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Marble versions also exist in the Villa Carlotta at Cadeabbia on Lake Como and in the Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen.\r\n\r\nThere is no information to be found so far about the sculptor Walker,active about 1850 - 1901, who is presumably the maker of the electrotypes.\r\n\r\nThorvaldsen (1768/70 – 1844) was a Danish sculptor and collector, who was active in Italy. He spent most of his working life in Rome, where he followed Antonio Canova to become the foremost Neo-classical sculptor. His fame and reputation led to commissions from public and private patrons in many countries.  He had a large and well-organized studio and a collection of contemporary paintings, which was probably the finest in 19th-century Rome and, together with many of his sculptures, is now housed in the Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen. In the decades after his death, the interest in Neo-classicism declined and with this also his reputation. It took until the mid-20th century that his art was re-evaluated.\r\n","physicalDescription":"Electrotype copy, by Charles V. Walker, of part of the frieze representing the Triumphal Entry of Alexander the Great into Babylon, by Bertel Thorwaldsen. This portion represents a Babylonian warrior thrusting forward five youthful members of the same race. 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