Comment on Efter 21.9.1805
The seven works mentioned in this list are seven full-size marble busts which Theodor von der Ropp commissioned in 1804 together with four colossal busts. As these four were replaced by the two “original” works by Thorvaldsen in 1805, only the 7 smaller busts were left.
The list here, then, must represent an intermediate stage in Ropp’s commission before the final one that Thorvaldsen wrote a month later at the earliest on a letter of 19.10.1805 from Abildgaard.
The prices are in scudi and correspond exactly to the prices in the final commission.
See Ropp’s Commission.
Last updated 27.07.2015