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17.9.1848

Thorvaldsen’s Museum is inaugurated, and the sculptor’s bequest is officially transferred to the city of Copenhagen by Eksekutorerne for Thorvaldsens bo (The Executors of Thorvaldsen’s Estate).

Primary sources

  • Speech dated 17.9.1848 by H.P. Hansen.
  • Chr. Bruun & L.P. Fenger: Thorvaldsens Musæums Historie, Copenhagen 1892, p. 163.

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