It was designed by Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, started work in 1818 and finished in 1821.
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In the 1850s, Morse came to Copenhagen and visited the Thorvaldsen Museum, where the sculptor's grave is in the inner courtyard.
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A crucial figure was Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, who had studied in Paris with Jacques-Louis David and
was further influenced towards Neo-Classicism by the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen.