A.P. Bernstorff, A207, marble version of A209 in reduced size.

Primary sources

• Letter dated 12.11.1803 from Schubart to Thorvaldsen (refers to the commission).
• Draft letter dated ca 1.2.1804 from Thorvaldsen to Schubart (Thorvaldsen models the bust).
• Draft letter dated Medio april 1804 from Thorvaldsen to Schubart (the model is finished, and probably cast in plaster).
• Letter dated 6.3.1806 from N.I. Stuhr to Thorvaldsen (the marble carving of the bust is finished).
• Draft letter dated 8.8.1806 from Thorvaldsen to Schubart (the bust is carved in marble).

Other references

• Else Kai Sass: Thorvaldsens Portrætbuster, Copenhagen 1963-65, Vol. I, p. 36, 37, 40, 42, 43, 45-51.

Last updated 05.11.2014