Jakob Faurvig

Thorvaldsens Museum

Bertel Thorvaldsen
1770-1844

James the Greater

Whole work's title
Christ and the Twelve Apostles

Production Date
No earlier than March 19, 1821 - End of 1821
Type of Work / Object
Sculpture > Statue

Location
- Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Main Floor > Christ Hall
Inventory Number
A98

Catalogue Number
A98
Catalogue Level / Collection
Thorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (A)

Motif / Theme

Human > Man > James the Great
Object > Tool > Staff
Object > Attire > Hat

Additional Catalogue Information

- Material
  Plaster
- Technique
  Cast
Version / Edition
Original Model

Dimension

Height 238 cm

Art Form / Craft
Sculpture

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

- Assistant
Nicolò Marchett

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

Permalink
https://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/A98

Sources / Literature

- Ludvig Müller: Fortegnelse over Thorvaldsens Værker i Thorvaldsens Museum (A), 1848, 98
- 2.12.1815 from P.O. Brøndsted to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 1.1.1818 from Lauritz Kruse to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 2.3.1821 from Christian 8. to Christian 8.
- 2.3.1821 from Johan Gunder Adler to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 27.3.1821 from Christian 8. to C.F. Hansen
- 24.1.1823 from NN to Omnes
- 1824 from Just Mathias Thiele to Omnes
- 26.4.1824 from Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt to Omnes
- 3.7.1824 from Redaktørerne ved Nyt Aftenblad to Omnes
- 14.8.1824 from Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn to Omnes
- 27.8.1824 from John Gibson to John Crouchley
- 29.1.1825 from Redaktørerne ved Nyt Aftenblad to Omnes
- 1.2.1825 og medio februar 1825 from Redaktørerne ved Hesperus, NN to Omnes
- 26.2.1825 from Christian 8. to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 26.2.1825 from Johan Gunder Adler to Hermann Ernst Freund
- 24.11.1826 from C.F. Hansen to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 28.11.1826 from Kirkebygningskommissionen to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- Senest 4.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Christian 8.
- Senest 4.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Christian 8.
- 4.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Christian 8.
- 4.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Slotsbygningskommissionen
- 4.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Slotsbygningskommissionen
- 4.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Slotsbygningskommissionen
- 4.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Slotsbygningskommissionen
- 7.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to C.F. Hansen
- 7.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to C.F. Hansen
- 7.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to C.F. Hansen
- Senest 12.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Kirkebygningskommissionen
- 12.2.1827 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Kirkebygningskommissionen
- Marts 1827 from NN to Omnes
- 17.3.1827 from Christian 8. to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 10.4.1827 from Kirkebygningskommissionen to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 7.5.1827 from C.F. Hansen to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 22.5.1827 from Slotsbygningskommissionen to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 6.6.1827 from Kirkebygningskommissionen to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 9.6.1827 from NN to Omnes
- 22.6.1827 from J.C. Ulrich to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 27.7.1827 from Johan Gunder Adler, Hermann Ernst Freund to Slotsbygningskommissionen
- 17.9.1827 from C.F. Hansen to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 1.12.1827 from Slotsbygningskommissionen to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 15.1.1828 from Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten to Omnes
- 19.1.1828 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Slotsbygningskommissionen
- 17.6.1828 from Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten to Omnes
- Antagelig 26.6.1828 from H.W. Bissen to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 8.7.1828 from Kirkebygningskommissionen to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 30.12.1828 from Kirkebygningskommissionen to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 12.4.1829 from N.C.L. Abrahams to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 21.5.1829 from Adam Oehlenschläger to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 14.7.1829 from F.C. Hillerup to Omnes
- 22.10.1829 from NN to Omnes
- 26.6.1830 from NN to Omnes
- 28.6.1830 from NN to Omnes
- 29.6.1830 from NN to Omnes
- 30.6.1830 from NN to Omnes
- 2.7.1830 from NN to Omnes
- 1831 from Rembrandt Peale to Omnes
- 12.12.1831 from Christian 8. to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 12.12.1831 from Christian 8. to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 21.2.1832 from Kirkebygningskommissionen to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 12.3.1832 from Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten to Omnes
- 17.6.1832 from C.F. Hansen to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 13.3.1834 from NN to Omnes
- 19.6.1834 from NN to Omnes
- Antagelig 20.6.1835 from Maria Callcott to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 8.4.1836 from Ludvig Bødtcher to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 16.2.1837 from Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten to Omnes
- 27.3.1837 from NN to Omnes
- 24.10.1838 from Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten to Omnes
- 28.3.1839 from Redaktørerne ved Dannevirke to Omnes
- 1841 from Nikolaj Krossing to Omnes
- 1841 from Gottlieb Nicolai Sibbern to Omnes
- 25.10.1842 from Redaktørerne ved Dagen to Omnes
- 6.5.1843 from NN to Omnes
- 8.10.1843 from Redaktørerne ved Ny Portefeuille to Omnes
- Efter 30.3.1844 from NN, Caspar Claudius Rosenhoff to Omnes
- 30.3.1844 from Adam Oehlenschläger to Omnes
- 8.4.1844 from Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung to Omnes
- 11.4.1844 from E.A. Hagen to Omnes
- 1.6.1844 from Alfred Reumont to Omnes
- Nanna Kronberg Frederiksen, Hjemsendelse af Thorvaldsens kunst 1828, 2014
- Laila Skjøthaug: Catalogue of Bertel Thorvaldsen's Works, Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), 2015, 299.a
- Margrethe Floryan: Kristus. Thorvaldsens statue i Vor Frue Kirke. Æstetisk, historisk og liturgisk set, 2020

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