Publications about Thorvaldsen

* Billedhuggeren.
Bertel Thorvaldsens liv og værk

By Bjarne Jørnæs
1993, reprinted 2007, 269 pp. ill.
From a childhood in conditions of poverty to world fame and wealth – tells the fascinating story of Thorvaldsen’s life and career in Denmark and Rome.

ISBN: 978 87 00 79378 1

DKK 149

The Sculptor
Bertel Thorvaldsen

By Bjarne Jørnæs
1993, English Edition 2011, 269 pp. ill.
From a childhood in conditions of poverty to world fame and wealth – tells the fascinating story of Thorvaldsen’s life and career in Denmark and Rome.

ISBN: 978 87 7521 125 8

DKK 149

Art Souvenir Bertel Thorvaldsen

By Margrethe Floryan
English Edition
2011, 89 pp., ill.
Introduction to Thorvaldsen and selected works.

ISBN: 978 19 04 94564 2

DKK 59

Thorvaldsen

By Dyveke Helsted, Eva Henschen and
Bjarne Jørnæs
English Edition
1990, 2nd revised. ed., 115 pp., ill.
Thorvaldsen’s life and work with a special focus on selected works including Jason with the Golden Fleece, Venus with the Apple and Cupid and Psyche.

ISBN: 87 7521 049 5

DKK 175

Bertel Thorvaldsen 1770-1844

By Stefano Grandesso
Catalogue of Thorvaldsen's works
by Laila Skjøthaug
Italian Edition
2010, 304 pp., ill.

ISBN: 978 88 36 61912 2

DKK 375

Bertel Thorvaldsen. La vita e l’opera dello scultore

By Bjarne Jørnæs
Text in Italian. Translated by Caterina Testa
1997, 207 pp., ill.
From a childhood in conditions of poverty to world fame and wealth – tells the fascinating story of Thorvaldsen’s life and career in Denmark and Rome.

ISBN: 88 8016 191 1

DKK 199

A Survey of Bertel Thorvaldsen’s Life 1770-1844

1991, 12 pp., ill.
Important dates in Thorvaldsen’s life – from his early years in the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, through his artistic breakthrough in Rome in 1803, his triumphal return to Denmark in 1838 and to the opening of the museum in 1848, four years after Thorvaldsen’s death. This publication is also available in Danish, German, French, Spanish, Swedish, Russian, Polish, Chinese and Japanese.

ISBN: 87 7521 100 9

DKK 20

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Polish text
By Wanda Jørgensen
1997, 28 pp., ill.
On Thorvaldsen and his works in Thorvaldsens Museum.

ISBN: 87 7521 081 9

DKK 20

* På besøg hos Bertel Thorvaldsen

By Birthe Kot
2009, 33 pp., ill.
School book.
Read about Thorvaldsen's life and fame.

ISBN: 978 87 76 10973 8

DKK 125

*Thorvaldsens Hår (Thorvaldsen's Hair)

By Ernst Jonas Bencard
2006/07, 10 pp., ill.
Here, readers can amuse themselves with a selection from the large amount of Bertel Thorvaldsen’s hair that is preserved in Thorvaldsens Museum. A bizarre form of the history of art! A slightly different version of this text can be found in the periodical ARK 73, 2006/2007:4.

DKK 20