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Eckersberg wrote in his diary that the portrait was based on his study from 1820, hence the date MDCCCXX in the inscription. The diary also notes that Thorvaldsen paid 80 RDL for the portrait.</div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Christoffer_Wilhelm_Eckersberg" class="extiw" title="w:en:Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg"><span title="Danish painter (1783-1853)">Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg</span></a>
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