Bertel Thorvaldsen (1768–1844) with the Bust of Horace Vernet

Horace Vernet · 1833 or later · Oil on canvas

Portrait of Bertel Thorvaldsen is an 1833 portrait painting by the French artist Horace Vernet depicting the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen. The two met in Italy and became friends while Vernet was at the time Director of the French Academy in Rome. They agreed to each produce a depiction of the other and this painting shows Thorvaldsen with the bust he had produced of Vernet.

Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Available as a made-to-order museum-quality canvas print: stretched or framed.