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New Year's card for Sophie Probsthayn

Datering1.1.1795
Type of Work / ObjectDrawing > Watercolor

Location
- Not on display
Inventory NumberC821

Catalogue NumberC821
Catalogue Level / CollectionThorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Drawings (C)

Motiv / Tema

Theme > Time > Feast > New Year

Additional Catalogue Information

- Material
  - Paper
  - Color > Ink
  - Color > Watercolor
  - Color > Graphite
- Technique
  - Painted
  - Drawn

Dimension

Width 131 mm
Height 136 mm

Inscription / Certification / LabelTil Jomfr. Sophie Propsthyan. / Som Bækken mellem Blomster Slynger sig / Saa Slynger Sig det Liv blandt idel Glæder / og Aldrig Skiulte Torner saare Dig / Hvad Plet Enddog Din unge Fod Betræde / d 1 Jan: 1795 B. Thorvaldson
TypeInscription

Art Form / CraftDraftsmanship / Drawing

Culture / Period European > Enlightenment (1690 - 1800)
Art Movement / Style
- Neoclassicism
SkabelsesstedDenmark > Copenhagen

Owner
- Thorvaldsens Museum
- Acquisition ModePurchased at auction (Winkel & Magnussen)
- Acquisition Date1930

Permalinkhttps://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/C821

Sources / Literature

- 1.1.1795 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Sophie Probsthayn