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Jakob Faurvig
Thorvaldsens Museum
  • Bertel Thorvaldsen 1770-1844

Vulcan

  • Beginning of 1838
  • Sculpture > Statue
  • Location

    • Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Main Floor > South Corridor
  • A9
  • A9
  • Thorvaldsen'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

    • Plaster
    • Cast
  • Original Model

Dimension

  • Height 241 cm
  • Sculpture
  • European > Modernity (1800 - 1914)
    • Neoclassicism
    • Thorvaldsens Museum
    • Bequest from Bertel Thorvaldsen
    • March 24, 1844
  • https://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

Related Artworks

Vulcan

D63

Vulcan

A10

Vulcan

A8

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