# Statue of Byron [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [THORVALDSEN, Bertel]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Marble ## Commentary Thorvaldsen's fame was such that he was often asked to produce commissions for works that seem far removed from his cold Classicism. His statue of the English Romantic poet Byron is an example of this. ## Related artworks - [Adonis]() - [Allegory of the Night]() - [Bacchante and Child Satyr]() - [Bust of Lord Byron]() - [Christ]() - [Cupid and Bacchus]() - [Cupid Received by Anacreon]() - [Ganymede Waters Zeus as an Eagle]() - [Ganymede Waters Zeus as an Eagle]() - [Hebe]() - [Hebe]() - [Hylas Abducted by the Nymphs]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()