Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Antiquities and French art around a domed palm-filled winter garden beside Tivoli.
The Glyptotek grew from the private collection of Carl Jacobsen, head of the Carlsberg brewery, who gave it to the city and the Danish state. Vilhelm Dahlerup's red-brick building in a Venetian-inspired style opened in 1897 for modern sculpture and painting; Hack Kampmann's neoclassical wing for antiquities followed in 1906. Dahlerup also designed the domed Winter Garden at the centre, planted with palms and set around a fountain. A concrete wing by Henning Larsen was added in 1996 for the French collection.
Holdings fall into two main groups. The ancient department covers Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Greek, Etruscan and Roman art, including one of the largest collections of Roman portrait busts outside Italy and material from Palmyra. The modern department holds Danish Golden Age painting and sculpture, French nineteenth-century work, and an extensive group of Rodin bronzes; the museum also owns a near-complete set of Degas bronzes and a substantial Gauguin collection. Concerts and talks are held in the Winter Garden and the Central Hall.
Highlights
- Domed Winter Garden planted with palms around a fountain
- Roman portrait busts and sculpture from Palmyra
- Rodin bronzes and a near-complete set of Degas bronzes
- Gauguin paintings, ceramics and woodcarvings
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