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Jakob Faurvig
Thorvaldsens Museum
  • Bertel Thorvaldsen 1770-1844

Youth or Summer

  • The Ages of Life and the Times of the Year
  • Beginning of 1836
  • Sculpture > Relief
  • Location

    • Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Upper Floor > South Corridor
  • A643
  • A643
  • Thorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (A)

Motif / Theme

  • Theme > Time > Times of the Year > Summer
  • Theme > Condition > Youth

    • Plaster
    • Cast
  • Original Model

Dimension

  • Diameter 67.5 cm
  • Sculpture
  • European > Modernity (1800 - 1914)
    • Neoclassicism
    • Thorvaldsens Museum
    • Bequest from Bertel Thorvaldsen
    • March 24, 1844
  • https://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/A643

Sources / Literature

    • Ludvig Müller: Fortegnelse over Thorvaldsens Værker i Thorvaldsens Museum (A), 1848, 643
    • 16.2.1837 from Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten to Omnes
    • 16.8.1837 from Redaktørerne ved Dansk Kunstblad to Omnes
    • 6.8.1838-30.9.1841 from NN to Bertel Thorvaldsen
    • 14.10.1838 from Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten to Omnes
    • 29.8.1839 from Pietro Galli to Bertel Thorvaldsen
    • September 1841 from Christine Stampe to Omnes
    • Efter 1.2.1842, senest 15.2.1842 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Christian 8.
    • Sandsynligvis sommeren 1842 from Marie Lehmann to Bertel Thorvaldsen
    • 1837 eller 1839 from NN to Bertel Thorvaldsen
    • Kira Kofoed, Thorvaldsen på Skovgaard, 2018
    • Lejla Mrgan, Nyårets genius som et selvportræt, 2017
    • Kira Kofoed, En strid om Thorvaldsen og hans eftermæle set gennem to kvinder, 2019
    • Laila Skjøthaug: Catalogue of Bertel Thorvaldsen's Works, Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), 2015, 489.a

Related Artworks

Pot with small representations of A642 and A643

G367

Summer

G391

Childhood or Spring

A642

Manhood or Autumn

A644

Old Age or Winter

A645

Manhood or Autumn. Youth or Summar. The Genius of Poetry. The Goddess of Victory. Monument to Raphael

D1778,66

Youth or Summer

D221

Youth or Summer

A639

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