Miniatures of a Danish Sculptor Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen

Stunningly designed miniature group of 14 orders.

Gold, silver, enamel.
Height 82 mm.

Collection of Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen.

Order Pour le Merité, Prussia /civil division/.

Knight of the Order of the Iron Crown Austria.

Dannebrog order breast star https://asiamedals.info/threads/ord...ish-sculptor-albert-bertel-thorvaldsen.28219/ and breast star of Grand Cross of the Friedrich Order, Württemberg https://asiamedals.info/threads/ger...-albert-bertel-thorvaldsen.27792/#post-364860

Order of the Württemberg Crown and Dannebrog order Cross of Honour.

Bavarian Order of Saint Michael breast star https://asiamedals.info/threads/ger...-albert-bertel-thorvaldsen.27792/#post-364861 and officer's badge of French Legion of Honor.

4th class Saint Vladimir Order https://asiamedals.info/threads/ord...anuel-pannasch-ip-workshop.26483/#post-362989 , Order of the Moor (Ordine del Moretto) from Accademia di S. Luca, Order of the Two-Sicilies https://asiamedals.info/threads/royal-order-of-the-two-sicilies.25823/#post-362995, Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown, Prussian Red Eagle Order https://asiamedals.info/threads/germans-orders-of-danish-sculptor-albert-bertel-thorvaldsen.27792/

 

Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen (19 November 1770 – 24 March 1844) was a Danish and 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 the age of eleven. Working part-time with his father, who was a wood carver, Thorvaldsen won many honors and medals at the academy. He was awarded a stipend to travel to Rome and continue his education.
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In Rome, Thorvaldsen made a name for himself as a sculptor. Maintaining a large workshop in the city, he worked in a heroic neo-classicist style. His patrons resided all over Europe.

Upon his return to Denmark in 1838, Thorvaldsen was received as a national hero. The Thorvaldsen Museum was erected to house his works next to Christiansborg Palace. Thorvaldsen is buried within the courtyard of the museum. In his time, he was seen as the successor of master sculptor Antonio Canova. Among his more famous public monuments are the statues of Nicolaus Copernicus and Józef Poniatowski in Warsaw; the statue of Maximilian I in Munich; and the tomb monument of Pope Pius VII, the only work by a non-Catholic in St. Peter's Basilica.​

 

Gold miniature bar with 8 orders.

Gold, enamel.
Height 76 mm.

 

Gold miniature bar with 6 awards.

Gold, enamel.
Height 35 mm.

 

Gold enameled ribbon bar with 4 orders.

Gold, enamel.
Height 10 mm.