Nessus Abducting Dejanira, modeled 1814–15, carved 1821–23 or 1826, Danish, sculpted Rome, Marble, Overall (confirmed): H. 39 1/2 x W. 49 1/2 x D. 5 3/4 in. (100.3 x 125.7 x 14.6 cm), Sculpture, Bertel Thorvaldsen (Danish, Copenhagen 1770–1844 Copenhagen), In early-nineteenth-century Rome only Antonio Canova rivaled the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen. One area in which the Dane was the acknowledged master was the independent relief; a contemporary critic termed Thorvaldsen the 'patriarch of the bas-relief
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Nessus Abducting Dejanira, modeled 1814–15, carved 1821–23, 1826, Danish, sculpted Rome, Marble, Overall, confirmed, H, 39 1/2 x W, 49 D, 5 3/4, 100.3 125.7 14.6 cm, Sculpture, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Copenhagen, 1770–1844, early-nineteenth-century, Rome, Antonio Canova, rivaled, sculptor Bertel, Thorvaldsen, area, Dane, acknowledged master, independent relief, contemporary critic, termed, patriarch, bas-relief
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