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Danish sculpture as a nationally recognized art form can be traced back to 1752 when Jacques Saly was commissioned to execute a statue of King Frederick V of Denmark on horseback. While Bertel Thorval
Equestrian bronze statue of King Frederik V created in Neoclassical style by Jacques Saly in 1768
Removal from the Cross at Ribe Cathedral (ca. 1175)
Johannes Wiedewelt:Frederik V's sarcophagus (1769) in Roskilde Cathedral
The Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen
Johannes Wiedewelt
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Johannes Wiedewelt, Danish neoclassical sculptor. He became a court sculptor, introducing neoclassical ideals to Denmark in the form of palace decorations, garden sculptures artifacts and, especially,
Danish sculpture
…at Amalienborg Palace until August 1771, five years after the king's death in 1766. It has been called one of the finest equestrian statues in Europe. Johannes Wiedewelt (1731–1802) was one of the primary figures responsible for introducing Neoclassicism to Denmark, inspired by stays in Paris and Rome which were facilitated…
Johannes Wiedewelt as painted by Peder Als in 1766.