The Getty Museum in Los Angeles has acquired a marble bust depicting Rosa Taddei (Trento, 1799 – Rome, 1869), an Italian actress and poetess portrayed in 1826 by the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (Copenhagen, 1770–1844)…
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For years, it remained in the storeroomsof the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, hidden from public view. Now, Bertel Thorvaldsen’s (Copenhagen, 1770–1844) *Venus Victorious* is once again on display in Rome following…
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Exhibition reviews Antonio Canova Bertel Thorvaldsen Nineteenth century
Milan had to content itself with being irradiated by a lightning-fast reverberation of the dispute that pitted the two great rivals of neoclassical sculpture, Antonio Canova (Possagno, 1757 - Venice, 1822) and Bertel Thorvaldsen…
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Works and artists Ancient art Bertel Thorvaldsen Lorenzo Bartolini Neoclassicism Nineteenth century Venice
They first met in Venice in the spring of 1819 in the drawing room of Countess Benzoni, one of the ladies who very often held receptions or simple "conversations" in her wealthy residence, and who was known at the time as the "Biondina in…
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Opening today at the Fortress of Bard is the exhibition " Masterpieces of the National Academy of San Luca. From Raphael to Balla" in which 115 works from the precious collection of the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, one of Italy's…
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