Awarded the Austrian Order of the Iron Crown (third class) by Frans 1.
Primary sources
Letter dated 12.6.1819 from Heinrich Keller to Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen (from this it appears that Thorvaldsen was informed that he was awarded the order the day before, i.e. 11.6.1819).
Newspaper report dated 16.9.1819 in Wiener Zeitung (refers to the official appointment dated 10.6.1819).
Letter dated 19.6.1819 from Brøndsted to Holger Halling Aagaard (from this it appears that the order was awarded at the Emperor’s departure from Rome. According to Friedrich Noack: Das Deutschtum in Rom seit dem Ausgang des Mittelalters, Berlin & Leipzig 1927, vol. II, p. 182, this took place on 11.6.1819).
Letter dated 30.9.1819 from Frans 1. to Thorvaldsen (from this it appears that the order was awarded earlier that year).
Letter dated 9.12.1819 from The Danish Ordenskapitlet to Thorvaldsen (obtains permission to wear the Order from the Danish king).