Documents in which Frederik 6. is mentioned

9.12.1797

Karen Thorvaldsen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Karen Thorvaldsen misses her son greatly. She is unhappy with her life and her husband. He gives ...

4.10.1801

Gotskalk Thorvaldsen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Gotskalk Thorvaldsen is happy to have received a letter from Thorvaldsen as rumours in Copenhagen...

17.1.1804

Nicolai Abildgaard

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Abildgaard is happy about Thorvaldsen’s success in Rome. He has received the busts Thorvaldsen se...

21.1.1804

Herman Schubart

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Schubart reports on his efforts to obtain commissions for Thorvaldsen from Denmark. Through her h...

Februar-marts 1804

Herman Schubart

C.F. Hansen

Schubart proposes that C.F. Hansen should commission works by Thorvaldsen for the rebuilding of C...

6.3.1804

Fonden ad usus publicos

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The foundation ad usus publicos grants Thorvaldsen 300 Danish rix-dollars due to his progress in ...

Medio april 1804

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Herman Schubart

Fragment of a longer draft letter.

Medio april 1804

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Herman Schubart

Thorvaldsen writes that he has received a grant of 300 rix-dollars from the Danish King. He thank...

Medio april 1804

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Fonden ad usus publicos

Thorvaldsen is grateful for the grant which has encouraged him while he was suffering from low sp...

24.4.1804

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Fonden ad usus publicos

Thorvaldsen is very grateful for the grant and asks that his deepest gratitude may be conveyed to...

24.4.1804

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Fonden ad usus publicos

Thorvaldsen is very grateful for the grant and asks that his deepest gratitude may be conveyed to...

2.7.1804

Herman Schubart

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Schubart asks Thorvaldsen to let him know when he is coming to Montenero, where he can stay and w...

Primo august 1804

Bertel Thorvaldsen

C.F. Hansen

Thorvaldsen thanks Hansen for his invitation to contribute to the decoration of Christiansborg. H...

29.12.1804

Nicolai Abildgaard

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Abildgaard recommends the bearer of the letter, Carl Christian Seydewitz, to Thorvaldsen. He comm...

31.1.1805

Nicolai Abildgaard

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Abildgaard discusses the payment for the transportation of the crates Thorvaldsen has sent to Cop...

19.10.1805

Nicolai Abildgaard

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Abildgaard is sympathetic to the idea that Thorvaldsen should remain in Rome for the time being b...

Efter 15.6.1807

Bertel Thorvaldsen

C.F. Hansen

Thorvaldsen has received his advance for the works for Christiansborg Palace and Copenhagen town ...

29.1.1810

J.D.T. Manthey, Ordenskapitlet, København

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Thorvaldsen is awarded the Danish Order of Dannebrog. He is requested to return a signed oath and...

29.3.1810

NN

Omnes

Journal de l’Empire reports that Thorvaldsen has been made knight of the order of Dannebrog.

Antagelig 7.6.1810

Christian 8.

Hans West

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

8.12.1810

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Hans West

Thorvaldsen asks West to help Høyer in a matter concerning the Academy of Fine Arts. He also writ...

Antagelig 15.12.1810

Christian 8.

Hans West

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

15.3.1811

Herman Schubart

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

2.4.1811

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Herman Schubart

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

8.4.1811

Herman Schubart

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

17.2.1812

Christian Daniel Rauch

Caroline von Humboldt

Rauch has heard rumours about Thorvaldsen’s accident and fears it will mean that he will also lea...

20.3.1812

Peder Malling

Christian 8.

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

30.3.1812

Christian 8.

Kunstakademiet, København

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

18.4.1812

Henrik Vilhelm Lundbye

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Lundbye writes to Thorvaldsen from Leghorn. He brings news about Danish friends there and regrets...

6.5.1812

A.W. Hauch

Christian 8.

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

13.5.1812

Christian 8.

Slotsbygningskommissionen

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

5.9.1812

Christian 8.

Herman Schubart

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

20.4.1813

Christian 8.

C.F. Hansen

Frederik 6. wants to visit the exhibition at the Royal Academy in Copenhagen.

13.11.1813

C.W. Eckersberg

J.F. Clemens

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

19.11.1814

C.W. Eckersberg

J.F. Clemens

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

9.1.1815

Herman Schubart

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

20.11.1815

Peder Malling

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

2.12.1815

P.O. Brøndsted

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Brøndsted advises Thorvaldsen to return to Denmark, at least for a year. He encloses letters for ...

24.1.1816

C.F. Høyer

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

28.12.1816

Christian 8.

C.F. Hansen

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

December 1817

Lauritz Kruse

Omnes

A prospectus in which Kruse invites his fellow countrymen to contribute to the acquisition of Tho...

Tidligst 1818

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

Efter 1.1.1818

Lauritz Kruse

Omnes

A prospectus in German in which Kruse invites his Danish-German fellow countrymen in Schleswig, H...

7.4.1818

Christian 8.

Bertel Thorvaldsen

For a long time, the Academy of Fine Arts has wished to possess plaster casts of Thorvaldsen’s wo...

23.4.1818

Peder Hjort

Omnes

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

9.5.1818

Herman Schubart

Christian 8.

Schubart assures the concerned Christian Frederik that the Alexander Frieze for Frederik 6.’s new...

30.5.1818

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commission asks for the four marble reliefs for Christiansborg Palace, cf. A317, A318, A319, ...

20.6.1818

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Frederik 6. commissions the Alexander Frieze and two caryatids for Christiansborg Palace.

20.6.1818

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Copy of the letter dated 20.6.1818.

20.6.1818

C.F. Hansen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Hansen is pleased that Frederik 6., in his letter dated 15.6.1818, has ordered the commission of ...

10.7.1818

Christian 8.

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

1.8.1818

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Third draft of letter dated 1.8.1818.

1.8.1818

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Second draft of letter dated 1.8.1818.

1.8.1818

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Thorvaldsen is grateful for the commission for the Alexander Frieze and two caryatids for Christi...

18.8.1818

Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung

Omnes

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

24.8.1818

Redaktørerne ved Wiener Zeitung

Omnes

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

27.8.1818

Caroline von Humboldt

Christian Daniel Rauch

Thorvaldsen will not accompany Herman Schubart to Denmark but will leave in the spring in the com...

25.10.1818

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sommariva has arrived in Italy. He has read in the French press that Frederik 6. has commissioned...

28.10.1818

Frederik Julius Kaas, J.D.T. Manthey, Ordenskapitlet, København

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The College of Arms reminds Thorvaldsen that he has to send them his biography.

16.1.1819

Agnete Marie Rosencrone

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Agnete Rosencrone asks Thorvaldsen to send the bust of Henrik Hielmstierne, cf. A210, to Denmark....

28.1.1819

Frederik Schmidt

Omnes

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

28.5.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Andreas Christian Gierlew

Brøndsted thanks Gierlew for his letter. He is currently editing his investigations from his expe...

6.7.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Thorvaldsen’s passport for the journey from Rome to Copenhagen July-October 1819 with permissions...

8.-9.10.1819

Christian 8.

Christian 8.

Is considering interrupting his Grand Tour in order to go to Denmark and meet Thorvaldsen.

11.10.1819

Directionen for de Kongelige Skuespil, Frederik Holstein

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Covering letter for the pass to the Royal Theatre which Thorvaldsen was given by Frederik 6., and...

27.10.1819

Christian 8.

Christian 8.

Has given up the thought of interrupting his Grand Tour in order to go to Denmark and meet Thorva...

5.11.1819

Redaktørerne ved Fyens Stiftstidende

Omnes

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

8.11.1819

Christian 8.

C.F. Hansen

Christian Frederik has considered to interrupt his grand tour of Europe temporarily in order to g...

14.11.1819

Christian 8.

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Christian Frederik complains that Thorvaldsen is in Copenhagen now that he himself will soon be i...

16.11.1819

Danske Kancelli

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Cover letter accompanying Thorvaldsen’s appointment as acting councillor of state dated 12.11.1819.

23.11.1819

Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung

Omnes

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

9.12.1819

Frederik Julius Kaas, J.D.T. Manthey, Ordenskapitlet, København

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The College of Arms grants Thorvaldsen permission to wear the Austrian Order of the Iron Crown.

25.12.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Brøndsted writes that he has been busy showing the newly arrived Royal Couple from Denmark around...

Efter 6.1.1820, før 15.2.1820

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Christian 8.

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

18.1.1820

Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt

Omnes

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

1.2.1820

NN

Omnes

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

17.2.1820

Friederike Brun, Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt

Omnes

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

12.8.1820

Redaktørerne ved Dagen

Omnes

The newspaper reports that Thorvaldsen has left Copenhagen for Italy. Frederik 6. has presented h...

28.1.1821

Christian 8.

Christian 8.

Plays host to a large company of noblemen and artists on the occasion of the Danish King Frederik...

3.3.1821

Johan Gunder Adler

Hermann Ernst Freund

C.F. Hansen’s proposal for the assignments that Hermann Ernst Freund may be given by the Buildin...

25.3.1821

Louise Juliane von Bertouch

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Bertouch sends warm regards to Thorvaldsen.

27.3.1821

Christian 8.

C.F. Hansen

The Prince has passed on C.F. Hansen’s proposal for work that Hermann Ernst Freund can execute fo...

7.4.1821

Christian 8.

Christian 8.

Leaves Rome after a long visit. Thorvaldsen and other artists take leave of the royal couple at L...

16.3.1822

Hans Henrik Gunnerus

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Imprisoned at Frederiksten fortress, Hans Henrik Gunnerus writes to Thorvaldsen with an appeal fo...

14.9.1822

Johan Gunder Adler

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Payment of the biannual interest of 225 scudi on the loan of 9000 scudi, which Christian (8.) Fre...

15.10.1822

Peder Malling

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

29.4.1823

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Christian 8.

Draft letter dated 29.4.1823. Thorvaldsen relates news of the busts of Frederik 6., A859, Marie S...

29.4.1823

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Christian 8.

Thorvaldsen relates news of the busts of Frederik 6., A859, Marie Sophie Frederikke, A192, Vilhel...

2.6.1823

Christian 8.

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

Antagelig omkring 19.11.1823

Bertel Thorvaldsen

NN

Thorvaldsen recommends the history painter Andreas Ludvig Koop.

1824

NN

Omnes

The commentary to this encyclopedia article is not available at the moment.

27.11.1824

Christian Horneman

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recommendation of the Danish architect Ole Jørgen Schmidt, who is going to Italy. Horneman’...

30.11.1824

Ernst Schimmelmann, Udenrigsdepartementet, København

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Frederik VI has ordered the brig St. Croix to go to the Mediterranean on its way back from the Da...

8.12.1824

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Fonden ad usus publicos

Thorvaldsen recommends the history painter Andreas Ludvig Koop.

26.2.1825

Johan Gunder Adler

Hermann Ernst Freund

List of those of Thorvaldsen’s artworks which Christian (8.) Frederik wants to be sent to D...

29.4.1825

Hermann Ernst Freund, Bertel Thorvaldsen

Frederik 6.

Extra bill for water-resistant burlap to cover the marbles so that they could be placed on the de...

2.7.1825

Hermann Ernst Freund

Bertel Thorvaldsen

List of those of Thorvaldsen’s artworks which were put on board the brig St. Croix in order...

1826-1827 (1876)

N.C.L. Abrahams

Omnes

Abrahams’ recollections of his stay in Rome 1826-27.

After 28.1.1826

Ludvig Bødtcher

Ludvig Bødtcher

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

28.1.1826

NN

Omnes

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

1.4.1826

Johan Gunder Adler

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Payment of the biannual interest of 225 scudi on the loan of 9000 scudi, which Christian (8.) Fre...

22.11.1826

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The Building Commission for Christainsborg Palace wants to know which works will be ready to be s...

24.11.1826

C.F. Hansen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

An inquiry about Thorvaldsen’s sculptural decorations for the Church of Our Lady and Christ...

25.11.1826

Christian 8.

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Christian (8.) Frederik wants to know which of Thorvaldsen’s works wil be sent home in the ...

25.11.1826

Johan Gunder Adler

Hermann Ernst Freund

The Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen wants more casts of Thorvaldsen’s works.

28.11.1826

Kirkebygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The Building Commission for the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen, is looking forward to receiving ...

16.1.1827

Johan Gunder Adler

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Request for deferred payment of the loan of 9000 scudi, which Christian (8.) Frederik took from T...

4.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Christian 8.

Fourth draft letter dated 4.2.1827.

Senest 4.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Christian 8.

First and second draft letters dated 4.2.1827.

Senest 4.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Christian 8.

Third draft letter dated 4.2.1827.

4.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Christian 8.

Thorvaldsen sends a list of the works that can be ready for transportation to Denmark in the spri...

4.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Third and final draft letter dated 4.2.1827.

4.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

First draft letter dated 4.2.1827.

4.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Second draft letter dated 4.2.1827.

4.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Thorvaldsen writes which works will be ready to be sent to Denmark in the spring of 1827.

7.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

C.F. Hansen

Thorvaldsen lists the works which will be ready to be sent to Denmark in the spring of 1827. Extr...

7.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

C.F. Hansen

One of three draft letters, in Thorvaldsen’s own hand, of a fourth draft letter dated 7.2.1...

17.3.1827

Christian 8.

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The letter expresses dissatisfaction with the number of works for the Church of Our Lady and Chri...

10.4.1827

Kirkebygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

In consequence of a royal ordinance, Thorvaldsen is asked by the Building Commission for the Chur...

22.5.1827

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

In consequence of a royal ordinance, the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace ask Thorva...

6.6.1827

Kirkebygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The Building Commission for the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen seize the opportunity to have th...

22.6.1827

J.C. Ulrich

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Ulrich lists the works of art for the Church of Our Lady and Christiansborg Palace which the merc...

17.9.1827

C.F. Hansen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

C.F. Hansen has read a letter from Hermann Ernst Freund concerning the forthcoming transportation...

1.12.1827

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The ship owner L.N. Hvidt has informed the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace that the...

20.3.1828

Conrad Rantzau

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Rantzau asks Thorvaldsen for help in connection with Prince Frederik’s (7.) impending visit to Ro...

8.7.1828

Kirkebygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commission thanks Thorvaldsen for Christ, cf. A82, and the twelve apostles for the Church of ...

28.1.1829

C.H. Lorenzen

Omnes

Song on the occasion of Frederik 6.”s birthday.

28.1.1829

C.H. Lorenzen

Omnes

Song on the occasion of Frederik 6.’s birthday

20.4.1829

Conrad Rantzau

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Rantzau thanks Thorvaldsen for his help during his and Prince Frederik’s (7.) visit to Rome in 18...

1.8.1829

J.D.T. Manthey, J.S. Møsting, Ordenskapitlet, København

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The College of Arms sends the Cross of Commander of the Order of Dannebrog to Thorvaldsen.

1.8.1829

J.D.T. Manthey, J.S. Møsting, Ordenskapitlet, København

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Thorvaldsen is named Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog.

11.8.1829

Ernst Schimmelmann, Udenrigsdepartementet, København

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs forwards a Commander’s cross of the Order of t...

1832

Thomas Overskou

Omnes

The commentary to this poem is not available at the moment.

28.1.1832

NN

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

21.2.1832

Kirkebygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commission has learned that Thorvaldsen had completed marble versions of Baptismal Angel, cf....

27.3.1832

Fritz Paulsen

Elisa Paulsen

Paulsen asks Elisa’s opinion about telling others of their wedding plans. At the beginning he jus...

17.6.1832

C.F. Hansen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Clarification of circumstances relating to the commissions for Christiansborg Palace and the Chur...

10.8.1832

Bertel Thorvaldsen

NN, Fritz Paulsen

A written declaration, in which Thorvaldsen promises to give his daughter Elisa in marriage to Fr...

21.8.1832

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Frederik 6. has approved C.F. Hansen’s drawings for the great hall and two adjoining apartments o...

23.10.1832

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

A follow-up to the letter of 21.8.1832, in which the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palac...

24.11.1832

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Thorvaldsen expresses his gratitude for two letters from the Building Commission for Christiansbo...

28.11.1832

Elisa Paulsen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

An unhappy Elisa has no good news to report. She and Fritz Paulsen have got the church dispensati...

5.12.1832

Fritz Paulsen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

29.12.1832

Christian 8.

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Christian (8.) Frederik Is pleased that Thorvaldsen intends to come to Copenhagen in the spring o...

12.1.1833

C.F. Hansen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Hansen hopes to see Thorvaldsen and his works for Christiansborg Palace and the Church of Our Lad...

30.3.1833

Christian 8.

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Thorvaldsen has been unanimously elected director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, and ...

4.4.1833

Kunstakademiet, København

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Thorvaldsen has unanimously been elected director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, and ...

6.4.1833

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Christian 8.

An accident with the marble for the portrait statue of Caroline Amalie makes it impossible for Th...

27.4.1833

Christian 8.

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Christian (8.) Frederik is looking forward to seeing Thorvaldsen again in Copenhagen in the autum...

27.5.1833

J.C. Ulrich

Bertel Thorvaldsen

At the beginning of this month, the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace sent off the co...

9.6.1833

Christian 8.

C.F. Hansen

Thorvaldsen should only send plaster casts to the Academy of Fine Arts and not works in marble un...

25.10.1833

J.S. Møsting, Ordenskapitlet, København

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Thorvaldsen is awarded the Silver Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog.

25.10.1833

J.S. Møsting, Ordenskapitlet, København

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The College of Arms informs Thorvaldsen that he has been awarded the Silver Cross of the Order of...

4.11.1833

Kunstakademiet, København

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen informs Thorvaldsen that he has been awarded the Silver Cr...

15.11.1833

Christian 8.

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Thorvaldsen has been awarded the Silver Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog, and Christian Freder...

24.12.1833

H.C. Andersen

H.C. Andersen

Andersen describes the Christmas celebration of Scandinavian artists and others in Rome 1833.

24.12.1833

H.C. Andersen

Omnes

Song for the Scandinavians’ Christmas celebration in Rome 1833.

15.2.1834

Jonas Collin

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

16.4.1834

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Jonas Collin

Thorvaldsen itemizes his bill for works for Christiansborg Palace and the Church of Our Lady and ...

12.5.1834

Jonas Collin

Københavns Universitet, Slotsbygningskommissionen

Draft of letters to Copenhagen University and to the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palac...

17.6.1834

Charlotte Frederikke

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The Princess describes the problems she is having with Thorvaldsen’s son-in-law, Fritz Paulsen. H...

Antagelig 21.6.1834

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Christian 8.

By mistake, the Roman postal services have delayed delivery of some of Thorvaldsen’s letters. The...

21.6.1834

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Kunstakademiet, København

Thorvaldsen thanks the Academy of Fine Arts for the information that he has been awarded the Silv...

4.11.1834

Christian 8.

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

28.1.1835

Ludvig Bødtcher

Omnes

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

28.1.1835

Ludvig Bødtcher

Omnes

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

18.8.1835

Fritz Paulsen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

From the island of Ischia, Fritz Paulsen writes about their daily life with the sons Albert og Ca...

Autumn 1835

Ludvig Bødtcher

Omnes

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

8.4.1836

Ludvig Bødtcher

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Bødtcher worries that Thorvaldsen has not received his latest letter, sent through the painter Al...

4.7.1836

Heinrich Grosch

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

5.4.1837

Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten

Omnes

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

7.4.1837

Jacob Rasmus Damkier

Omnes

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

12.4.1837

Jonas Collin, Redaktørerne ved Dansk Kunstblad

Omnes

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

13.4.1837

Redaktørerne ved Dagen

Omnes

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

14.4.1837

Jonas Collin

Omnes

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

19.12.1837

Hans Puggaard

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Puggaard is impatient for news from Thorvaldsen. He reminds him to send the marble relief The Gra...

23.12.1837

Jonas Collin

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

(1909) 1838

Hans Birch Dahlerup, Redaktørerne ved Tilskueren

Omnes

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

Antagelig efter 1838

NN

NN

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

1838

Karl Herloßsohn

Omnes

The commentary to this article is not available at the moment.

20.2.1838

Marie Lehmann, Bolette Puggaard, Hans Puggaard

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Hans Puggaard has heard that the relief The Graces Listening to Cupid’s Song, A601, is finished a...

24.2.1838

Jonas Collin

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

3.3.1838

Redaktørerne ved Aarhus Stiftstidende

Omnes

Aarhus Stiftstidende writes that Thorvaldsen has accepted the offer of having himself and his wor...

7.4.1838

Hans Puggaard

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Puggaard writes about all the preparations made in order to get Thorvaldsen and his works home wi...

8.5.1838

Jonas Collin

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

16.5.1838

H.N. Clausen, Jonas Collin, Comitteen for Oprettelsen af Thorvaldsens Museum, Just Mathias Thiele

Omnes

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

23.5.1838

H.N. Clausen, Jonas Collin, Comitteen for Oprettelsen af Thorvaldsens Museum, Just Mathias Thiele

Omnes

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

30.7.1838

Giuseppe Martinengo Cesaresco

Ippolito Fenaroli

Martinengo Cesaresco writes to Count Fenaroli and tells him that he will report his orders to Ten...

28.8.1838

Redaktørerne ved Aftonbladet

Omnes

The commentary to this newspaper article is not available at the moment.

2.9.1838

NN

Omnes

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

17.9.1838

Redaktørerne ved Dagen

Omnes

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

21.9.1838

Redaktørerne ved Dagen

Omnes

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

7.10.1838

Ordenskapitlet, København

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The College of Arms grants Thorvaldsen permission to wear his foreign medals.

3.12.1838

Johan Wilhelm Negithon

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Negithon asks Thorvaldsen for help to buy a case of mechanical drawing tools, either new or used.

4.12.1838

Jonas Collin

Just Mathias Thiele

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

5.1.1839

Bertel Thorvaldsen

H.N. Clausen, Jonas Collin, Just Mathias Thiele

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

8.1.1839

Redaktørerne ved Aarhus Stiftstidende

Omnes

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

10.1.1839

Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten

Omnes

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

13.1.1839

Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavns Morgenblad

Omnes

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

23.1.1839

Redaktørerne ved Dagen

Omnes

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

27.1.1839

Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavns Morgenblad

Omnes

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

29.1.1839

Redaktørerne ved Aarhus Stiftstidende

Omnes

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

29.5.1839

Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten

Omnes

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

July-October 1839

Christine Stampe

Omnes

The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 8th part of 60 in all.

Tidligst 25.4. og senest 9.9.1839

C.W. Eckersberg

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Eckersberg tells Thorvaldsen that he may buy the painting Portrait of Frederik VI, B216, for 40 r...

9.9.1839

C.W. Eckersberg

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Eckersberg’s receipt for the painting Portrait of Frederik VI, B216.

October 1839–February 1840

Christine Stampe

Omnes

The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 9th part of 60 in all.

Oktober-December 1839 (1910)

Cora Nyegaard

Omnes

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

22.10.1839

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Elisa Paulsen

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

19.11.1839

Frantz Bülow, Ordenskapitlet, København

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The College of Arms asks Thorvaldsen to appear before the King to receive the Grand Cross of the ...

20.11.1839

J.S. Møsting

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

26.11.1839

Redaktørerne ved Viborg Stiftstidende

Omnes

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

Winter 1839-40

Christine Stampe

Omnes

The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 60th part of 60 in all.

5.12.1839

Just Mathias Thiele

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Thiele asks Thorvaldsen to execute a monument to the recently deceased King Frederik 6. He has su...

31.12.1839

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Det Kongelige Overhoffmarchalat, Christian Ove Haxthausen

Thorvaldsen regrets that he is unable to take part in the funeral of Frederik VI because of a bad...

January-June 1840

Christine Stampe

Omnes

The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 10th part of 60 in all.

1840-41

Christine Stampe

Omnes

The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 18th part of 60 in all.

21.1.1840

C. Dalgas, Johannes Ingwersen

Omnes

Johannes Ingwersen and C. Dalgas invite the public to support a monument to Frederik 6. It is pro...

28.1.1840

Ole Bang

Bertel Thorvaldsen

A dedication to Thorvaldsen.

28.1.1840

Redaktørerne ved Jyllandsposten

Omnes

The letter criticises several aspects of an article in Aarhus Stiftstidende concerning a monument...

11.2.1840

C. Dalgas, Johannes Ingwersen

Omnes

Ingwersen and Dalgas answer Jyllandsposten’s criticism of the proposal for a monument to Frederik...

25.2.1840

Redaktørerne ved Jyllandsposten

Omnes

The author criticises a planned monument to Frederik 6. The criticism is levelled against both th...

10.3.1840

Christoph Gräbert

Omnes

Christoph Gräbert defends the owner of Himmelbjerget, P. Nielsen, against the Danish poet Steen S...

14.3.1840

C. Dalgas

Omnes

Dalgas’ article is the last in the debate about the justification of a monument to Frederik...

25.6.1840

C. Dalgas, Johannes Ingwersen

Omnes

The erection of a monument to Frederik 6. on Himmelbjerget has run into problems, so an alternati...

Not earlier than July 1840

Johanne Luise Heiberg

Omnes

Heiberg discusses Thorvaldsen’s mental faculties and opposes the widespread idea that he is a naï...

17.7.1840

Redaktørerne ved Aarhus Stiftstidende

Omnes

The owner of Himmelbjerget refuses the use of this site for a monument to Frederik 6. The hill at...

28.7.1840

Frederik 6.-kommissionen, J.P. With

Bertel Thorvaldsen

On behalf of the commission for a monument to Frederik 6. on the hill at Skanderborg Castle, , J....

August-October 1840

Christine Stampe

Omnes

The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 13th part of 60 in all.

7.9.1840

Frederik 6.-kommissionen, Hans Wulff

Omnes

The commission for a monument to Frederik 6. officially invites the population of Jutland, the is...

14.9.1840

C. Dalgas

Omnes

C. Dalgas is displeased with Hans Wulff’s interference in the work of the commission for a monume...

28.9.1840

Hans Wulff

Omnes

Hans Wulff defends himself against C. Dalgas’ allegations of slight. Wulff tries to explain...

4.12.1840

Frederik 6.-kommissionen, Johannes Ingwersen, J.P. With, Hans Wulff

Omnes

The members of the commission for a monument to Frederik 6. call on those locally responsible for...

26.1.1841

NN

Omnes

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

6.8.1841

Redaktørerne ved Aarhus Stiftstidende

Omnes

The author describes a celebration on Himmelbjerget arranged by the Danish poet Steen Steensen Bl...

26.11.1841

Jens Blichfeldt, Frederik 6.-kommissionen, Johannes Ingwersen, Gottfried Rosenberg, J.P. With, Hans Wulff

Omnes

On 4.8.1841 at Skanderborg, a board is formally elected to attend to the business of the already ...

21.2.1842

Redaktørerne ved Lolland-Falsters Stifts-Tidende, NN

Omnes

The anonymous author of the text advises against the erection of a monument to Frederik 6. It ref...

15.3.1842

J.P. With

Omnes

On behalf of the commission for a monument to Frederik 6., With rejects the criticism of the reig...

24.3.1842

NN, Redaktørerne ved Aarhus Stiftstidende

Omnes

The anonymous author criticizes the planned monument to Frederik 6. on the hill at Skanderborg Ca...

2.4.1842

NN

Omnes

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

12.4.1842

NN, Redaktørerne ved Aarhus Stiftstidende

Omnes

The author of the text wishes to build a folk high school for farm people, instead of a monument ...

August 1842

NN

Omnes

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

2.11.1842

Jens Blichfeldt, Frederik 6.-kommissionen, Johannes Ingwersen, Gottfried Rosenberg, J.P. With, Hans Wulff

Omnes

The commission for a monument to Frederik 6. announces the result of the national subscription to...

3.12.1842

NN, Redaktørerne ved Aarhus Stiftstidende

Omnes

The inhabitants of Alsted complain that their contribution to Frederik 6.’s monument on the hill ...

17.12.1842

Frederik 6.-kommissionen, Gottfried Rosenberg

Omnes

The parish of Alsted on Zealand has complained that their contribution has not been mentioned by ...

1843

B.S. Ingemann

Bertel Thorvaldsen

This poem by Ingemann was to grace the monument to Frederik 6. on the hill at Skanderborg Castle.

1843

NN

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

1.1.1843

H.P. Holst, Redaktørerne ved Ny Portefeuille

Omnes

The text reports on the final form of the moment to Frederik 6. on the hill at Skanderborg Castle...

12.1.1843

Redaktørerne ved Aarhus Stiftstidende

Omnes

Aarhus Stiftstidende reports on the final form of the moment to Frederik 6. on the hill at Skande...

21.4.1843

Redaktørerne ved Aarhus Stiftstidende

Omnes

An anonymous author vehemently criticizes the planned monument to Frederik 6. on the hill at Skan...

Efter 30.3.1844

NN, Caspar Claudius Rosenhoff

Omnes

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

26.6.1844

NN

Omnes

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

30.12.1844 - 3.1.1845

H.C. Andersen

Omnes

The commentary for this Thorvaldsen biography is not available at the moment.

1845

H.C. Andersen

Omnes

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

18.7.1845

Jens Blichfeldt, Frederik 6.-kommissionen, Johannes Ingwersen, Gottfried Rosenberg, J.P. With, Hans Wulff

Omnes

The commission for the monument to Frederik 6. announces that the inauguration of the monument to...

23.7.1845

Jens Blichfeldt, Frederik 6.-kommissionen, Johannes Ingwersen, Gottfried Rosenberg, J.P. With, Hans Wulff

Omnes

The commission for the monument to Frederik 6. announces that both Christian 8., Prince Ferdinand...

31.7.1845

Gerhard Peter Brammer

Omnes

In his speech, Brammer praises the deceased Frederick 6. in a national context, thus justifying t...

4.8.1845

J.L. Heiberg, Redaktørerne ved Aarhus Stiftstidende

Omnes

The text reports the arrival of the royal gusets at Skanderborg on the day before the inauguratio...

5.8.1845

Redaktørerne ved Aarhus Stiftstidende

Omnes

The text gives a detailed summary of the events of the inauguration of the monument to Frederik 6...

27.11.1845

Gottfried Rosenberg

Just Mathias Thiele

Rosenberg reminds Thiele of the missing payment to the sculptor C.F. Holbech in Rome. Earlier in ...

19.12.1846

Jonas Collin

Just Mathias Thiele

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

December 1847

NN

Omnes

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

1.-2.12.1848

Troels Lund

Omnes

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

21.11.1848

NN

Omnes

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

1850

J.C. Riise

Omnes

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

Probably around 1850

Just Mathias Thiele

Just Mathias Thiele

Thiele’s notes on Thorvaldsen’s journey to Rome in August-December 1820.

14.4.1855

Redaktørerne ved For tre Skilling

Omnes

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

17.2.1871

P. Hansen

Omnes

The commentary to this article is not available at the moment.

1875 (1833-34)

Ludvig Zeuthen

Omnes

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.