Jason with the Golden Fleece
This sculpture is Thorvaldsen’s breakthrough work. Jason was begun in Rome in 1802; finished in plaster and commissioned in marble by the rich English patron of the arts, Thomas Hope, in 1803; but only delivered 25 years later. This sculpture is Thorvaldsen’s breakthrough work. Jason was begun in Rome in 1802; finished in plaster and commissioned in marble by the rich English patron of the arts, T…
- Bertel Thorvaldsen
- Bertel Thorvaldsen
- the Golden Fleece, hanging on an oak-tree, is seized by Jason
- Classical Mythology and Ancient History
- Neoclassical
- sculpture (visual works)
- Marble
- white marble
- Bertel Thorvaldsen
- Bertel Thorvaldsen
- the Golden Fleece, hanging on an oak-tree, is seized by Jason
- Classical Mythology and Ancient History
- Neoclassical
- sculpture (visual works)
- Marble
- white marble
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- false
- 1803
- 1803
- Thorvaldsens Museum
- Bestilt af Thomas Hope 1803, fuldført i Rom 1828. Erhvervet af Thorvaldsens Museum 1917 på den Hope’ske auktion, ”The Deepdene”, Surrey. Commissioned by Thomas Hope 1803, completed in 1828 in Rome. Purchased by Thorvaldsens Museum at the Hope Auction, “The Deepdene”, Surrey, England in 1917.
- DEN_280_021
- 242 cm
- 1803
- Denmark
- 2015-12-10T15:40:41.490Z
- 2023-03-07T12:34:52.728Z