Christian Carl Friedrich August, A203.

Primary sources

• Workshop account dated 1819-1823 (Bienaimé worked on the bust in 1819-20).

• Letter dated 3.12.1819 from Hermann Ernst Freund (Luigi Bienaimé is working on the bust).

• Letter dated 16.1.1820 from Pietro Tenerani to Thorvaldsen (the marble carver Luigi Bienaimé has completed his work on the bust).

• Letter dated 13.2.1822 from Thorvaldsen to Christian Carl Friedrich August (the bust is now finished).

Other references

• Else Kai Sass: Thorvaldsens Portrætbuster, Copenhagen 1963-65, Vol. III, p. 494-502; on the dating, p. 501-502.

Last updated 16.08.2016