Back to 1816

Not later than 15.3.1816

Jørgen Knudtzon and Alexander Baillie commission the marble relief Venus, Mars and Cupid in Vulcan’s Smithy, cf. A419, today at Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire.

Primary sources

  • Letter dated 15.3.1816 from Knudtzon to Thorvaldsen.
  • Draft dated May 1817 from Thorvaldsen to Knudtzon (the relief is almost finished).

Last updated 05.02.2015