Christus (statue)
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Christus is an 1833 white Carrara marble statue of the resurrected Jesus by Bertel Thorvaldsen located in the Church of Our Lady, an Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was commissioned as part of a larger group, which includes 11 of the original 12 apostles and Paul the Apostle.
The original white Carrara marble statue, completed in 1833, in the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen, Denmark
The original plaster cast model of Christus (1822) by Thorvaldsen in Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark
Marble replica (1959) in the North Visitors' Center on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. This facility was demolished in November 2021.
Replica (1896) in the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen was a Danish sculptor and medalist of international fame, who spent most of his life (1797–1838) 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.
Portrait by Carl Joseph Begas, c. 1820
Self-portrait by Thorvaldsen while he was a student at the Royal Academy of Arts
Princess Wilhelmine, Duchess of Sagan, by Bertel Thorvaldsen 1818, Albertinum, Dresden
A portrait of Thorvaldsen, by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg