Author: Ilona Ernest
The famous brewer Carl Jacobsen (Carlsberg beer) donated to the public in the late nineteenth century, its collections of modern and ancient art. The Danish Government and the city of Copenhagen were responsible for building the museum, which opened in 1906.
The Glyptotek is formed by the two original buildings separated by the Winter Garden, together with Henning Larsen building that includes a collection of French painting. Glyptotek name refers to the collection of sculptures.
The collection of ancient sculptures traces a route from the Near East (Sumer, Babylon and Assyria), through ancient Egypt, and the collection of Greek sculptures, considered one of the best in the world, the Etruscan art and the rich collection of Roman art.
The modern collection consists mainly of Danish paintings and sculptures (the so-called Danish Golden Age) and French of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It includes over 30 works by Rodin.
For its part, the French painting collection includes works by David, Courbet, Corot, Manet, Degas, Sisley, Pissarro, Monet and Gauguin.
We recommend visiting the chronological order of the collections.
The Winter Garden is a wonderful place of relaxation and as a transition between different areas of the museum.
It’s worth climbing to the roof again … The Copenhagen view is simply spectacular.
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