19.3.1803
Celebrating the making of the plaster cast of Jason with the Golden Fleece, A52. Thorvaldsen is crowned with a laurel wreath by Ida Brun.
Primary sources
- Friederike Brun: ‘Reisetagebuch, Rom’, quoted after Doris and Peter Walser-Wilhelm Heinz Graber (eds.): Bonstettiana. Hisorisch-kritische Ausgabe der Briefkorrespondanzen Karl Viktor von Bonstettens und seines Kreises 1753-1832, Vol. IX/I, Göttingen 2002, p. 463.
- Friederike Brun: ‘Römisches Leben’, vol. II, Leipzig 1833, p. 100-102.
- Letter dated 21.3.1803 from Georg Zoëga to Herman Schubart in: Øjvind Andreasen & Karen Ascani (eds.): Georg Zoëga. Briefe und Dokumente, vol. II-V, Gesellschaft für dänische Sprache und Litteratur 2013, no. 1015. Thanks to Karen Ascani M.A., who is in charge of the coming edition of Georg Zoëga’s breve, for this important reference.
Other references
- A.D. Jørgensen: Georg Zoega. Et Mindeskrift, Copenhagen 1881, p. 209.
- Related Article: Jason and the Hope Commission
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