Biscuit porcelain relief plaque by Royal Copenhagen, Denmark. Mounted and has a wire attached to the reverse for hanging. This pretty disc is a casting of Bertel Thorvaldson’s “4 Seasons” reliefs (1836). Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), a Danish-Icelandic sculptor and influential representative of neoclassicism, was one of the most important exponents of the Danish golden age. Bertel Thorvaldsen's Ages of Man plaques are based on an interpretation of the poem 'The Four Ages of Man' written by Anne Bradstreet (1612 – 1672). Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) lived in Rome for many years where he became one of the most important European representatives of Neo-Classicist sculptural art. The roundels depict the four ages, or four seasons, of man: Childhood (Spring), Youth (Summer), Middle Age (Autumn), Old Age (Winter).