Albert bertel thorvaldsen

          Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor and medalist of international fame, who spent most of his life (–) in Italy.!

          Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor and medalist of international fame, who spent most of his life in Italy.

        1. Bertel Thorvaldsen was a sculptor, prominent in the Neoclassical period, who was the first internationally acclaimed Danish artist.
        2. Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor and medalist of international fame, who spent most of his life (–) in Italy.
        3. Thorvaldsen was one of the most famous artists in 19th century Europe.
        4. This bronze, life-sized sculpture is a self-portrait of the esteemed Danish sculptor Albert Thorvaldsen (–), and was dedicated in Central Park in.

          5. Bertel Thorvaldsen

          Danish sculptor (–)

          Bertel Thorvaldsen

          Portrait by Carl Joseph Begas, c.&#;

          Born

          Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen


          19 November

          Copenhagen, Denmark

          Died24 March () (aged&#;73)

          Copenhagen, Denmark

          Known&#;forSculpting

          Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen (Danish:[ˈpɛɐ̯tl̩ˈtsʰɒːˌvælˀsn̩]; sometimes given as Thorwaldsen; 19 November – 24 March ) was a Danish-Icelandicsculptor and medalist of international fame,[1] who spent most of his life (–) in Italy.

          Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen into a working-class Danish/Icelandic family, and was accepted to the Royal Danish Academy of Art at the age of eleven. Working part-time with his father, who was a wood carver, Thorvaldsen won many honors and medals at the academy.

          He was awarded a stipend to travel to Rome and continue his education.

          In Rome, Thorvaldsen made a name for himself as a sculptor. Maintaining a large workshop in the city, he worked in a heroic neo-classicist s