CopenhagenAndItsEnvirons

86

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