Jakob Faurvig

Thorvaldsens Museum

Bertel Thorvaldsen
1770-1844

Venus with the Apple

Production Date
1813 - May 1816
Type of Work / Object
Sculpture > Statue

Location
- Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Upper Floor > South Corridor
Inventory Number
A12

Catalogue Number
BTA12
Catalogue Level / Collection
Thorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (A)

Motif / Theme

Human > Goddess > Aphrodite / Venus
General Subject > Greek and Roman mythology
Nature > Fruit > Apple > Apple of Discord
Nature > Tree > Tree stump

Additional Catalogue Information

- Material
  Plaster
- Technique
  Cast
Version / Edition
Original Model

Dimension

Height 161 cm

Art Form / Craft
Sculpture

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

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

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https://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/BTA12

Sources / Literature

- Ludvig Müller: Fortegnelse over Thorvaldsens Værker i Thorvaldsens Museum (A), 1848, 12
- Nanna Kronberg Frederiksen, Christian 8.s borddekoration, 2014
- Lejla Mrgan, Gulvkollapset i Thorvaldsens værksted, 2015
- Nanna Kronberg Frederiksen, Hjemsendelse af Thorvaldsens kunst 1825, 2013
- 10.6.1805 from Herman Schubart to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 30.8.1805 from Camillo Landini to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 7.9.1805 from C.F.F. Stanley to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 14.6.1806 from Irina Vorontsova to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 18.6.1806 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Nicolai Abildgaard
- 6.7.1806 from Giovanni Raimondo Torlonia to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 23.8.1806 from Irina Vorontsova to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 30.1.1807 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Herman Schubart
- 23.1.1811 from Theodor von der Ropp to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- Antagelig 2.2.1811 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Theodor von der Ropp
- Sandsynligvis 1814 from G.L. Lahde, Adam Oehlenschläger to Omnes
- Januar 1815 from Friederike Brun to Omnes
- 27.4.1816 from C.W. Eckersberg to J.F. Clemens
- 20.6.1816 from Jørgen Knudtzon to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 20.6.1816 from Caroline von Humboldt to Christian Daniel Rauch
- 8.9.1817 from Theodor von der Ropp to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 14.3.1818 from NN to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- Efter 11.10.1818 from B.S. Ingemann to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- Oktober 1819 - august 1821 from NN to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 1.4.1819 from Peder Brønnum Scavenius to Peder Brønnum Scavenius
- 19.5.1819 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to William Cavendish
- 19.11.1819 from John Gibson to John Crouchley
- 3.12.1819 from Hermann Ernst Freund to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 4.12.1819 from John Gibson to William Cavendish
- 1820 from James Elmes to Omnes
- Sommer 1820 from Christian Molbech to Omnes
- 9.11.1820 from Hermann Ernst Freund to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 12.8.1821 from Christian 8. to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 25.10.1821 from Heinrich Hase to Omnes
- 27.10.1821 from John Gibson to Rose Lawrence
- 25.10.1823 from Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn to Omnes
- 1824 from Just Mathias Thiele to Omnes
- 1824-1825 from Just Mathias Thiele to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 29.1.1825 from Redaktørerne ved Nyt Aftenblad to Omnes
- 26.2.1825 from Christian 8. to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 26.2.1825 from Johan Gunder Adler to Hermann Ernst Freund
- 2.7.1825 from Hermann Ernst Freund to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 12.4.1829 from N.C.L. Abrahams to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 4.5.1829 from Christian Horneman to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 16.6.1829 from Jørgen Knudtzon to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 16.12.1830 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
- 17.6.1832 from C.F. Hansen to Bertel Thorvaldsen
- 2.11.1835 from Marie Lehmann to Marie Lehmann
- 29.3.1836 from Wolfgang Menzel to Omnes
- 30.7.1838 from NN to Omnes
- 14.10.1838 from Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten to Omnes
- 1839 from Redaktørerne ved Nyt Magasin for Natur og Menneskekundskab to Omnes
- 20.9.1840 from Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavns Morgenblad to Omnes
- Vinter 1840-41 from Christine Stampe to Omnes
- 11.4.1844 from E.A. Hagen to Omnes
- 10.5.1844 from Redaktørerne ved Dansk Ugeskrift, N.L. Høyen to Omnes
- Nanna Kronberg Frederiksen, Venus Priapus, 2015
- Laila Skjøthaug: Catalogue of Bertel Thorvaldsen's Works, Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), 2015, 142.a

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