Thorvaldsen is portrayed by four artist in one sitting – Eduard Magnus, Wilhelm Hensel, B437, Franz Krüger og Karl Joseph Begas in the latter’s studio in Berlin.

Primary sources

• Rigmor Stampe (ed.): Baronesse Stampes Erindringer om Thorvaldsen, Copenhagen 1912, p. 121 (mentions only Begas and Krüger).
• Atanazy Raczyński: Katalog der Raczynskischen Bilder-Sammlung, Berlin 1873, Kat.Nr. 15, p. 101 (mentions the date and the four artists).

Other references

• Related Article: Facing the artist in Rome. Portraits of Bertel Thorvaldsen
• Related Article: Portraits of Thorvaldsen
• Related Article: The Journey to Rome, May-September 1841

Last updated 21.06.2018