CopenhagenAndItsEnvirons

artistic skill, th at one can directly perceive th a t not

only h av e the best artists been em ployed on them ,

b u t also th a t th e w ork lias been to th em a lab o r

o f love.

In th is noble tem ple o f a rt a re preserv ed the

m agnificent w orks and treasu res o f a rt w hich T h o r

valdsen presented to D enm ark.

It w ould occupy too m uch space to give a

description o f the c o n te n ts, and, w here all is ex

cellence, it is difficult to select; bu t it m ay in terest

the visitor to know w h at the S culptor him self w as

m ost satisfied w ith ,

and w hich he considered

his best productions — and these are : H is

last

(/roup o f the Graces

;

the

Shepherd B o y

;

and

the

Mercurius.

H o w e v e r, the

A d o n is,

in the

possession of the K ing o f B a v a r ia , he considered

his

Chef-d’œuvre

;

on beholding w hich C anova

exclaim ed: " I w isli I w ere young a g a in !”

M essrs. B ing and Son o f K ronp rind sensgade

h ave published a volum e o f E ngravin gs of the

w hole of T h o rv ald se n ’s w orks.

T h e Building is open to the p u b lic , free o f

c h a rg e , from 1st. Decern, to 3 0 th . A p ril, ev ery

W ed n esd ay from 11— 2 o’clock.

F rom 1st. M ay

to 31 st. A ugust, every T u esd ay from 11— 2 o’clock,

and every F rid a y from 4 — 7 o’clock.

F rom 1st.

S eptr. to 30 th. Nov. every T u esd ay and F rid ay