Andreas Ludvig Koop
Portrait of Thorvaldsen, 1828
Copy after Karl Joseph Begas
Oil on canvas. 103,3 x 73,2 cm
Inventory number: B168
Works, relating to this work: Karl Joseph Begas, Portrait of Thorvaldsen, 1823, Alte Nationalgallerie, Berlin, inv.no. A I 16
Enlarge photoThorvaldsen sculpted The Goddess of Hope in 1817. The portrait of Thorvaldsen painted by Karl Joseph Begas in 1823 includes a scale model of this sculpture. Andreas Ludvig Koop painted a copy of Begas’ (1794 – 1854) portrait. Koop was constantly in need of financial aid. And this painting is undoubtedly the one that Koop offers to sell to Thorvaldsen in a letter dated 24 April 1834