Spring 1796
With the help of A.P. Bernstorff and encouraged by Peder Horrebow Haste, among others, Thorvaldsen obtains the permission of the Admiralty to travel to Italy with the frigate Thetis on her expedition to the Mediterranean.
Primary sources
- Peder Horrebow Haste: ‘Bidrag til Thorwaldsens Levnet og Characteristik’, in: Archiv for Historie og Geographie XVI, 1824, p. 369-373.
- Thiele I, p. 47.
Other references
- Related Article: The Journey to Italy 1796-1797
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