Comment on 28.7.1805

At the beginning of 1805, it was Abildgaard’s plan that the position, the residence, and the studio of the ailing professor of sculpture, Andreas Weidenhaupt should be reserved for Thorvaldsen, see letter of 31.1.1805 from Abildgaard. Weidenhaupt actually died on 26.4.1805, after which Abildgaard’s plan was implemented, see letter of 15.6.1805 from the Academy of Fine Arts to Thorvaldsen with the appointment and the announcement that Thorvaldsen would get Weidenhaupt’s residence and studio plus 400 rix-dollars a year when he returned.

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