Inside Thorvaldsen's Museum
Examples from the basement and the ground floor
This portrait of Bertel Thorvaldsen - spelled "ALBRT THORWALDSEN - was made in 1816 by Christian Daniel Rauch (1777-1857).
Seven portraits in the basement of the museum.
Rafael.
Three portraits in the basement: Jacob Baden - Edmund Burke - Tyge Rothe.
The Roman author and politician Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC).
Andreas Peter Bernsdorff.
Sophie Dorothea Høyer - Auguste Böhmer.
How to make a plaster cast - step by step.
From the ground floor - the grand hall - equestrian statue of Jozef Poniatowski.
Equestrian statue of Maximilian I.
Pope Pius VII.
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543).
Johann Gutenberg (1398-1468).
Detail of the Gutenberg statue: in his left hand he is holding the bible, the first book that he printed after inventing the printing press.
Detail of the Gutenberg statue: in his right hand he is holding four letters, which are used in the printing process.
Detail of the Gutenberg statue: a relief on the left side of the statue base shows a scene from the printing process.
Detail of the Gutenberg statue: a relief on the right side of the statue base shows Gutenberg reading a newly printed book while his assistant is busy with the printing press.
The floor of the museum.
The floor and the ceiling in a long corridor.
Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) is buried in the courtyard of the museum.
Christian IV, king of Denmark 1588-1648.
The ceiling.
The Roman god Mercury.
The Roman god Vulcan.
Napoleon Bonaparte.
Lord Byron.
Upper level: Ganymede with Jupiter's eagle.
Lower level: Amor riding the lion's back.
Detail of the monument: Ganymede with Jupiter's eagle.
Detail of the monument: Amor riding the lion's back.
The three graces.
Thorvaldsen standing next to the goddess of hope.
A staircase leads from the ground floor to the first floor.
On the landing there is a statue of a strong hero:
Hercules (in Latin) or Heracles (in Greek).
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