Thorvaldsen shows Franziska Caspers and Maria Leopoldina Grassalkovich de Gyarak round the Vatican Museum by torchlight.

Primary sources

• Letter dated 6.1.1819 from Franziska Caspers to Bertel Thorvaldsen.
• Letter dated 17.1.1819 from Franziska Caspers to Charlotte Thierry.

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