Portrait of Bertel Thorvaldsen
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| Portrait of Bertel Thorvaldsen | |
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| Artist | Horace Vernet |
| Year | 1833 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 96.5 cm × 74.9 cm (38.0 in × 29.5 in) |
| Location | Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen |
Portrait of Bertel Thorvaldsen is an 1833 portrait painting by the French artist Horace Vernet depicting the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen.[1] The two met in Italy and became friends while Vernet was at the time Director of the French Academy in Rome. They agreed to each produce a depiction of the other and this painting shows Thorvaldsen with the bust he had produced of Vernet.[2]
The painting is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.[3] Another original, version is in the Thorvaldsens Museum in Copenhagen, having been acquired in 1844 through a bequest from the artist.[4]
