Caspar Bartholin dies. Thorvaldsen takes his deathmask, which later is used as the model of the bust A227.

Primary sources

• Letter dated ultimo september 1805 from Johan Georg Wahl to Niels Saabye (documents the death date).

Other references

• Else Kai Sass: Thorvaldsens Portrætbuster, Copenhagen 1963-65, Vol. I, p. 529-534, Vol. II, p. 381, Vol. III, p. 84.

Last updated 24.06.2014