Comment on Efter 15.6.1807

In his letter of 16.2.1807, Thorvaldsen had asked Hansen for an advance of 1000 piastres / scudi so that he could begin the works that Hansen had commissioned from him, cf. the following sentence.

It is remarkable that Thorvaldsen here describes the matter to Hansen as if he himself was not the one to ask for the advance – Thorvaldsen writes “your demand”. A possible explanation is suggested in the Commission for the Town Hall and Courthouse.

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