4.12.1819

Sender

John Gibson

Sender’s Location

Rom

Recipient

William Cavendish

Recipient’s Location

Paris

Information on recipient

Udskrift: Monseur / Monsieur le Duc de Devonshire / aux souns de Messieurs Laffitte /
á Paris.
Poststemplet: ”[XX] / BEAUVO[XXX]” og “Decembre 17 1819”.

Dating based on

Dateringen fremgår af brevet.

Abstract

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

Document

Rome

Your Grace,

[...] Thorwalsden’s Venus executing for your Grace is in a forward state, and this marble is good, there are a few faint spots ab[o]ut the lips but nothing worth mentioning. [...]

John Gibson

[Brevets dato er skrevet på udskriftssiden:]

Rome decembr 4 ^th

1819

General Comment

Af brevet citeres kun de dele, som vedrører/omhandler Thorvaldsen. Brevet er afskrevet og venligt stillet til rådighed af Eric Forster, her gengivet og revideret efter originalbrevet.

Archival Reference

Subjects

• Purchase of Sculptures for Others
• Marble Carving
• Spotless Marble

Works

Venus med æblet, 1813 - maj 1816, inv.nr. A12

Last updated 14.12.2012