page_title: Danish sculpture
hierarchical_section_title: Danish sculpture
caption_attribution_description: Salys Frederik V statue at Amalienborg Palace
context_page_description: Danish sculpture as a nationally recognized art form can be traced back to 1752 when Jacques Saly was commissioned to execute a statue of King Frederick V of Denmark on horseback. While Bertel Thorvaldsen was undoubtedly the country's most prominent contributor, many other players have produced fine work, especially in the areas of Neoclassicism, Realism, and in Historicism, the latter resulting from growing consciousness of a national identity. More recently, Danish sculpture has been inspired by European trends, especially those from Paris, including Surrealism and Modernism.
context_section_description: Danish sculpture as a nationally recognized art form can be traced back to 1752 when Jacques Saly was commissioned to execute a statue of King Frederick V of Denmark on horseback. While Bertel Thorvaldsen was undoubtedly the country's most prominent contributor, many other players have produced fine work, especially in the areas of Neoclassicism, Realism, and in Historicism, the latter resulting from growing consciousness of a national identity. More recently, Danish sculpture has been inspired by European trends, especially those from Paris, including Surrealism and Modernism.
caption: Equestrian bronze statue of King Frederik V created in Neoclassical style by Jacques Saly in 1768
exif: {"Image Make": "NIKON CORPORATION", "Image Model": "NIKON D700", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "300", "Image YResolution": "300", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Bibble 4.10.1", "Image DateTime": "2010:04:22 11:14:17", "Image Copyright": "", "Image ExifOffset": "8", "GPS GPSVersionID": "[2, 0, 0, 0]", "Image GPSInfo": "10854", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "11145", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "10932", "EXIF ExposureTime": "536871/536870912", "EXIF FNumber": "11744051/2097152", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Aperture Priority", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "200", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2010:04:22 11:14:17", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2010:04:22 11:14:17", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "5224941/524288", "EXIF ApertureValue": "2606159/524288", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "11184811/16777216", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "12460663/4194304", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire", "EXIF FocalLength": "85", "EXIF SubSecTime": "00", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "2836", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "4240", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "85", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF Contrast": "Normal", "EXIF Saturation": "Normal", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal", "EXIF SubjectDistanceRange": "0"}