Night
after Bertel Thorvaldsen (Gronnegade 1770 – Copenhagen 1844)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
Limewood
Measurements
420 mm (16 1/2 in) Diameter
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset (Accredited Museum)
NT 1254753
Summary
Limewood (circular), Night, after Bertel Thorvaldsen (Gronnegade 1770 – Copenhagen 1844), 19th century. A circular carving showing a winged female with poppies in her hair holding two babes, Sleep and Death, sitting on a crescent moon.
Makers and roles
after Bertel Thorvaldsen (Gronnegade 1770 – Copenhagen 1844), artist of the original (sculpture)