Nielsine Petersen
Nielsine Caroline Petersen | |
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Petersen working on a bust in her Copenhagen studio, c. 1890 | |
| Born | July 10, 1853 Nyrup, Odsherred Municipality, Denmark |
| Died | November 26, 1916 (aged 63) |
| Burial place | Hellerup Cemetery |
Nielsine Petersen (10 July 1851 – 26 November 1916) was a Danish sculptor. She was best known for her bronze statues and her work as a court sculptor. Today, she is most famous for her bronze statue of Hamlet and for En dreng, der fisker krabber (1884).
She received a number of foreign honours, including the French Ordre des Palmes académiques, the Russian Medal of Merit, and the British Order of Merit for Art and Science. In 1908, she was awarded the Ingenio et arti medal.