Valkyrie
Stephan Sinding
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Date:
1908
Type:
Equestrian statue
Materials:
Bronze, granite
Measurements:
Pictures
Facts
Inscription:
On the left side, top, of the bronze base: "Stephan Sinding/PARIS 1908. On the front of the granite plinth in raised lettering: "SINDING/VALKYRIE"
Owner:
Copenhagen Municipality
Donated by:
The Albeertina Foundation
Prework:
Sketch, 1872
Statuette in polychrome wood with inlays in metal and coloured stones. Exhibited 1901
Statuette in bronze and ivory. 1910. H. 78 cm. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Inv. no. 640.
Placement
Address:
The Churchill Park near Esplanaden
Litterature
Recommended litterature:
Ellinor Wesche: Friluftskunsten i København, København 1932, 31. Monumenter Mindesmærker og Statuer i København Frederiksberg og Gjentofte, København 1944, 19. Legatet 'Albertina'. I anledning af legatets 80 aars dag den 18. november 1959, København 1959, 9, 18. Hovedstadens monumenter mindetavler museer. En vejviser, København 1962, 39. Bent Zinglersen: Københavnske monumenter og mindesmærker, København 1974, 121. Dyveke Helsted, Torben Holck Colding & Torben Melander: Albertina. Et legats historie gennem 100 år. 1879-1979, København 1979, 78-79. Anne Højer Petersen: Skulptur i København – 40 udvalgte værker, København 1996, nr. 15. Peter Bak Rasmussen & Jens Peter Munk: Skulpturer i København, København 1999, 116-17. Jens Peter Munk: Bronze & granit. Monumenter i Københavns Kommune, København 2005, 48-49
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Description
According to Nordic mythology, the valkyries rode to the battlefield after the battle in order to fetch the fallen heroes and take them to Valhalla. The goddesses were Odin's emissaries and can be seen as the messengers of death and personifications of war itself.
To a commission from Carl Jacobsen, Sinding started modelling the statue in 1908. Jacobsen had originally wanted it to be placed in front of the recently built town hall.
