Comment on 9.5.1829

This wording makes it almost sound as if
Christian (8.) Frederik had done him a service by borrowing money from him. The truth was that the Prince was not able to pay back the money in time, and Thorvaldsen generously chose partly to postpone calling in the money, partly to forgo the interest. Read more about this and about the clever reasons Thorvaldsen may have had for the remission of the debt in the related article Christian 8.’s Loan from Thorvaldsen.

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