NY CARLSBERGS GLYPTOTEK
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Exceptional collections in an exceptional setting! A complete panorama from Antiquity to the turn of modern art.
Certainly one of Copenhagen's most endearing museums. In fact, it's impossible to leave anyone indifferent, even if antique busts aren't your passion. The latest modernization work has been more than successful. Elegant architecture punctuated by a domed entrance pavilion. On either side, two wings: one built between 1897 by Vilhelm Dahlerup, the architect in vogue at the time, the other in 1906 by Hack Kampmann. This project was financed by the very wealthy Jacosben brewing family, Carl and Ottilia, to exhibit their sculpture collection, hence the name "glyptotheque"!
The first highlight is the winter garden beneath the cupola. Illuminated by the immense glass roof, tropical vegetation dominated by slender palms takes us to other latitudes. This is where the café is located!
Our second favorite is the collections. To date, 10,000 works span 6,000 years of history! Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Etruscan sculptures reveal true masterpieces, including 400 heads of Roman emperors, some of them from Palmyra!
Nineteenth-century sculptors are particularly in the spotlight, with 145 pieces, some of them signed by the great Rodin. Spread across the first floor galleries, they offer a sensual journey into the modern expression of the body...
And what about the painting collections? French landscape painters, impressionists and fauvists await your visit!
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