Awarded the order Pour le Mérite by Friedrich Wilhelm 4.

Primary sources

• Letter dated 16.6.1842 from College of Arms, Berlin to Thorvaldsen.
• Letter dated 22.7.1842 from Schoultz von Ascheraden to Thorvaldsen.
• Rigmor Stampe (ed.): Baronesse Stampes Erindringer om Thorvaldsen, Copenhagen 1912, p. 202 (Thorvaldsen receives the order in Rome 23.8.1842).

Other references

• Thiele IV, p. 185.
• Related Article: Thorvaldsen’s Honorary Titles

Last updated 07.07.2016