4.10.1833 - The Thorvaldsens Museum Archives


	No. 6258 of 10318

Sender	Date	Recipient
H.C. Andersen [+] Sender’s Location Carrara	4.10.1833 [+] Dating based on Dateringen fremgår af dagbogen.	H.C. Andersen [+] Recipient’s Location Carrara
Abstract H.C. Andersen describes his visit to the marble quarries at Carrara.

[...] for at see Marmorbrudet i Carara gjorte vi en Omvei der hen, man hørte Kanonskud, det var Hertugen af Moden[a] (Franciscus IV) Fødselsdag; Alle Soldaterne havde Myrtegrene i Kasketten, Guirlander hang om en stor Bygning. Bruddet laae langt ude paa den anden Side Byen, jeg følte mig meget kraftløs men travede dog afsted, en lille klar Flod, tæt ved Veien, løb over / Marmorbrokker der skinnede hvide gjennem det grønne Vand. – Bjerget selv var et almindeligt stort Steenbrud, hvidt og graat Marmor, (man finder Krystaller deri). Det forekom mig som et fortryllet Bjerg hvor Gud og Gudinder sad bundne fast i de store hvide Klippemasser og ventede paa en mægtig Mager, som Thorvaldsen eller Canova der kunde løse dem og give dem atter til Verden. – [...]

[…] to see the marble quarry in Carara we made a detour to it, gunshots could be heard, it was the Count of Moden[a] (Franciscus IV) birthday; All the soldiers had myrtle branches in their caps, there were festoons round a large building. The quarry was far out at the other side of the town, I felt rather weak but nevertheless trudged along, a small clear river near the road, ran over / Marble fragments shining white through the green water. – The mountain itself was a normal large quarry, white and grey marble (crystals can be found in it). It seemed to me a mountain bound by a spell, where God and goddesses sat tied in the big white mass of rock waiting for a powerful maker as Thorvaldsen or Canova, who could release them and give them back to the world. – […]

[Translated by Karen Husum]

General Comment
Uddraget er afskrevet efter H.C. Andersens Dagbøger, op. cit. Kun de dele, der vedrører Thorvaldsen, er medtaget. Andersen ankom til Carrara samme dag.
Thiele
Ikke omtalt hos Thiele.
Other references
H.C. Andersen (Kåre Olsen, H. Topsøe-Jensen og Helga Vagn Lauridsen, red.): H.C. Andersens Dagbøger. 1822-1834, bd. I, København 1971, p. 198, l. 19-199, l. 4.
Subjects
Marble Carving · Accounts of Journeys
Persons
Antonio Canova · Bertel Thorvaldsen

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