Sketch sheet with many motifs on both front and back. Here the back is seen, called verso, with two sketches for a Venus figure lying down and at the bottom a fragment of Self-portrait in profile. Thorvaldsen executed his own portrait as a portrait bust in 1810, and the sketch seems to be the pre-study for it. Another sheet of paper must have been on top of it while Thorvaldsen sketched his face, as only the back part of the head is visible.