Appointed “konferensråd” (honorary title, now obsolete) on board of the frigate Rota. Thorvaldsen receives the message 16.9.1838.

Primary sources

• Letter of appointment dated 10.9.1838 from Frederik 6. to Thorvaldsen.
• Report dated 17.9.1838 in the newspaper Dagen.

Other references

• Thiele IV, p. 2.
• Carl Frederik Wilckens: Træk af Thorvaldsens Konstner- og omgangsliv, samlede til Familielæsning, Copenhagen 1874, p. 19.
• Related Article: Transportation of Thorvaldsen’s Artworks to Copenhagen 1838
• Related Article: Thorvaldsen’s Honorary Titles

Last updated 26.08.2016