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End of 1840

Refuses to pay the tax on rank and titles. Christian 8. complies with Thorvaldsen’s demand.

Primary sources

  • Permission dated 23.1.1841 from the Finance Department to Thorvaldsen.
  • Carl Frederik Wilckens: Træk af Thorvaldsens Konstner- og omgangsliv, samlede til Familielæsning, Copenhagen 1874, p. 24-26.

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