The Genius of the New Year, A548.

Primary sources

• Dansk Folkeblad 28.8.1840.
• J.V. Gertner: Drawing after the relief, D366, dated “Kjøbenhavn Januar 1840”.
• Adam Oehlenschläger: Poem for Thorvaldsen dated 8.3.1840.
• Ferdinand Richardt: Thorvaldsen in his studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, 1840, B285 (the relief is placed on the floor to the left, leaning up the wall).
• Rigmor Stampe (ed.): Baronesse Stampes Erindringer om Thorvaldsen, Copenhagen 1912, p. 50.
• Thiele IV, p. 151 (erroneously dates the relief to the following New Year, 1.1.1841).
• Fortegnelse over de ved det Kongelige Akademie for de skjönne Kunster offentligen udstillede Kunstværker, Copenhagen 1840, cat. no. 184, named “Aaret” (The Year).

Other references

• Louis Bobé: Thorvaldsen i Kærlighedens Aldre, København 1938, p. 174 (erroneously dates the relief to the end of 1840).
• Albert Repholtz: Thorvaldsen og Nysø, Copenhagen 1911, p. 39-40.

Last updated 26.03.2023