Jakob Faurvig Thorvaldsens Museum Bertel Thorvaldsen Elisabeth von der Recke DateringPresumably 1805 - 1806 Type of Work / ObjectSculpture > Bust > Portrait Bust Location Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Main Floor > North Corridor Inventory NumberA852 Catalogue NumberA852 Catalogue Level / CollectionThorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (A) Additional Catalogue Information MaterialStone > Marble TechniqueCarved Version / EditionMarble Version Dimension Height 69.3 cm Scale / FormatColossal Art Form / CraftSculpture Culture / Period European > Modernity (1800 - 1914) Art Movement / Style Neoclassicism Owner Thorvaldsens Museum Acquisition ModePurchased from a private owner Acquisition Date1920 Permalinkhttps://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/A852 Exhibition History Face to Face. Thorvaldsen and Portraiture, Thorvaldsens Museum, 8.3.2020 - 30.12.2020 Sources / Literature 8.8.1806 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Herman Schubart 11.8.1810 from Elisa von der Recke to Bertel Thorvaldsen Else Kai Sass, Om nogle Portrætbuster i Thorvaldsens Museum, 1938 Laila Skjøthaug: Catalogue of Bertel Thorvaldsen's Works, Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), 2015, 91 Jane Fejfer, Kristine Bøggild Johannsen: Face to Face. Thorvaldsen and Portraiture, 2020
