Ludwig I

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´Ludwig (1786-1868) was the Bavarian crown prince when Thorvaldsen modelled this bust of him in Rome – a self-centred personality, arrogant and vain at the same time. His presence, however, was spoiled by the fact that he was hard of hearing and had a defect in his mouth that caused him to lisp and spray people when he spoke. But he was deeply interested in aesthetic matters, wrote poems and took a keen interest in architecture and fine art. He had a high regard for Thorvaldsen both as artist and adviser in artistic and archaeological questions. The “natural”, wind-blown coiffure is a romantic feature by which he himself placed great store, but which in the present context is in contrast to the ancient quality of his dress. Ludwig became King of Bavaria in 1825, but abdicated in 1848.

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Thorvaldsen
Thorvaldsens Museum opened on 18 September 1848 and was the first public museum building in Denmark. The characteristic museum building was built to exhibit the extensive life’s work of the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) and today still looks more or less as it did when it opened over 150 years ago. Thorvaldsens Museum also contains Thorvaldsen's drawings and sketches for sculptures and reliefs. In addition Thorvaldsen was a passionate collector, so the museum also exhibits his extensive collections of paintings from his own time and collections of artworks and objects from Greek, Roman and Egyptian antiquity. The museum also shows changing exhibitions that go into greater depth with aspects of the permanent collections, including contemporary art.

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