Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sculptor

Bertel Thorvaldsen

1770-1844 · Danish · 3 places

Denmark's greatest sculptor and one of the leading neoclassical sculptors in Europe, Thorvaldsen spent most of his career in Rome, where he became the preeminent rival to Canova. His return to Copenhagen in 1838 was treated as a national …

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