Franz Erwein von Schönborn commissions marble version of Sheperd Boy, cf. A177, with panpipe at his left foot and marble versions of Cupid with a Swan and Boys picking Fruit, Summer, cf. A411, Cupid and Bacchus, Autumn, cf. A413, and Cupid by Anacreon, Winter, cf. A415.

Primary sources

• Contracts and other relevant documents dated 25.1.1823, 25.1.1823 and 25.1.1823.
• Reminder dated probably 1834 from Schönborn to Thorvaldsen.

Other references

• Thiele III, p. 185.
• Related Article: Schönborn’s Commission and His Plans for a Thorvaldsen Gallery

Last updated 12.08.2019