Thorvaldsen is born in Copenhagen.

Primary sources

• H.F.J. Estrup’s biography on Thorvaldsen 1818/26 (documents the year only).
• Peder Horrebow Haste: ‘Bidrag til Thorwaldsens Levnet og Characteristik’, in: Archiv for Historie og Geographi XVI, 1824, p. 369.
• Letter dated 8.6.1830 from P.H. Haste to J.M. Thiele (documents the exact date).

Other references

• Thiele I, p. 6.
• Related Article: Thorvaldsen’s Birthday 19.11.

Last updated 30.05.2018