A Victorious Danish Soldier by H.W. Bissen

A Victorious Danish Soldier 1850 - 1851

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"A Victorious Danish Soldier" is a marble sculpture by H.W. Bissen, created between 1850 and 1851. The sculpture portrays a Danish soldier in a triumphant pose, holding a branch of laurel leaves and standing on a cannon. Bissen was a prominent Danish sculptor known for his realistic and expressive style. The sculpture's grandeur and heroic depiction of the soldier reflect the national pride and spirit of the Danish people. It is currently housed at the SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst, a prominent art museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. This piece is a classic example of 19th-century Danish sculpture and a testament to the artistic talent of H.W. Bissen.

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Bissen pays homage to the Danish foot soldiers (privates) from the war in 1848-51, where the Danish government prevented the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein from leaving the Kingdom of Denmark. The sculpture springs from the same political soil as the landscape paintings from the period and is fuelled by the same nationalist sentiments. The sculpture marks the first time in European history that a memorial to military victory did not show a goddess, a general, or a monarch, but a simple, anonymous soldier from the battlefields. However, the figure’s face bears a striking resemblance to the painter Johan Thomas Lundbye, who fell in the war. The sculpture is a preliminary study for the war memorial commemorating the battle at Fredericia in 1849; the monument was erected in 1858.