Auguste’s Triptych
Bertel Thorvaldsen’s Triphtych for Auguste Böhmer (marble from 1814).
(Photo: Martin Reulecke)
Auguste Memorial: Sketch
Monument sketch for Auguste Böhmer by Friedrich Tieck. The ill-fated saga of Auguste’s monument was extraordinarily complicated.
(Dresden Library manuscript collection, app.2712 B17,26, there incorrectly, it seems, identified as a draft for Caroline’s memorial.)
Auguste Memorial: Sketch
Friedrich Tieck, initial draft for Auguste’s memorial.
(Dresden Man. Collection App 2712-b1725).
Auguste Memorial: Sketch
First-sketch elevations for Auguste’s monument, attributed to Schelling, copy after Friedrich Tieck. Pencil, pen, black ink and watercolor on paper. 198 x 222/220 mm.
(Thorvaldsen Museum inventory number D1571.)
Auguste Memorial: Sketch
Draft for Auguste’s memorial by Bertel Thorvaldsen: Caryatid, 1812. Pencil, pen and ink on paper. Inscriptions in pencil and pen. Print. 133 x 143 mm.
(Thorvaldsen Museum inventory number C115r.)
Auguste Memorial: Sketch
Draft for Auguste’s memorial by Bertel Thorvaldsen 1812: Pencil, pen and ink on paper. Inscriptions in pencil and pen. Print. 133 x 143 mm.
(Thorvaldsen Museum inventory number C115v.)
Auguste Memorial: Sketches by Bettelini and Marchetti
Pietro Antonio Leone Bettelini and Domenico Marchetti, sketches for Monument to Auguste Böhmer, 1812–29. After Johann Friedrich Overbeck’s drawings, inv. nos. D35, D36 and D37, after Thorvaldsen’s reliefs inv. nos. A614,1 to A614,3.
(Thorvaldsen Museum, inventory number: E33,20)
Auguste’s Triptych
Bertel Thorvaldsen’s Triphtych for Auguste Böhmer (plaster from 1811–12). The original sections are in the Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen. A copy hangs in one of the spa buildings in Bad Bocklet, where Auguste died on 12 July 1800.
(Photo Martin Reulecke.)
Auguste’s Triptych, left
Auguste Böhmer, triptych by Bertel Thorvaldsen: left piece. Marble. 77,6 x 45,7 cm.
(Thorvaldsen Museum Copenhagen, inventory number: A700.)
Auguste’s Triptych, center
Auguste Böhmer, triptych by Bertel Thorvaldsen: center piece. Marble. 77,5 x 63,0 cm. Auguste on the left, Caroline on the right. Note also the serpent at Auguste’s heel.
(Thorvaldsen Museum Copenhagen, Inventory number: A701.)
Auguste’s Triptych, right
Auguste Böhmer, triptych by Bertel Thorvaldsen: right piece. Marble. 77,5 x 45,0 cm.
(Thorvaldsen Museum Copenhagen, inventory number: A702.)
Auguste’s Triptych
Bertel Thorvaldsen’s Triphtych for Auguste Böhmer (marble from 1814); its setting in the Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen.
(Photo Martin Reulecke)
Auguste’s Bust by Thorvaldsen
Auguste Böhmer, bust by Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1811–14, after that of Friedrich Tieck. Marble. 39 cm.
(Thorvaldsen Museum Copenhagen. Inventory number: A703.)
Auguste’s Bust by Thorvaldsen
Auguste Böhmer, bust by Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1811–14, after that of Friedrich Tieck. Marble. 39 cm.
(Photo Bent Nielsen; Thorvaldsen Museum Copenhagen. Inventory number: A703.)
Auguste’s Bust by Thorvaldsen
Auguste Böhmer, side view of bust by Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1811–14, after that of Friedrich Tieck. Marble. 39 cm.
(Photo Martin Reulecke; Thorvaldsen Museum Copenhagen; inventory number: A703.)
Auguste’s Bust by Thorvaldsen
Auguste Böhmer, full view of bust by Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1811–14, after that of Friedrich Tieck. Marble. 39 cm.
(Photo Martin Reulecke; Thorvaldsen Museum Copenhagen, Inventory number: A703.)