Appointed professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Accademia Fiorentina.

Primary sources

• Letter dated 23.9.1804 from the Accademia Fiorentina to Thorvaldsen.
• Letter dated 22.10.1804 from C.F.F. Stanley to Thorvaldsen (Stanley congratulates Thorvaldsen on the appointment, which he has been told about).
• Letter dated 8.1.1829 from Frederik Ferdinand Friis to Just Mathias Thiele (the date given here, 23.10.1804, is incorrect).

Other references

• Thiele 1831, p. 60, (incorrectly dated 23.10.1804).
• Thiele I, p. 247.
• Related Article: Thorvaldsen’s Honorary Titles

Last updated 28.06.2016