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Briseis Is Led Away From Achilles by Agamemnon's Heralds, A490

Jakob Faurvig

Thorvaldsens Museum

Bertel Thorvaldsen
1770-1844

Briseis Is Led Away From Achilles by Agamemnon's Heralds

Production Date
1803
Type of Work / Object
Sculpture > Relief

Location
- Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Upper Floor > South Corridor
Inventory Number
A490

Catalogue Number
A490
Catalogue Level / Collection
Thorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (A)

Motif / Theme

Human > Man > Achilles
Human > Woman > Briseis

Additional Catalogue Information

- Material
  Plaster
- Technique
  Cast
Version / Edition
Original Model

Dimension

Height 116 cm
Width 236.5 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

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https://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/A490

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