Thorvaldsen requests and receives study material on Johann Gutenberg for the execution of the Gutenberg monument, cf. A114, A115, A116.

Primary sources

• In the forwarded material are some drawings by Ludwig Lindenschmit (1809-1893), cf. D1553, D1554, D1555, D1556, which are to be found in Thorvaldsen’s collection.

Other references

• Haavard Rostrup, Billedhuggeren H.W. Bissen 1798-1868, Copenhagen 1945, Part 1, p. 133-134 (Thorvaldsen receives the commission for the monument in letter dated 8.8.1832 and then presumably requests the drawings).

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