The merchant ship Therese arrives in Copenhagen with 70 crates containing Thorvaldsen’s works of art, among them Christ and the twelve apostles in plaster.

Primary sources

• Letter dated 11.1.1828 from Hermann Ernst Freund to Thorvaldsen.

• Letter dated 19.1.1828 from Thorvaldsen to Slotsbygningskommissionen.

Other references

• Thiele III, p. 345 (“De med Skibet Therese ved Aarets Begyndelse fra Livorno afsendte Arbeider vare i Maimaaned lykkeligt ankommen til Kiøbehavn.”)

• Related Article: Commission for the Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen
• Related Article: Transportation of Thorvaldsen’s Artworks to Copenhagen 1828

Last updated 25.10.2016