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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 45. Chapters: Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard, Ludvig Holberg, Jens Immanuel Baggesen, Johannes Wiedewelt, Heinrich Carl von Schimmelmann, Hans Christian Orsted, Johan Ludwig Lund, Johan Frederik Clemens, Johan Christian Fabricius, Niels Ditlev Riegels, Georg Nikolaus von Nissen, Caroline Muller, Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt, Andreas Peter Bernstorff, Friederike Brun, Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann, Christian Ditlev Frederik Reventlow, Johannes Ewald, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Isaac Abraham Euchel, Jens Juel, Utilia Lenkiewitz, Jens Schielderup Sneedorff, Jorgen Zoega, Adam Wilhelm Moltke, Anna Catharina Materna, Caroline Thielo, Charlotte Schimmelmann, Louise von Plessen, Lisbeth Cathrine Amalie Rose, Hieronimo Miani, Knud Lyne Rahbek, Stovlet-Cathrine, Mette Marit Astrup, Anine Frolich, Catharine Frydendahl, Elisabeth Helene von Vieregg, Magdalene Barens, Otto Fabricius, Dorothea Biehl, Johanne Rosing, Johanna Marie Fosie, Marie Wulf, Louise Stolberg, Christine Sophie Holstein, Sophia Magdalena Krag Juel Vind, Anna Sophie Magdalene Frederikke Ulrikke, Soren Abildgaard, Cathrine Marie Moller, Kamma Rahbek, Johanne Seizberg, Charlotte Helene von Schindel, Margrethe Lasson, Dorothea Krag, Marie Jeanne Clemens, Hedevig Johanne Bagger, Carl August Thielo, Charlotte Baden, Christian Christophersen Sehested, Mette Magrete Tvistman. Excerpt: Johannes Wiedewelt (1 July 1731 - 17 December 1802), Danish neoclassical sculptor, was born in Copenhagen to royal sculptor to the Danish Court, Just Wiedewelt, and his wife Birgitte Lauridsdatter. Following in his father's footsteps, he too became a royal sculptor introducing neoclassical ideals to Denmark in the form of palace decorations, garden sculptures and artifacts and, especially, memorial monuments. He was undoubtedly the best known Danish sculptor before Bertel Thorvaldsen. The elder Wiedewelt recogni...
