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Alexander the Great's Entry into Babylon, A508

Jakob Faurvig

Thorvaldsens Museum

Bertel Thorvaldsen
1770-1844

Alexander the Great's Entry into Babylon

Production Date
No earlier than 1822
Type of Work / Object
Sculpture > Relief > Frieze

Location
- Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Upper Floor > West Corridor
Inventory Number
A508

Catalogue Number
A508
Catalogue Level / Collection
Thorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (A)

Motif / Theme

Human > Man > Alexander den Store
Location > Town > Babylon

Additional Catalogue Information

- Material
  Stone > Marble
- Technique
  Carved
Version / Edition
Marble Version

Dimension

Height 55.5 cm
Width 2,294.5 cm

Art Form / Craft
Sculpture

Culture / Period European > Modernity (1800 - 1914)
Art Movement / Style
- Neoclassicism

- Assistant
Pietro Galli

Commissioner
- Bertel Thorvaldsen

Owner
- Thorvaldsens Museum
- Acquisition Mode
  Bequest from Bertel Thorvaldsen
- Acquisition Date
  March 24, 1844

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https://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/A508

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