Awarded a one-year scholarship of 100 rix-dollars by the Academy of Fine Arts. The scholarship was known as the “The copperplate engraver’s pension” (Kobberstikker-Pensionen).

Primary sources

• The Danish National Archives, Kunstakademiets arkiv, Akademiforsamlingen, Dagbog 30.12.1793.
• Letter dated 2.12.1793 from Thorvaldsen to the Academy of Fine Arts.

Last updated 16.06.2014