Caroline von Humboldt, marble bust, Schloss Tegel, Berlin until 1945, now at the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg.

Primary sources

• Letter dated 30.8.1805 from Landini to Thorvaldsen (the carving in marble is slightly postponed).
• Letter dated 7.9.1805 from Stanley to Thorvaldsen (the carving in marble has begun).
• Letter dated 18.9.1810 from Rauch to Thorvaldsen (the bust has been paid for).
• Thiele II, p. 40.

Other references

• Else Kai Sass: Thorvaldsens Portrætbuster, Copenhagen 1963-65, Vol. I, p. 115-116.

Last updated 01.06.2018