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Jørgen Balthasar Dalhoff (11 November 1800 - 2 March 1890) was a Danish goldsmith and industrialist.


Early life and education

Dalhoff was born on 11 November 1800 in
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on
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, the son of Peder Dalhoff (1757-1827) and Anna Margrethe Plesner (1766-1817). At age 15, he was sent to
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where he apprenticed as a goldsmith until 1820. He gained a reputation for being a skillful engraver and created several fine candlesticks for
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in his brother Knud Plesner Dalhoff's (1794-1832) brazier workshop. He went on a three-year study trip abroad from 1824 to 1827, visiting Berlin, Vienna, Rome, Naples, and Paris. In Rome, he formed a friendship with
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of whom he created a bust. He also enrolled at the
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where he studied under
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.


Career

Back in Copenhagen, in 1829, he was by royal resolution licensed as a master goldsmith, with a right to work in all materials, and was in 1833 appointed as royal court goldsmith. Dalhoff was also active as a bronze caster. His firstwork in this field was E. Freund's fountain ''Boy on Swann'' for
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in 1837. Other commissions were the four colossal Bertel Thorvaldsen statues for Christiansborg Palace (Skt. Jørgens gård), the sculptures group for the roof of
Thorvaldsens Museum The Thorvaldsen Museum is a single-artist museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, dedicated to the art of Danish and Icelandic Neoclassical sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844), who lived and worked in Rome for most of his life (1796–1838). The ...
, and the Jupiter relief for the facade of Christiansborg Palace. After Christian VIII's death, Dalhoff increasingly engaged in a more industrialized production of products in galvanoplasty and
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as well as lacquered trays and tinned iron pots. He obtained several patents on technical inventions and installed a central heating system at the College of Advanced Technologies in 1859 .He visited many of the great exhibitions in Germany, Austria, France and England.


Other activities

Dalhoff was a teacher at the Academy from 1827 to 1864. He instigated the foundation of Industriforenignen in 1838, was a board member until 1865, and appointed as honorary member in 1885. He was appointed as an honorary member of the
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in 1876. Dalhoff wrote his memoirs in 1888. They were published posthumously by his son N. C. Dalhoff.


Further reading

* Dalhoff, N.:
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References


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Memoirs
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dalhoff, Jorgen Balthasar Danish goldsmiths 19th-century Danish metalsmiths Danish industrialists 19th-century Danish inventors Academic staff of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Danish companies established in 1829 People from Falster 1800 births 1890 deaths