Bertel Thorvaldsen’s
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Boy, A65

Jakob Faurvig

Thorvaldsens Museum

Bertel Thorvaldsen
1770-1844

Boy

Whole work's title
John the Baptist Preaching

Production Date
No earlier than October 1822
Type of Work / Object
Sculpture > Statue

Location
- Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Main Floor > North Corridor
Inventory Number
A65

Catalogue Number
A65
Catalogue Level / Collection
Thorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (A)

Motif / Theme

Human > Child > Boy

Additional Catalogue Information

- Material
  Plaster
- Technique
  Cast
Version / Edition
Plaster Cast

Dimension

Height 150 cm

Art Form / Craft
Sculpture

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

Commissioner
- Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi
Commission Date
April 4, 1818

Transportation Corvette Galathea, Livorno-Copenhagen, August 8, 1833 - September 20, 1833
Crate Number
52

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

Permalink
https://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/A65

Exhibition History

Fortegnelse over de ved det Kongelige Akademie for de skjönne Kunstner offentligen udstillede Kunstværker, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, April 1834, cat. no. 209

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