Thorvaldsen and His Plaster Casts from the Antique and the Early Modern Period: The Roman Plaster Cast Market 1750-1840

by Jan Zahle

The Danish neoclassical sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), who lived most of his life in Rome, was not only one of Europe's most soughtafter artists; he was also a collector. In addition to his own works and drawings, he built extensive collections of paintings, prints, drawings and books - and of ancient artefacts from Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquity: coins, lockets, containers, vases, lamps, fragments of sculpture and more. He also acquired...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8771843590
• ISBN13: 9788771843590
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Aarhus University Press
• Length: 652 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.