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Fig. 1 Bertel Thorvaldsen, Christus (Christ), Installed in the apse of the Vor Frue Kirke in 1839. Kirkenes, Bertel Thorvaldsen, The Good Shepherd, God The Father, Jesus Pictures, Jesus Cristo, Jesus Is, New Testament, Christian Art

In September 1807, the Vor Frue Kirke (Our Lady’s Church), the National (Lutheran) Cathedral of Denmark, was destroyed during the bombardment of Copenhagen by the British navy. The church was rebuilt between 1817 and 1829 in the then fashionable Neoclassical style. The internationally famous Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1789–1838) was asked to produce for the new church a series of colossal statues of Christ, John the Baptist, and the apostles. Of these, Christus (Christ) has become…

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