Comment on 20.5.1829
In connection with C.F. Hansen’s renovation, a number of sculptures were provided with new, rotating pedestals.
See rotating pedestals in the paintings:- J.V. Gertner: Thorvaldsen’s Studio at Charlottenborg, 1836, The National Gallery of Denmark.
- Peter Herman Rasmussen, The Antique Room at Charlottenborg, 1837, private collection.
- Julius Exner: From the Antique Room at the Academy of Fine Arts, 1843, National Gallery of Denmark.
- Christian M. Geyer: ‘Bewegliche Sockel für antike Statuen und deren Abgüsse’, in: Charlotte Schreiter (Hg.): Gipsabgüsse und antike Skulpturen, Berlin 2012, pp. 95-114.
- Nicholas Penny: “The Evolution of the Plinth, Pedestal, and Socle”, in: Nicholas Penny and Eike D. Schmidt (eds.) Collecting Sculpture in Early Modern Europe, Washington 2008, pp. 461-481.
- Kristina Herrmann Fiore: “Sulle virtù dinamiche di statue e colossi del Canova.”, in: Elisa Debenedetti (ed.): Sculture romane del Settecento, II. La professione dello scultore, vol. 18, Rome, 2002, pp. 269–286.
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