Richard Bingham’s marble copy of Venus with the Apple, cf. A12, is sent to England. The ship is wrecked near the English coast, but Venus escapes unharmed.

Primary sources

• Letter dated 16.4.1824 from Bingham to Thorvaldsen (inquiring about the commissioned works, which have evidently not been sent).
• Thiele 1831, p. 66.

Other references

Thiele II, p. 292.

Last updated 10.03.2016