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12.6.1818

Stanislaus de Chaudoir

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Chaudoir commissions the monument to his first wife Aloisia, cf. Monument to Stanislaus Chaudoir...

13.6.1818

Vincenz Rüttimann

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Thorvaldsen has not yet made the promised draft of the monument to the fallen Swiss Guards, cf. D...

22.8.1818

Jørgen Koch

C.F. Hansen

Thorvaldsen is pleased that his native country now acknowledges his achievements with a large com...

Antagelig 5.12.1818

Heinrich Keller

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller sends a drawing of the monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119. He fears that the...

15.12.1818

Edward Everett

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Everett has commissioned some copies of the bust of Lord Byron without specifying the material. A...

1.1.1819

Vincenz Rüttimann

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Rüttimann informs Pfyffer von Altishofen that Heinrich Keller has spoken with Thorvaldsen about t...

6.1.1819

Heinrich Keller

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller reports that Thorvaldsen has begun work on the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf...

5.2.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Holger Halling Aagaard

Brøndsted writes that he sees Thorvaldsen every day. He praises Thorvaldsen’s latest works, Cupid...

13.2.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Brøndsted asks Thorvaldsen to lend him a clock. He does not want to interfere in a matter concern...

13.2.1819

Heinrich Keller

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller regrets that work on the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, is so slow and...

20.2.1819

Heinrich Keller

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller informs Pfyffer von Altishofen that Thorvaldsen is delighted at the idea of having the mon...

6.3.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Holger Halling Aagaard

Brøndsted praises Thorvaldsen’s latest sculptures, Dancing Girl, A179, Cupid and the Graces, A29 ...

26.3.1819

Heinrich Keller

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller informs Pfyffer von Altishofen that Thorvaldsen has been ill and therefore has not begun w...

28.3.1819

Peder Brønnum Scavenius

Peder Brønnum Scavenius

Scavenius and Brøndsted called on Thorvaldsen, but they did not speak to him as he was busy worki...

30.3.1819

Peder Brønnum Scavenius

Peder Brønnum Scavenius

Scavenius called on "Christian Carl Friedrich August":/personer/christian-carl-friedric...

31.3.1819

Peder Brønnum Scavenius

Peder Brønnum Scavenius

Scavenius visited Thorvaldsen and saw him modelling Cupid and the Graces, cf. A29. Thorvaldsen ha...

3.4.1819

Peder Brønnum Scavenius

Peder Brønnum Scavenius

Scavenius celebrated his father’s birthday at the trattoria The Ermine, where Thorvaldsen was als...

24.4.1819

Heinrich Keller

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller reports that Thorvaldsen is very busy and is about to leave for Denmark.

1.5.1819

Rud Bay

Gottlieb Schønheyder

Rud Bay describes his first encounter with Thorvaldsen. He mentions a wild and drunken party on t...

5.5.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

P.O. Brøndsted

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

7.5.1819

Heinrich Keller

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller writes that the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, is much admired. He is ...

8.5.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Jens Møller

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

12.5.1819

Peder Brønnum Scavenius

Peder Brønnum Scavenius

Scavenius studied Barthold Georg Niebuhr’s Römische Geschichte and visited Thorvaldsen’s workshop.

19.5.1819

Peder Brønnum Scavenius

Peder Brønnum Scavenius

Scavenius comments on Thorvaldsen’s restoration of the Aegenetes, which have inspired Goddess of ...

22.5.1819

Heinrich Keller

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller reports that the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion) , cf. cast A119, is nearly finish...

23.5.1819

Heinrich Keller

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller reports that Thorvaldsen wants to visit Lucerne in order to see the execution of the monum...

25.5.1819

Peder Brønnum Scavenius

Peder Brønnum Scavenius

Dinner at Scavenius’ house, where Thorvaldsen talked about Canova’s equestrian statue of Charles ...

28.5.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Andreas Christian Gierlew

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

12.6.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Niels Rosenkrantz

Clemens Metternich is leaving Rome in two days and is posing for Thorvaldsen, who is modelling hi...

12.6.1819

Heinrich Keller

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller expresses a hope that, in spite of the price, an accomplished Italian sculptor will be cho...

17.6.1819

Heinrich Keller

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Keller presses Thorvaldsen for the completion of the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf....

19.6.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Holger Halling Aagaard

Brøndsted writes about his Roman friends and about Thorvaldsen in particular. He is happy that Th...

19.6.1819

Heinrich Keller

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller complains that it is difficult to get Thorvaldsen to complete his work on the model for Dy...

Omkring 3.7.1819

Heinrich Keller

Omnes

Review of the planned monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. cast A119, in commemoration of ...

3.7.1819

Heinrich Keller

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller writes that the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, has been completed and ...

6.7.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

10.7.1819

Jørgen Koch

København Kunstakademiet

Koch is pleased to have met P.O. Brøndsted in Rome. Thorvaldsen will soon start his journey to De...

12.7.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Holger Halling Aagaard

Brøndsted sends his letter and a small box to Denmark with Thorvaldsen. He recommends Thorvaldsen...

13.7.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Brøndsted recommends places and friends that he thinks Thorvaldsen should visit on his journey to...

14.7.1819

Jørgen Koch

Christian 8.

Thorvaldsen has begun his journey to Denmark with J.L. Lund and Conrad Rantzau.

24.7.1819

Caroline von Humboldt

Christian Daniel Rauch

Rauch can get the latest news about Thorvaldsen from Karl Wilhelm Wach. Frances Mackenzie has bro...

28.7.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Marie Aagaard

Brøndsted tells Aagaard that Thorvaldsen has left Rome, which is good because there were so many ...

31.7.1819

Heinrich Keller

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller reports that the small model for the monument to the Swiss guards in Lucerne, cf. Dying Li...

5.8.1819

Heinrich Keller

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller is pleased that Thorvaldsen, contrary to expectations, has visited Lucerne on his journey ...

7.8.1819

Heinrich Keller

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller reports that both models of the monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, have be...

14.8.1819

Heinrich Keller

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller gives instructions concerning measurements and special circumstances in connection with th...

Tidligst 24.8., senest 30.8.1819

Ivan Joseph de Chaudoir

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Chaudoir is travelling through Frankfurt and has heard that Thorvaldsen is also in the town. He h...

2.10.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Brøndsted blames Thorvaldsen for not travelling to Denmark by the route recommended to him. Brønd...

16.10.1819

Finnur Magnússon

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Song in six stanzas written on the occasion of Thorvaldsen’s return to Denmark in 1819. Acc...

22.10.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Holger Halling Aagaard

Brøndsted urges his brother-in-law to make Thorvaldsen’s acquaintance and take him to his wife’s ...

8.11.1819

Christian 8.

C.F. Hansen

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

3.12.1819

Hermann Ernst Freund

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Freund tells Thorvaldsen about the progress of work in the workshop in Rome. He mentions the work...

6.12.1819

J.P. Mynster

P.O. Brøndsted

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

13.12.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Marie Aagaard

Brøndsted is pleased that Thorvaldsen has arrived in Denmark and has met his family. He asks for ...

25.12.1819

Christian 8.

Christian 8.

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

25.12.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

27.12.1819

Christian 8.

Christian 8.

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

28.12.1819

Christian 8.

Christian 8.

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

17.1.1820

P.O. Brøndsted

Marie Aagaard

Brøndsted is happy that Thorvaldsen’s company has pleased the Aagaard family. He thanks them for ...

12.3.1820

Christian 8.

C.F. Hansen

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

1.7.1820

P.O. Brøndsted

Holger Halling Aagaard

Brøndsted is curious to know if Aagaard has seen Thorvaldsen’s busts of the Royal Family (Frederi...

9.9.1820

Karl August Böttiger

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Böttiger invites Thorvaldsen to his lecture in the antique gallery in Dresden.

11.9.1820

Karl August Böttiger

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Böttiger writes a flattering dedication to Thorvaldsen in his book Ideen zur Archäologie der Male...

17.9.1820

Stanislaus de Chaudoir

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Chaudoir inquires whether Thorvaldsen has had time to think about the commissioned monument to hi...

19.9.1820

C.F. Høyer

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Høyer forwards a letter from H.E. Freund in Rome to Thorvaldsen, who is on his way through Europe...

28.9.1820

P.O. Brøndsted

Marie Aagaard

Brøndsted is pleased that Thorvaldsen has met the Aagaard family and his own children before leav...

5.10.1820

Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung

Omnes

Allgemeine Zeitung reports on Thorvaldsen’s visit to Berlin and Dresden, on his coming visi...

14.10.1820

Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn

Omnes

The newspaper Nyeste Skilderie reports on Thorvaldsen’s visit to Dresden.

14.10.1820

Redaktørerne ved Dagen

Omnes

The newspaper Dagen reports on Thorvaldsen’s visit to Dresden.

11.12.1820

P.O. Brøndsted

Ercole Consalvi

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

Antagelig 20.12.1820

P.O. Brøndsted

Marie Aagaard

Thorvaldsen was with Brøndsted while he wrote the letter and sends his regards.

31.12.1820

P.O. Brøndsted

Holger Halling Aagaard

Brøndsted is happy that Thorvaldsen has returned to Rome. The floor in one of Thorvaldsen’s studi...

2.1.1821

Christian 8.

Christian 8.

Dinner with Thorvaldsen and other Danes in Rome.

11.1.1821

Christian 8.

Christian 8.

Thorvaldsen is working on the bust of Christian (8.) Frederik, cf. A197.

24.1.1821

P.O. Brøndsted

Holger Halling Aagaard

Brøndsted mentions four busts recently completed by Thorvaldsen.

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...

23.2.1821

P.O. Brøndsted

J.P. Mynster

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

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...

Tidligst 10.8.1821, senest ultimo 1822

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Pfyffer von Altishoffen sends Thorvaldsen some material regarding the monument Dying lion (The Lu...

20.8.1821

Jørgen Koch

Jonas Collin

Thorvaldsen is modelling Christ, cf. A82, in full size. The models for the apostles Peter, cf. A8...

28.8.1821

J.C. Dahl

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Dahl asks Thorvaldsen to find acquaintances and work for Götzloff, who is coming to Rome to study...

15.10.1821

P.O. Brøndsted

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Brøndsted invites Thorvaldsen to accompany him on visits to collections of antiques.

25.10.1821

Heinrich Hase

Omnes

Article on Theodor von der Ropp’s art collection, comprising 10 works by Thorvaldsen.

2.3.1822

P.O. Brøndsted

Conrad Hinrich Donner

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

19.3.1822

Johan Gunder Adler

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

6.4.1822

P.O. Brøndsted

Holger Halling Aagaard

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

6.4.1822

P.O. Brøndsted

J.P. Mynster

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

17.4.1822

P.O. Brøndsted

P.O. Brøndsted

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

27.4.1822

Alessandro Cappi

Clemente Cardinali

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

24.5.1822

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Hans Henrik Gunnerus

Thorvaldsen responds to Gunnerus’ letter of 16.3.1822. He feels sympathy for Gunnerus and his unh...

6.6.1822

P.O. Brøndsted

Pietro Tenerani

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

7.6.1822

P.O. Brøndsted

Ercole Consalvi

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

15.6.1822

P.O. Brøndsted

Jens Møller

Brøndsted describes a trip he has made in the company of Thorvaldsen and his assistant, Tenerani....

28.6.1822

Jørgen Koch

P.O. Brøndsted

Koch asks for news about Thorvaldsen’s works.

Tidligst 9.7.1822

James Millingen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

16.7.1822

P.O. Brøndsted

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Brøndsted cancels a reading, but he still invites Thorvaldsen to visit him and hear some recent l...

22.7.1822

J.C. Dahl

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Dahl asks Thorvaldsen to find work for Carl Wagner and Ernst Oehme, who are coming to Rome. He al...

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...

12.12.1822

Aleksei Olenin

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

1823

James Millingen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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