26.12.1804
Sender Antonio Canova
Recipient Nicolai Abildgaard, København Kunstakademiet
Canova thanks Abildgaard for his nomination as a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts,...
28.12.1804
Sender Herman Schubart
Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen
Schubart and his wife have moved from Montenero to Pisa, where they have to spend the winter beca...
28.1.1805
Sender Gustav Stanley
Recipient C.F.F. Stanley
Gustav Stanley sends news from Copenhagen to his brother.
31.1.1805
Sender Nicolai Abildgaard
Abildgaard discusses the payment for the transportation of the crates Thorvaldsen has sent to Cop...
14.4.1805
Gustav Stanley sends news from Copenhagen about Christiansborg Palace and the Academy of Fine Art...
10.5.1805
Schubart writes that The Dance of the Muses on Helicon, cf. A705, and the portrait busts of himse...
7.6.1805
Sender Christian 7.
Christian 7. appoints Thorvaldsen professor of sculpture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts...
10.6.1805
Schubart forwards the freight bill concerning The Dance of the Muses on Helicon, cf. A705, and th...
15.6.1805
Sender København Kunstakademiet
The Academy of Fine Arts announces that Thorvaldsen has been appointed professor of sculpture.
18.6.1805
Sender C.F. Stanley
Stanley Senior writes that Thorvaldsen has been appointed professor at the Academy of Fine Arts i...
1.7.1805
Schubart has read in a newspaper that Thorvaldsen has been appointed professor at the Academy of ...
19.7.1805
Schubart thanks Stanley for his letter and asks him to tell Thorvaldsen that he will soon receive...
26.7.1805
Schubart is pleased with Thorvaldsen’s appointment as professor at the Academy of Fine Arts...
28.7.1805
Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen
Recipient København Kunstakademiet
Thorvaldsen expresses his gratitude for his appointment as professor of sculpture at the Academy ...
Draft letter dated 28.7.1805.
Recipient Nicolai Abildgaard
Thorvaldsen informs Abildgaard that the block of marble he has ordered will be sent in the autumn...
16.8.1805
Sender Accademia Nazionale di Belle Arti di Bologna
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Sender C.F.F. Stanley
Stanley teases Thorvaldsen because he has not heard from him for a long time, but suddenly a lett...
30.8.1805
Stanley ironically describes his amazement at having received two letters from Thorvaldsen. He al...
21.9.1805
Stanley submits drawings for a church and a sepulchral chapel for evaluation by the Academy of Fi...
30.9.1805
Schubart apologizes for not having written for a long time. Stanley is welcome to send him his le...
11.10.1805
Schubart has made some emendations in Stanley’s letter to the Academy of Fine Arts in Copen...
19.10.1805
Abildgaard is sympathetic to the idea that Thorvaldsen should remain in Rome for the time being b...
Sender Niels Ryberg / Ryberg & Co.
Recipient H. Jensen, C.F.F. Stanley
A bill of exchange made out to H. Jensen and meant for Stanley in Rome.
5.11.1805
Schubart recommends C.F. Høyer to Thorvaldsen. He hopes to come to Rome when the hostilities are ...
11.11.1805
Schubart writes that he has forwarded Stanley’s letter to the Academy of Fine Arts in Copen...
Sandsynligvis 22.11.1805
Sender Henrik Vilhelm Lundbye
Recipient Herman Schubart
Lundbye informs Schubart that C.F.F. Stanley has died. He reproduces his graveside speech and des...
27.12.1805
Canova has been elected member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. He lacks words to...
8.5.1806
Lundbye informs Thorvaldsen of his arrival in Pisa. He tells him about the mutual friends he has ...
23.5.1806
Schubart tells Abildgaard about C.F.F. Stanley’s death. He encloses Henrik Vilhelm Lundbye&...
9.6.1806
Sender Johann Carl Rössler
Rössler writes from Pisa, where he has met Baron Schubart. He urges Thorvaldsen to leave Rome and...
14.6.1806
Sender Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn
Recipient Omnes
Thorvaldsen competes with Antonio Canova for the commission for a colossal statue of Liberty to t...
18.6.1806
Thorvaldsen thanks Abildgaard for helping Gotskalk Thorvaldsen. The war has given Thorvaldsen fin...
14.8.1806
Abildgaard informs Thorvaldsen that he will receive his salary as a professor of the Royal Academ...
15.8.1806
Schubart urges Thorvaldsen to come to Montenero. He is pleased that the busts of Herman Schubart,...
23.9.1806
Thorvaldsen has received payment for the three catalogue volumes of the Museo Pio Clementino. He ...
First draft of a letter: Thorvaldsen has received payment for the three catalogue volumes of the ...
31.12.1806
Sender C.F. Hansen
C.F. Hansen commissions works from Thorvaldsen. For the façade of Christiansborg Palace, he wants...
30.1.1807
Sender C.F. Høyer
Høyer writes that Thorvaldsen has received an instalment of 100 rix-dollars for the portrait bust...
15.5.1807
The building commission will forward an advance payment at 1000 scuid to Thorvaldsen. Hansen sugg...
Efter 15.6.1807
Recipient C.F. Hansen
Draft: Thorvaldsen refuses to execute the statues of Solon and Lycurgus for the town hall and cou...
Thorvaldsen has received his advance for the works for Christiansborg Palace and Copenhagen town ...
Kort efter 31.10.1807
Sender Johan Georg Wahl
Wahl relates his journey from Rome to Pisa via Florence. He writes that the Schubarts are very di...
10.1.1808
Sender Accademia di San Luca, Virginio Bracci
Recipient Accademia di San Luca
18.1.1808
Schubart thanks Thorvaldsen for his birthday present, the drawing Mary with Jesus and John. He h...
6.3.1808
Thorvaldsen is elected member of Accademia di S. Luca.
Sender Accademia di San Luca
21.5.1808
The commentary for this document is not available at the moment.
3.6.1808
Schubart invites Thorvaldsen to travel to Montenero, hopefully in the company of Ernst Gottlob Ma...
12.8.1808
Schubart invites Thorvaldsen to come to Montenero and then accompany him, Jacqueline Schubart, an...
5.9.1808
Sender Christian 8.
9.9.1808
Sender J.L. Lund
Recipient Carl Anton Graff
Greetings and reports from mainly the Danish-German art society in Rome.
14.10.1808
Thorvaldsen protests that he is aware of his obligations towards the San Luca Academy even though...
22.10.1808
Recipient Charlotte Schimmelmann
Thorvaldsen informs Schimmelmann that the baptismal font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555,3, A555,4, whi...
4.2.1809
Thorvaldsen is grateful for Schimmelmann’s praise of the baptismal font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555...
Thorvaldsen is grateful for the precious agraffe that Schimmelmann has sent him through her broth...
Senest 22.7.1809
Thorvaldsen apologizes for his long silence, blaming his poor ability to write letters. He has so...
Før 1.2.1810
2.5.1810
Sender Hans West
West contacts Thorvaldsen in Rome. He complains of loneliness and lack of knowledge about the cit...
26.5.1810
Wahl gives a cheerful description of his journey to Montenero via Pisa. His health has improved a...
Recipient Christian 8.
Antagelig 7.6.1810
Recipient Hans West
3.7.1810
Thorvaldsen writes a receipt for payment of a self-portrait bust commissioned by Hans West, Berte...
7.7.1810
18.7.1810
28.7.1810
Sender Poul Scheel
Scheel has heard that Thorvaldsen has not yet begun work on the bust he has commissioned. For thi...
Antagelig oktober 1810
Lund writes that he has arrived safely in Copenhagen. He explains that a written authorization is...
4.10.1810
8.12.1810
Thorvaldsen asks West to help Høyer in a matter concerning the Academy of Fine Arts. He also writ...
Høyer writes to West appealing for help in a case involving the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts...
Antagelig 15.12.1810
17.12.1810
West writes about political and economic conditions in Denmark and the rest of Europe. He describ...
5.3.1811
This cutting is from a newspaper describes Hans West’s art collection in Copenhagen as a meeting ...
12.3.1811
Sender Königliche Preussische Academie der Künste
Recipient Königliche Preussische Academie der Künste
The commentary for this source is not available at the moment.
13.3.1811
15.3.1811
18.3.1811
The commentary for this appointment is not available at the moment.
28.8.1811
Sender Milano Accademia di Belle Arti
19.1.1812
An attempt to persuade Thorvaldsen to visit Denmark. Information about life at home and greetings...
19.2.1812
28.2.1812
20.3.1812
Sender Peder Malling
Før 24.3., muligvis 1812
24.3.1812
27.3.1812
30.3.1812
31.3.1812
Sender Christian Daniel Rauch
Recipient Caroline von Humboldt
Thorvaldsen looks well in spite of his severe pains. He is working on the frieze Alexander the Gr...
18.4.1812
Lundbye writes to Thorvaldsen from Leghorn. He brings news about Danish friends there and regrets...
9.5.1812
11.5.1812
Thorvaldsen has been appointed professor with a monthly pay of 25 Roman piastres.
13.5.1812
Recipient Slotsbygningskommissionen
18.5.1812
Schubart sends a picture as a model for the portrait bust of Henrik Hielmstierne, cf. A210. Agnet...
Sommer 1812
Sender Sophie Ørsted
Recipient F.C. Sibbern
The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.
16.6.1812
21.12.1812
6.2.1813
Sender Slotsbygningskommissionen
13.2.1813