| 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]
