3-047-456 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Portrait of Peder Hjort, about 1818-1819. Additional Info: This sheet is a small-format portrait of Peder Hjort made to commemorate the close friendship between an artist and a critic who strove to promote similar aesthetic ideals. Hjort was a Danish writer and art critic, who greatly advanced the classicizing ideals of his compatriot Bertel Thorvaldsen's sculpture abroad in Rome. Hjort's wish to establish a collection of sculptures by Thorvaldsen came to fruition in 1848 when a museum dedicated to the sculptor opened in Copenhagen.