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Chap. XI.
THE THORVALDSEN MUSEUM.
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CHAPTER XL
Notice of Thorvaldsen—His Museum — Genius of the New Year —
His illustrations of Anacreon — The Mercury, Adonis, and
Hyrdedreng— The Hall of Christ — The Guardian Angel — The Angel of
Baptism — The last cabinet, with relics of Thorvaldsen.
THE THORVALDSEN MUSEUM.
November.—Bertel (or Albert) Thorvaldsen was born in
Copenhagen, November 19th, 1770. His father Gatshalk
was of Icelandic origin, by trade a shipbuilder, and
a carver of images for the navy. The child received
his education in the free school, and played about
the streets together with other boys of his age. In
after life he often related with pleasure how one day,
playing on the Kongens Nytorv, he was arrested for
some mischievous action, and conveyed to the
guardhouse, from which, after much fear and trembling, he
was dismissed with a strong reprimand. Every morning
he accompanied his father to the wharf, and early
displayed so decided a turn for sculpture and drawing, that
he was, in his eleventh year, placed at the school of
the Academy of Arts, where he obtained successively
the different prizes of the Academy. On one occasion,
while contending for the great gold medal, he was
suddenly seized with a fit of discouragement, and left
the room by a back entrance; luckily, he encountered
on the staircase Professor Abelgaard, who forced him to
return ; he did so, and gained the prize. To this medal
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