Comment on Christian 8.'s Table Decoration

Cf.:

  • Christian (8.) Frederik’s travel diary entry dated 25.12.1819 (les ateliers de Thorvaldsen, une jouissance à nulle autre egale [Thorvaldsen’s workshops, a joy like no other]).
  • Letter dated 25.12.1819 from P. O. Brøndsted to Thorvaldsen (”[I] left your study full of genuine, deeply felt wonder”).
  • Letter dated 5.1.1820 from Herman Schubart to Thorvaldsen (“His joy was indescribable”).
  • Letter dated 6.1.1820 from Christian (8.) Frederik to Thorvaldsen (“I have visited your atelier more than once, always with … great joy”).

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