Medal - Albert Thorvaldsen

Features

Location Denmark
King Frederick VI (Frederik VI) (1808-1839)
Type Commemorative medals › Personality or portrait medal
Year 1838
Composition Bronze
Weight 34.4 g
Diameter 39 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Number
N#
190351
References Bergsøe# 1097
Vilhelm Bergsøe; 1893. Danske Medailler og Jetons fra 1789-1891. Numismatisk Forening, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Commemorative issue

Albert Thorvaldsen. Sculptor, 1770-1844

Obverse

Bust of Thorvaldsen in fur coat half left. Three lines of text below, in exergue.

Lettering:
A. THORWALDSEN
NAT. D. IX M. NOV.
MDCCLXX

Translation:
Albert Thorvaldsen
born november, 9th
1770

Reverse

Three standing naked Charites, in the background short pillar with cloth and naked Eros with lyre. Is the marble group "Three Graces with Cupid" now in the Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen.
Text below, in exergue.

Lettering:
CHARITES REDVXIT | ORBI TERRARVM
___________
F. KÖNIG FEC.
MDCCCXXXVIII

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1838 

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