Not earlier than 12.8.1821 - not later than 10.5.1825
Christian 8.’s table decoration is cast by Wilhelm Hopfgarten: Mercury about to Kill Argus, cf. A5, Venus with the Apple, cf. A12, Cupid Triumphant, cf. A22, Cupid and the Graces, cf. A29, Hebe, cf. A39, Jason with the Golden Fleece , cf. 52, Adonis, cf. A53, Mars Bringing Peace, cf. D174, Dancing Girl, cf. A178, and Pietro Tenerani’s: Psiche abbandonata.
Primary sources
- Letter dated 12.8.1821 from Christian (8.) Frederik to Thorvaldsen.
- Documents concerning: Christian 8.’s Table Decoration.
- The Thorvaldsen Chronology 10.5.1825.
Other references
- Friedrich Eggers, Christian Daniel Rauch, Vol. II, Berlin 1973, p. 415.
- Thiele III, p. 98 og 155-156.
- Related Article: Christian 8.’s Table Decoration
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