Horace Vernet

Thorvaldsen was on friendly terms with the painter Vernet, who was the Director of the French Academy in Rome from 1829 to 1835. The two artists exchanged portraits: this is the plaster version from 1832 that served as a base for the bigger marble bust, which was started by Thorvaldsen in Rome in 1834 and finished by H.W. Bissen in 1856.托瓦尔森与画家韦尔内交情深厚，韦尔内于1829年至1835年间担任罗马法国美术学院院长。两位艺术家曾互赠肖像作品：本件为1832年创作的石膏稿本，作为后续大型大理石胸像的创作基底。该大理石胸像由托瓦尔森于1834年在罗马启动创作，最终由H.W.比森于1856年完成。