A Troll who scenting a Christian - Copenhagen, Denmark
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N 55° 39.947 E 012° 31.308
33U E 344126 N 6171667
En Trold, der vejrer Kristenkød
Waymark Code: WMJMT2
Location: Denmark
Date Posted: 12/06/2013
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Trolde og overtro
Under et ophold i Danmark i 1896 skabte Hansen Jacobsen - i et kælderrum under Statens Museum for Kunst i København - en vred og vild trold. Den har fået færden af et kristent menneske og sniger sig nu frem for at slå en klo i ham. Trolde hører til i den folkelige overtro, der på Hansen Jacobsens tid endnu var meget levende
Trolden blev udstillet på Charlottenborgs forårsudstilling 1897 i afdelingen for dekorativ kunst, ikke i afdelingen for skulptur. Det er muligt, at Niels Hansen Jacobsen - i forlængelse af symbolistiske tanker om, at al god kunst er dekorativ - selv har valgt placeringen
Efter den store separatudstilling i 1901 tilbød Hansen Jacobsen brygger Carl Jacobsen, at han kunne købe alle skulpturerne til halv pris, hvis han ville lade dem udstille offentligt. Carl Jacobsen købte dog kun »En Trold, der vejrer Kristenkød« og »Døden og Moderen« Resten af skulpturerne måtte opmagasineres i kældrene under ruinerne af Christiansborg Slot. Trolden blev støbt i bronze for midler fra Jesuskirkens Fond, og opstillet foran kirken i Valby. Her stod den og rakte sine kløer frem mod kirkegængerne som et skræmmebillede på overtro og ondskab.
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Trolls and superstition
During a stay in Denmark in 1896 created the Hansen Jacobsen - in a cellar under the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen - an angry and wild troll. It has been whereabouts of a Christian mankind and sneaks on them to strike his claws into them. Trolls belong in the popular superstition that in Hansen Jacobsen's time still was very much alive.
The troll was exhibited at Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition 1897 in the department of decorative art , not in the department of sculpture. It is possible that Niels Hansen Jacobsen - an extension of symbolic thought that all good art is decorative - has chosen this location.
After the great exhibition in 1901 offered Hansen Jacobsen, brewer Carl Jacobsen that he could buy all the sculptures at half the price, if he would let them exhibit publicly . Carl Jacobsen bought only ' A Troll who scenting a Christian "and" Death and the Mother ' The rest of the sculptures had to be stored in the cellars beneath the ruins of Christiansborg Palace. The troll was cast in bronze for funds from Jesus Church Fund , and placed in front of the church in Valby reaching its claws toward the worshipers as the bogey of superstition and evil.
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: En Trold
Figure Type: Fantasy creature
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: N.H. Jacobsen
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1896
Materials used: Bronze
Location: Jesuskirken - Copenhagen
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