Amedeo Modigliani in Worldwide Museums: 11. The National Gallery of Denmark

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The 11th place I would like to introduce for this week is The National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The National Gallery of Denmark (Danish: Statens Museum for Kunst, also known as "SMK") is the largest art museum in Denmark and is also officially the main museum for visual art in Denmark. SMK supports fostering and developing museum activities throughout Denmark, and cultivating and strengthening cooperation with museums in Denmark and abroad.

SMK has the largest art collection in Denmark with over 260,000 works. The art collection was originally built as the royal collection, meaning the private property of the Danish kings, but with the introduction of democracy in Denmark in the mid-1800s, the collection was handed over to the people, which ultimately gave birth to SMK. 

The large collection of works of art can be seen at SMK's exhibitions and presentations, but the collection is so vast that if you visit SMK on a specific date, only a small part of it will be displayed. Many works in the collection are displayed at other museums in Denmark or abroad as part of their exhibitions, but most of the collection is kept in the museum's storage facilities. 

Currently, SMK is working to realize its ambition to digitize its entire art collection, making it freely available online.

The works of Modigliani currently in the possession of The National Gallery of Denmark are as follows.

Alice (c. 1918)

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