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Begun 23.3.1831 - completed 13.1.1832

Bust of Thorvaldsen, G119, is executed by H.W. Bissen.

Primary sources

  • Letter dated 27.6.1831 from H.W. Bissen to Just Mathias Thiele.
  • Letter dated 24.3.1831 from Troels Lund to Petzholdt. Manuscript Department, The Royal Library, Copenhagen, NBD, and letter dated 16.5.1832 from H.W. Bissen to H.E. Freund. Manuscript Department, The Royal Library, Copenhagen, Add. 257-2o. (see: Haavard Rostrup, Billedhuggeren H.W. Bissen 1798-1868, Copenhagen 1945, Part 1, p. 102-103, for further references).

Last updated 16.06.2014