• Bertel Thorvaldsen

  1770-1844

George Granville Leveson Gower

• Production Date

  1817

• Type of Work / Object

  Sculpture > Bust > Portrait Bust

• Location

  • Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Main Floor > Room 17

• Inventory Number

  A259

• Catalogue Number

  A259

• Catalogue Level / Collection

  Thorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (A)

Explanation

• Lord Gower (1786-1861) commissioned his bust from Thorvaldsen in Rome during the spring of 1817. He was moreover the first to commission a marble version of Thorvaldsen’s “Ganymede with Jupiter’s Eagle”.

Motif / Theme

• Human > Man > George Granville Leveson Gower

Additional Catalogue Information