Bertel Thorvaldsen’s
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Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), E1808

Helle Nanny Brendstrup

Thorvaldsens Museum

Louis Saugy

Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion)

Production Date
1905
Type of Work / Object
Graphic Art > Photogravure

Location
- Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Basement > Room 64
Inventory Number
E1808

Catalogue Number
E1808
Catalogue Level / Collection
Thorvaldsen's Collections > Collection of Prints (E)

Additional Catalogue Information

- Material
  - Paper
  - Color > Printer's ink
- Technique
  - Photogravure
  - Printet

Dimension

Height (plate size) 550 mm
Height (paper size) 585 mm
Width (plate size) 700 mm
Width (paper size) 775 mm

Inscription / Certification / Label
HELVETIORUM FIDEI AC VIRTUTI / DIE AUGUSTI, II ET III SEPTEMBRIS MDCCXCII / HAEC. SUNT NOMINA EORUM QUI NE CECIDERUND / DUCES XXVI / [...] / MILITES CIRCITER DUCES XVI / [...] / MILITER CIRCITER CCCL / HUIUS REI GESTAE CIVIS AERE COLLATO PERRENNE MONUMENTUM POSUERE / STUDIO C PFYFFER / R 1867 / ARTE A - THORVALDSEN / 1844 / R1203 / OPER A L AHORN / Louis Saugy Lucern 1905 / Photogravure L. Angener Berlin / Louis Saugy

Art Form / Craft
Graphic Design

Culture / Period European > Modernity (1800 - 1914)

Owner
- Thorvaldsens Museum
- Acquisition Mode
  Bequest from Bertel Thorvaldsen
- Acquisition Date
  March 24, 1844

Permalink
https://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/E1808

Exhibition History

Løvens Hule, Thorvaldsens Museum, September 2, 2021