A SET OF FOUR DANISH NEOCLASSICAL WHITE MARBLE MEDALLIONS OF THE FOUR EVANGELISTS

WORKSHOP OF BERTEL THORVALDSEN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A SET OF FOUR DANISH NEOCLASSICAL WHITE MARBLE MEDALLIONS OF THE FOUR EVANGELISTS
WORKSHOP OF BERTEL THORVALDSEN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each depicted with their attribute, minor restorations
21 in. (53.5 cm.) diameter (4)

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 23 February 1981, lot 301.

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Lot Essay

The Four Evangelists were modelled in Rome in 1833 (E. Plon, Thorwaldsen, London, 1874, p.228). Marble medallions and plaster models are in the Thorwaldsen Museum (Thorvaldsen's Museum, Copenhagen, 1961, p. 37, nos. 575-578, p. 65, nos. 579-582).

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