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Jens Adolf Jerichau

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Danish sculptor (1816-1883)

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Emil Jens Baumann Adolf Jerichau was a Danish sculptor. He belonged to the generation immediately after Bertel Thorvaldsen, for whom he worked briefly in Rome, but gradually moved away from the static Neoclassicism he inherited from him and towards a more dynamic and realistic style.

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1876commander of the Order of the Dannebrog
1861Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog
1852Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog
Thorvaldsen Medal

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Emil Jens Baumann Adolf Jerichau was a Danish sculptor. He belonged to the generation immediately after Bertel Thorvaldsen, for whom he worked briefly in Rome, but gradually moved away from the static Neoclassicism he inherited from him and towards a more dynamic and realistic style. He was a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and its director from 1857 to 1863.

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Lived 1816 to 1883 · aged 67
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