• Andreas Ludvig Koop

  1792-1849

Portrait of Thorvaldsen

• Production Date

  1828

• Type of Work / Object

  Painting > Portrait

• Location

  • Not on display

• Inventory Number

  B168

• Catalogue Number

  B168

• Catalogue Level / Collection

  Thorvaldsen's Collections > Collection of Paintings (B)

Explanation

• Thorvaldsen 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

Motif / Theme

• Human > Man > Bertel Thorvaldsen

Additional Catalogue Information