Christ, John the Baptist, and the Apostles

Bertel Thorvaldsen, a prominent Danish sculptor of the Neoclassical period, created a series of religious sculptures for the Vor Frue Kirke in Copenhagen between 1821 and 1827. This series includes statues of Christ and the Twelve Apostles. Thorvaldsen's work was heavily influenced by classical antiquity, and his sculptures are known for their severe and sometimes archaizing character. While his religious works, like the Christ figure, are noted for their deliberately chilling sublime style, they have also been described as having a neutral surface, lacking the expressive qualities found in other Neoclassical works.12