Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor and academic (died 1844)

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Danish-Icelandic sculptor (1770–1844)

Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor and medalist of international fame, who spent most of his life (1797–1838) in Italy. Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen into a working-class Danish/Icelandic family, and was accepted to the Royal Danish Academy of Art at…