A free guided tour through the exhibition Dyrenes Indtog at Glyptoteket, which shows a collection of 34 animal sculptures by the French artist Antoine-Louis Barye (1795-1875) in a new presentation.
The tour looks at how animals became an independent subject in 19th-century art, no longer shown as symbols or backdrops for humans but as individuals with their own character and expression. The guide traces links to the period's new scientific theories, the zoo in Paris, the emerging industrial farming and French imperial expansion.
