Bertel Thorvaldsen
Date of birth / Date established
1770
Date of death / Date closed
1844
Place of birth / Place established
Person/Corporate type
Individual
Biography
Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) is one of Denmark’s most famous artists. He was born into poor circumstances in Copenhagen, but lived and worked the majority of his life – over 40 years – in Rome where he became one of the most important European representatives of the Neo-Classicist sculptural art. Source: Thorvaldsens Museum http://www.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/collections/andre_kunstneres_skulpturer/page/2?order=
