# The Troll Who Can Smell Christian Blood

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## Artwork

- Artist: [JACOBSEN, Niels Hansen](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacobsen-niels-hansen-rc95fe6024519fe>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Bronze

## Commentary

The Troll Who Can Smell Christian Blood, in the garden of Copenhagen&#39;s Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, is clearly out hunting. His body resembles a rough-barked tree, and he bends low to catch the scent. Many tales and legends of the north were created in an atmosphere that seemed to anticipate Expressionism.

## Related artworks

- [Motif from The Story of a Mother by Hans Christian Andersen](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacobsen-niels-hansen-rc95fe6024519fe/motif-from-the-story-of-a-mother-by-hans-christian-andersen-rd744cc91f96eb9>)
- [The Shadow](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacobsen-niels-hansen-rc95fe6024519fe/the-shadow-r457b9a734b70a3>)
- [The Shadow](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/jacobsen-niels-hansen-rc95fe6024519fe/the-shadow-re5343bbf25333b>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)