Not later than 22.4.1818
Negotiations concerning the commission for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, are initiated by Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen.
Primary sources
- Letter from Vincenz Rüttimann to Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen, who commissioned the work, quoted in: Finn T.B. Friis: ‘Schweizerløven i Luzern og dens forhistorie’, in: Meddelelser fra Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen 1947, p. 35-36 and Th. v. Liebenau: Oberst Carl Pfyffer von Altishofen und das Löwendenkmal in Luzern. Erinnerungsblätter zur Feier des siebenzigjährigen Bestandes der Kunstgesellschaft der Stadt Luzern, Luzern 1889, p. 23.
- Thiele II, p. 423-425.
Other references
- Related article: Dying Lion.
Last updated 16.06.2014