Thorvaldsen models the bust of Clemens Metternich, cf. A234.

Primary sources

• Letter dated 12.6.1819 from P.O. Brøndsted to Niels Rosenkrantz.
• Letter dated 17.6.1819 from Metternich to Eleonore von Kaunitz.
• Letter dated 19.6.1819 from Heinrich Keller to Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen. (“er war eben bei Metternich”)

Other references

• Else Kai Sass: Thorvaldsens Portrætbuster, Copenhagen 1963-65, Vol. I, p. 515-516.

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