Bertel Thorvaldsen
Rom
Hans West
Rom
Dateringen fremgår af brevet.
Thorvaldsen 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.
Jeg underskrene har bekommet af Hr. EtasRaad West, Reder af Danebourg Orden, den fulde betalingI for en busteII i Carariske marmorIII som Højst samme har bestel hos mig, forestilende mig egene Protrat noget over naturlig størelse i form af HermeIV, som jeg forpliter mig at fulende ende 6 MaanedersV forløb fra datum
Rom d. 3de Juli 1810
I the undersigned have from Etatsråd West knight of the Dannebrog, received full payment for a bust in Carrara marble which the high-mentioned has commissioned from me representing my own portrait a little over life-size in the shape of a herma which I promise to finish within 6 months from today
Rome, July 3rd 1810
[Translated by Karen Husum]
This is a draft of the letter dated 18.7.1810.
Else Kai Sass: Thorvaldsens Portrætbuster, København 1963, p. 183.
Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1810, inv.nr. A223 |
Last updated 11.05.2021
The price paid is not known.
I.e. Bertel Thorvaldsen, cf. A223. Today the marble version is in the collection of the Academy of Fine Arts.
I.e. marble from the quarries at Carrara.
I.e. the bust has a flat and square lower section.
In some case, Thorvaldsen took a long time finishing his works. Therfore buyers sought to cover themselves in this way.