Comment on 10.5.1802
Thorvaldsen was not told by Berger whether the bust had been removed from the crate and delivered to Bourke, or whether the bust was left in a Spanish or Italian port on the ship’s return to Denmark. See the sculptor’s letter of
25.2.1804 o Abildgaard: “I do not know whether Captain Berger after my letter to him has removed the latter from the crate, if he has not, I ask you to be so good as to attend to its being sent to him at a safe opportunity.”
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