Danish Sculptor (Copenaghen 1770 - 1844). He came to Rome (1797) when he had already made a name for himself in his homeland after performing some works of mythological subject, and after a journey to Sicily and Naples had allowed him to know the Hellenic culture and Ercolano's bronzes. In Rome he was drawn to J. A. Carstens's circle, but he also studied Canova's work and grew closer to Winckelmann's theories, soon becoming famous on account of his uncompromising classicism. Staying in Rome all of his life, except an occasional sojourn in his country, in Germany and in Poland, he left a conspicuous production, so noticeable on grounds of his technical ability, as cold and colourless because of the abstract rigour of his rational and polished modelling. Of the immense quantity of his production at least some of his mythological groups must be remembered ( Amore e Psiche , 1803; Mercurio , 1818; Le tre Grazie , 1819: all in Copenaghen), Pio VII's mausoleum, in St. Peter, 1831 (iter 9), the equestrian monument to Maximilian I in Monaco (1836-39), etc.