Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Bertel Thorvaldsen was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor and medalist of international fame, who spent most of his life in Italy. Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen into a working-class Danish/Icelandic fam
Portrait by Carl Joseph Begas, c. 1820
Self-portrait by Thorvaldsen while he was a student at the Royal Academy of Arts
Jason with the Golden Fleece, Thorvaldsen's first masterpiece
A portrait of Thorvaldsen, by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
Lion Monument
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The Lion Monument, or the Lion of Lucerne, is a rock relief in Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 1820–21 by Lukas Ahorn. It commemorates the Swiss Guards who were killed
Bertel Thorvaldsen
…can be seen in many European countries, especially in the Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen, where his tomb is in the inner courtyard. Thorvaldsen's Lion Monument (1819) is in Lucerne, Switzerland. This monument commemorates the sacrifice of more than six hundred Swiss Guards who died defending the Tuileries…
Lion Monument
Storming of the Tuileries on 10. Aug. 1792 during the French Revolution, Jacques Bertaux 1793
The Lion Monument in 2022
The Lion, a Confederate monument based on the Lion Monument