Comment on 28.7.1805
This is clearly a slip of the pen for January 31st (1805) for two reasons: Firstly, the draft of this letter reads 31 Janii, which Thorvaldsen while transcribing the final letter has obviously copied without thinking about the content, which is probably symptomatic of the sculptor’s dyslexia, see Thorvaldsen’s Spoken and Written Language. Secondly, immediately below Thorvaldsen mentions the block of marble he had been asked by Abildgaard to get from Carrara in letter of 31.1.1805. Thiele has also corrected the date to January 31st in his transcription, cf. Thiele II, p. 21.
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