. Jahrhundert, 2021, 74
