Thorvaldsen Medal

Thorvaldsen Medal
	Bertel Thorvaldsen
Sponsored by	Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Date	1837
Country	Denmark
Formerly called	Exhibition Medal (1837); Thorvaldsen Exhibition Medal (1866)
Current Winner	Per Bak Jensen, Viera Collaro

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.

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]

Medal design

The medal is executed in silver and designed by the sculptor Christen Christensen (1806–45) in connection with Thorvaldsen's homecoming from Rome in 1838.

Recipients

Exhibition Medal recipients

Year	Laureate		Ref(s)
1839	Martinus Rørbye	A Turkish notary drawing up a marriage contract in front of the Kiliç Ali Pasha Mosque, Tophane, Constantinople
1841	Wilhelm Marstrand	Scene of the October celebrations in Rome (Scene af oktoberfesten i Rom)
1842	Bertel Thorvaldsen	Honorary medal
1843	Johan Vilhelm Gertner	Stiftsprovst Trydes Portræt	Source
1845	P. C. Skovgaard	Scene from Tisvilde Woods (Parti ved Udkanten af Tisvilde Skov)
1845	P. C. Skovgaard	View of Skarrit Lake (Udsigt over Skarrit Sø)
1846	Anton Melbye	Eddystone Lighthouse (Eddystone Fyrtaarn)
1847	Jens Adolf Jerichau
1849	Godtfred Rump	Scene from Himmelbjerget (Parti fra Himmelbjerget)
1853	Julius Exner	Visiting Grandfather ("Besøget gos bedstefar")
1858	Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann
1860	Frederik Vermehren	Huslig Syssel i en fattig Bondestue; en Kone bælger Ærter
1860	William Hammer	Grain and fruits under an apple tree ("Korn og Fruget under et Æbletræ")	Source
1860	Theobald Stein	Neapolitan fishing boy, carrying a pitcher("Neapolitansk Fiskerdreng, bærende en Vandkrukke")
1861	Christen Dalsgaard	(En Kones højtidelige Kirkegang efter Barselfærd)
1867	Carl Neumann	Skibe under land efter en byge
1871	Janus la Cour	Aften ved Nemisøen
1872	Otto Bache	Portrait group of the Ræder family (Portrætgruppe af Familien Ræder)
1882	Vilhelm Rosenstand	Outside a Brasserie in Paris. Mother and Son at Café Pousse (Udenfor et Brasserie i Paris. Moder og Søn ved Pousse-Caféen)
1882	Peder Severin Krøyer	?
1882	Frants Henningsen	A Funeral (En Begravelse)
1883	Thorvald Niss	Winter Scene from Folehaven
1883	Bertha Wegmann	Portrait of the Artist's Sister (Portræt af kunstnerindens søster)
1884	August Jerndorff
1884	Christian Zacho	Quiet waters in Dyrehaven (Et stille Vand i Dyrehaven)	Source
1886	Viggo Johansen	Evening talk (Aftenpassiar )
1887	Otto Haslund	Concerto (Koncert)	Source
1887	Hans Michael Therkildsen	Køerne vandes
1887	Carl Thomsen
1890	Georg Achen	Johanne Achen. The Artist's Mother (Johanne Achen, kunstnerens Moder)
1893	Julius Paulsen
1896	Michael Ancher	?
1899	Ludvig Brandstrup	Christian IX statue, Esbjerg
1892	Knud Larsen
1906	L. A. Ring	?
1907	Bertha Dorph	Et besøg hos den unge barselskone
1913	Ejnar Nielsen	?
1915	Theodor Philipsen	?
1918	Herman Vedel	Fra forhandlingerne om grundloven 5. juni 1915
1923	Joakim Skovgaard	Jomfru i Fugleham