Jeg underskrene har bekommet af Hr. EtasRaad West, Reder af Danebourg Orden, den fulde betaling for en buste i Carariske marmor som Højst samme har bestel hos mig, forestilende mig egene Protrat noget over naturlig størelse i form af Herme, som jeg forpliter mig at fulende ende 6 Maaneders forløb fra datum
Rom d. 3de Juli 1810
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No. 935 of 10319 |
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| Sender | Date | Recipient |
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Bertel Thorvaldsen
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3.7.1810
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Dating based onDateringen fremgår af brevet. |
Hans West
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AbstractThorvaldsen writes a receipt for payment of a self-portrait bust commissioned by Hans West, Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1810, cf. A223. He promises to finish the bust within 6 months. |
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| General Comment | |
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This is a draft of the letter dated 18.7.1810. | |
| Archival Reference | |
| m35 I, nr. 24 | |
| Document Type | |
| Draft, autograph | |
| Thiele | |
| Gengivet hos Thiele II, p. 154. | |
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Else Kai Sass: Thorvaldsens Portrætbuster, København 1963, p. 183. | |
| Subjects | |
| Self-Portraits by Thorvaldsen · Thorvaldsen's Works, Commissioning · Thorvaldsen's Works, Payment | |
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