Marble version of Baptismal Font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555,3, A555,4, completed for a church in Iceland, maybe in two copies, one of which may have been sold to the 2^nd Earl of Caledon, Du Pré Alexander.

Primary sources

• Letter dated 4.2.1827 from Thorvaldsen to Prince Christian (8.) Frederik.
• Letter dated 4.2.1827 from Thorvaldsen to Slotsbygningskommissionen (Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace).
• Letter dated 12.2.1827 from Thorvaldsen to the Building Commission for Copenhagen Cathedral.
• Thiele 1831, p. 164, note 133.
• Thiele III, p. 156.

Other references

• Related Article: Baptismal Font to Brahetrolleborg Church

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