Marcus Gerhard Rosencrone commissions a bust of his late father-in-law Henrik Hielmstierne. However, the bust is not modelled until probably 1812, cf. A210.

Primary sources

• Letter dated 29.4.1807 from Laurits Engelstoft to Thorvaldsen.
• Letter dated 20.5.1807 from Thorvaldsen to Engelstoft.
• Letter dated 23.12.1807 from Engelstoft to Thorvaldsen.

Other references

• Else Kai Sass: Thorvaldsens Portrætbuster, Copenhagen 1963-65, vol. I, p. 191-199.

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