Christmas Eve at Thorvaldsen’s with Danes and Norwegians in Rome, among others, B.S. Ingemann, Frederik Schmidt, Jørgen Knudtzon, Alexander Baillie, Jens Jacob Keyser, H.F.J. Estrup, J.L. Lund, Hermann Ernst Freund, Catharina Maria Bügel, Peder Hjort. Thorvaldsen prepares the Christmas rice pudding.
A song by Ingemann is sung.

Primary sources

• Diary entry of 24.12.1818 by Frederik Schmidt.
• Christmas poem and song dated 24.12.1818 by B.S. Ingemann.
• Letter dated 24.12.1818 from Peder Hjort to Olivia Catharine Rasbech.

Last updated 12.03.2019