page_title: Hans Christian Viggo-Hansen
section_title: Works
hierarchical_section_title: Hans Christian Viggo-Hansen / Works
caption_attribution_description: English: The clock and bell at the top of the Dupylon building in the Carlsberg area of Copenhagen, Denmark
context_page_description: Hans Christian Viggo-Hansen was a Danish painter, sculptor and artisan metalsmith.
context_section_description: He was charged with executing Vilhelm Bissen's Absalon statuee for the new Copenhagen City Hall- It was awarded a gold medal on the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900. Vigo-Gansen was also responsible for creating other metalwork for the new city hall, including the coat of arms on the facade.
  Carl Jacobsen charged him with a number of prominent commissions for his many building projects, including Thor med sine bukke (by Carl Johan Bonnesen) for the Ny Carlsberg Brewhouse, the Bell-Strikers (nased on a small sketch by Stephan Sinding) on the Dipylon Building and the angel for the spire of the Jesus Church and dragon ornaments for his own house (Viggo-Hansen's design).
  Other works by Viggo-Hansen include the roof-top figure on Det Ny Teater (designed in collaboration with Jens Jacob Bregnø) and the fish on the Caritas Gountain in Gammeltorv were also created by Viggo-Hansen.
caption: The Bell Strikers
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