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unusual facts about Johan Tobias Sergel



Övedskloster Manor

It includes furniture made by master cabinet maker Georg Haupt, sculptures by Johan Tobias Sergel and Johan Niclas Byström, and paintings by Niclas Lafrensen, Carl Gustaf Pilo, Per Krafft the Elder and Alexander Roslin, among others.

Ulla von Höpken

Ulla was used as the model of the naked Venus sculpture by Johan Tobias Sergel, Venus aux belles fesses (1779): King Gustav III wished to have a statue of Venus opposite his statue of Apollo in his salon, and "as a compliment to our ladies in waiting", Ulla von Höpken was chosen as the model.

Ulriksdal Palace

Despite a number of later changes, Tessin's architecture still dominates the Orangery, which houses parts of the National Museum's sculpture collection, including works by the sculptors Johan Tobias Sergel, Carl Milles and Johan Niclas Byström.


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