Jakob Faurvig Thorvaldsens Museum Bertel Thorvaldsen 1770-1844 Vulcan Production DateBeginning of 1838 Type of Work / ObjectSculpture > Statue Location Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Main Floor > South Corridor Inventory NumberA9 Catalogue NumberA9 Catalogue Level / CollectionThorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (A) Motif / Theme Human > God > Hephaestus / Vulcan Object > Attire > Helmet Object > Weapon > Sword Object > Tool > Anvil Object > Tool > Hammer Object > Tool > Seaweed Object > Weapon > Quiver Additional Catalogue Information MaterialPlaster TechniqueCast Version / EditionOriginal Model Dimension Height 241 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/A9 Sources / Literature Ludvig Müller: Fortegnelse over Thorvaldsens Værker i Thorvaldsens Museum (A), 1848, 9 2.9.1838 from NN to Omnes 9.10.1838 from Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt, Ludwig Schorn to Omnes Laila Skjøthaug: Catalogue of Bertel Thorvaldsen's Works, Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), 2015, 531.a Jane Fejfer, Kristine Bøggild Johannsen: Face to Face. Thorvaldsen and Portraiture, 2020, p. 105 Tabea Schindler: Bertel Thorvaldsen - celebrity. Visualisierungen eines Künstlerkults im frühen 19. Jahrhundert, 2021, 138
