Celebration party in the evening at the painter Friedrich Matthäi. At 10 o’clock he is cheered by the students of the Academy of Fine Arts with music, torchlight procession, and a speech.

Primary sources

• Speech dated 10.9.1820 from Carl Koopmann to Thorvaldsen.
• Report dated 5.10.1820 in Beilage zur Allgemeine Zeitung.
• Article dated 14.10.1820 in Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn (describes the event).
• Report dated 14.10.1820 in the newspaper Dagen (describes the event).

Other references

• Thiele III, p. 73.
• Related Article: The Journey to Rome, August-December 1820

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