Thorvaldsen Drawings
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0103 MS ADD 77 |
Held at | : University College London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll › |
Full title | : Thorvaldsen Drawings |
Date(s) | : 19th century |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 3 volumes |
Name of creator(s) | : Thorvaldsen | Bertel | d 1844 | Danish sculptor Thiele | J M |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Bertel Thorvaldsen (or Thorwaldsen): born in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1768 or 1770; son of an Icelandic wood-carver who had settled in Denmark; studied at the Copenhagen Academy; arrived in Rome on a travelling scholarship, 1797; lived in Rome for most of his life, inspired by the Italian enthusiasm for classical sculpture; the success of Thorvaldsen's model for a statue of Jason (1803) attracted the attention of the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova andlaunched his internationally successful career; returned to visit Copenhagen, progressing through Berlin, Warsaw and Vienna, 1819; returned from Rome and settled in Copenhagen, 1838; a Neoclassical museum in Copenhagen, designed to house his collection of works of art (the models for his sculptures) and endowed with a large part of his fortune, was begun, 1839; died, 1844; buried at the museum endowed by him; his Neoclassical works were regarded by contemporaries as reincarnating the antique, but his reputation declined in the 20th century.
No information on J M Thiele could be found at the time of compilation, but he is presumably the author of Danmark 1845. fotografisk genoptryk af 'Kortfattet Beskrivelse af Den danske Stat', ed Richard G Nielsen (Odense, Historisk Topografisk Information, 1978, a facsimile reprint of the edition published in Copenhagen, 1845).
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Two volumes of drawings by Thorvaldsen and one volume of notes by J M Thiele.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Finding aids:
Collection level description.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica online; British Library OPAC.
Rules or conventions:
Date(s) of descriptions:
1999, revised Aug 2001
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