Thorvaldsen

, where his tomb is in the inner courtyard. Thorvaldsen's Lion Monument (1819) is in Lucerne, Switzerland. This monument commemorates the sacrifice of more than six hundred Swiss Guards who died defending the Tuileries during the French Revolution. The monument portrays a dying lion lying across broken symbols of the French monarchy. Thorvaldsen also produced some striking and affecting statues of historic figures, including a statue of the seated Nicolaus Copernicus. A statue of ...
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