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
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
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
Lion Monument
…The Lion Monument (German: Löwendenkmal), 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 in 1792 during the French Revolution, when revolutionaries stormed…
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