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Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), AX38

Ole Woldbye

Ole Woldbye

Bertel Thorvaldsen
1770-1844

Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion)

Production Date
March 28, 1820 - August 7, 1821
Type of Work / Object
Sculpture > Monument

Location
- Switzerland > Lucerne

Catalogue Number
AX38
Catalogue Level / Collection
Thorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (AX)

Motif / Theme

Additional Catalogue Information

- Material
  Stone > Sandstone
- Technique
  Carved
Version / Edition
Sandstone Version

Art Form / Craft
Sculpture

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

- Assistant
Lucas Ahorn
Creation Place
Switzerland > Lucerne

Commissioner
- Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen
Commission Date
No later than April 22, 1818

Owner
- Byen Luzern
- Acquisition Mode
  Purchased from Bertel Thorvaldsen

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