Comment on Why Are There Portrait Busts at Thorvaldsens Museum?
Else Kai Sass: Thorvaldsens Portrætbuster, Copenhagen 1963-65, vol. I, p. IX.
Sass’ remark seems to be read as if even Thorvaldsen himself had an explicitly derogatory stance towards his portrait busts. However, this is not the case, even though he most likely felt that his statues and reliefs could convey his artistic ideas more clearly than the busts.
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