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Thorvaldsen's death mask with laurel wreath

  • No earlier than March 24, 1844
  • Sculpture > Mask > Death Mask
  • Location

    • Denmark > Præstø > The Thorvaldsen Collection at Nysø Mansion > Family Room
  • Nysø169
  • Nysø169
  • The Thorvaldsen Collection at Nysø Mansion > Other Items (Nysø)

Motif / Theme

  • Object > Attire > Wreath > Laurel wreath
  • Object > Attire > Mask
  • Human > Man > Bertel Thorvaldsen
  • Theme > Condition > Death

    • Plaster
    • Cast
  • Plaster Cast

Dimension

  • Height 33 cm
  • Width 22.5 cm
  • Sculpture
  • European > Modernity (1800 - 1914)
    • Thorvaldsen-Samlingen på Nysø
    • Donated by Ole Holst
    • 1957
  • https://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/Nysoe169

Sources / Literature

    • Sigurd Schultz: Thorvaldsen-Samlingen paa Nysø. Inventarium, 1957, 169
    • Stig Miss, Eva Henschen, Dyveke Helsted: Thorvaldsen Samlingen på Nysø, 1991, 169

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