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Baptismal Angel Kneeling, A112

Jakob Faurvig

Thorvaldsens Museum

Bertel Thorvaldsen
1770-1844

Baptismal Angel Kneeling

Production Date
Presumably 1829
Type of Work / Object
Sculpture > Statue

Location
- Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Main Floor > Christ Hall
Inventory Number
A112

Catalogue Number
A112
Catalogue Level / Collection
Thorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (A)

Motif / Theme

Human > Angel > Baptismal angel

Additional Catalogue Information

- Material
  Plaster
- Technique
  Cast
Version / Edition
Plaster Cast (?)

Dimension

Height 141.5 cm

Art Form / Craft
Sculpture

Culture / Period European > Modernity (1800 - 1914)
Art Movement / Style
- Neoclassicism

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

Permalink
https://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/A112

Exhibition History

Fortegnelse over de ved det Kongelige Akademie for de skjönne Kunstner offentligen udstillede Kunstværker, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, April 1840, cat. no. 175

Sources / Literature