Comment on 19.10.1805
I.e. the professorship in sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen to which Thorvaldsen had been appointed 7.6.1805.
Already in January 1805, Abildgaard, in his capacity of director of the Academy, had made plans for Thorvaldsen to take over the professorship which would fall vacant when Andreas Weidenhaupt died, see letter dated 31.1.1805.
Regarding Abildgaard’s scheme to secure this position for Thorvaldsen, see Thiele II, p. 18-19. Incidentally, his conduct aroused some animosity among the artists at the Academy, see letter dated 18.6.1805 from C.F. Stanley to C.F.F. Stanley and Thiele II, p. 41.
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