Thorvaldsen Medal
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The Thorvaldsen Medal (Danish: Thorvaldsens Medalje, Thorvaldsen Medaillen) is awarded annually with few exceptions to a varying number of recipients by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and is its highest distinction within the visual arts. It is named after the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen.
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Sponsored by | Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts |
Date | 1837; 187 years ago (1837) |
Country | Denmark |
Formerly called | Exhibition Medal (1837–1865) Thorvaldsen Exhibition Medal (1866–1023) |
Website | https://www.akademiraadet.dk/index.php?id=95 |
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The medal was founded in 1837 as the Exhibition Medal and awarded for talented works in the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in the Charlottenborg Palace. In 1866, it was renamed the Thorvaldsen Exhibition Medal (Danish: Thorvaldsenske Udstillings-Medaille), and from 1923 it has been known under its current name.[1]