2.12.1793
Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen
Recipient København Kunstakademiet
Thorvaldsen applies for a grant from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
1.1.1794
Recipient Sophie Amalie Kurtzhals
Thorvaldsens sends an excerpt from a poem by the poet Baggesen to Sophie Amalie Kurtzhals.
2.[??].1794
Thorvaldsen apologizes to Kurtzhals because he did not have the time to bid her farewell before s...
1.1.1795
Recipient Sophie Probsthayn
Thorvaldsen sends a verse of poetry as a New Year’s greeting.
5.1.1795
Thorvaldsen presents the relief Numa Pompilius and Egeria, A748, to the Royal Academy. He also ap...
2.11.1795
Thorvaldsen’s application for the travelling scholarship of the Royal Danish Academy of Fin...
9.3.1796
Recipient Frederike Dorothea Hammer, Peter Hanning Hammer
Song from Thorvaldsen to the newly-married couple Peter Hanning Hammer and Frederike Dorothea Ham...
25.7.1796
Thorvaldsen requests an advance on his travelling scholarship.
23.8.1796
Sender Nicolai Abildgaard, Jens Juel, København Kunstakademiet, Peter Meyn
Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts instructs Thorvaldsen on the terms of his travelling grant....
Januar 1797
Copy of Peder Pavels’ diary and drafts of Thorvaldsen’s diary from Malta 1796-97.
17.1.-14.2.1797
Thorvaldsen’s diary from his sojourn in Malta, Palermo and Naples.
13.2.1797
Thorvaldsen’s first report to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts since his departure from Cope...
Antagelig marts 1797
Recipient Jørgen West
A sheet with several fragments in Danish, German and Italian. First two drafts of a letter in Ita...
19.8.1797
Thorvaldsen reports to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts that he arrived in Rome on March 8, ...
Ultimo 1797
Recipient Nicolai Abildgaard
Thorvaldsen’s draft of his first report to Abildgaard on his activities in Rome. He has visited t...
5.1.1798
Thorvaldsen reports to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts that he has studied Rome and its sur...
20.1.1798
Antagelig senest januar 1798
Accounts or lists, possibly regarding Agrippa, cf. A759, and other works by Thorvaldsen.
30.6.1798
Thorvaldsen informs the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts that he has sent two samples of his wor...
3.1.1799
Thorvaldsen reports to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts that he is still in Rome, and that h...
12.10.1799
Both Thorvaldsen’s semi-annual report to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and the works he w...
Thorvaldsen thanks Abildgaard for his support. He tells him that many of the Roman art collection...
3.12.1799
Sender Nicolai Abildgaard
Abildgaard reports that the works Thorvaldsen sent to Copenhagen have arrived safely. He complime...
Muligvis omkring 1800
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Efter 1796
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Antagelig efter 1810
Efter 1800
Recipient NN
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4.4.1800
Thorvaldsen is delighted that the work he has sent to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts has w...
Thorvaldsen has received Abildgaard’s latest letter and thanks him for everything he does to prom...
21.7.1800
Abildgaard relates that some people in Copenhagen have accused Thorvaldsen of being lazy in Rome,...
24.10.1800
Thorvaldsen reports that the transportation of two crates with artworks bound for the Royal Danis...
Thorvaldsen regrets that his report to the Royal Academy has been delayed. He would have liked to...
22.4.1801
Thorvaldsen reports that the two crates with artworks bound for the Royal Danish Academy of Fine ...
4.10.1801
Abildgaard informs Thorvaldsen that the last instalment of his travelling grant has been sent to ...
Primo februar 1802
Recipient Johan Hartvig Ernst von Berger
Thorvaldsen is happy that Captain Berger has accepted to ship the four crates containing artworks...
20.3.1802
Thorvaldsen reports that Captain Berger has agreed to ship five crates with artworks, books etc. ...
Thorvaldsen reports that he is still in Rome, but he plans to embark on his journey back to Denma...
Antagelig april 1802
Thorvaldsen complains that he has not received any letter for a long time.
22.4.1802
Recipient Gotskalk Thorvaldsen
Thorvaldsen begs his father to send him a letter as he is longing for news from Copenhagen. He ex...
10.5.1802
Thorvaldsen asks Berger to remove the marble bust of Edmund Bourke, A900, from one of the crates ...
15.3.1803
Sender C.F.F. Stanley
Stanley informs his good friend of his arrival in Naples. He has contracted an illness which prev...
29.3.1803
Stanley is delighted that Thomas Hope’s commission for Jason with the golden fleece, A52, has pro...
30.3.1803
Stanley sends his greetings with Herman Schubart, who is leaving for Rome. He commends Schubart a...
24.5.1803
Stanley informs Thorvaldsen about his illness. He has to visit the spas on the island of Ischia. ...
6.6.1803
Stanley’s illness forces him to visit the spas on the island of Ischia. He is frustrated that thi...
27.9.1803
Stanley is sorry that Thorvaldsen has been ill, but he is happy that the sculptor has found lodgi...
18.10.1803
Stanley thanks Thorvaldsen for his letter. He very much wants to be in Rome, especially before t...
1.11.1803
Stanley has received incorrect treatment by his Italian doctor, but his new German doctor is bett...
14.11.1803
Stanley reports that Herman Schubart has arrived in Naples. Schubart has spoken highly of Thorval...
6.12.1803
Stanley apologizes for not having come to Rome yet but promises that he arrive in January. He was...
Muligvis 1804
17.1.1804
Abildgaard is happy about Thorvaldsen’s success in Rome. He has received the busts Thorvaldsen se...
Februar 1804
A sheet with text fragments – possibly transscriptions – written by Thorvaldsen for his own purpo...
7.2.1804
Stanley thanks Thorvaldsen for the letter that he has finally received and tries to cheer up the ...
Medio februar 1804
Recipient C.F.F. Stanley
Thorvaldsen is sorry that Stanley is still in poor health. He longs to see him in Rome. He asks h...
25.2.1804
Thorvaldsen apologizes for his long silence due to an illness which has left him incapable of wor...
Second draft of a letter: Thorvaldsen apologizes for his long silence due to an illness which has...
Third draft of a letter: Thorvaldsen apologizes for his long silence due to an illness which has ...
First draft of a letter: Thorvaldsen apologizes for his long silence due to an illness which has ...
28.2.1804
Stanley is recovering from his illness and has visited Schubart, who has informed him of the deat...
5.4.1804
Stanley has been well and ill by turns all winter. He will not be able to come to Rome until he h...
10.4.1804
Stanley is not sure if Thorvaldsen received his last letter and writes more or less the same thin...
Medio april 1804
Recipient Fonden ad usus publicos
Thorvaldsen is grateful for the grant which has encouraged him while he was suffering from low sp...
Recipient Herman Schubart
Fragment of a longer draft letter.
Thorvaldsen writes that he has received a grant of 300 rix-dollars from the Danish King. He thank...
24.4.1804
Thorvaldsen is very grateful for the grant and asks that his deepest gratitude may be conveyed to...
22.5.1804
Stanley is sad that Thorvaldsen has left Naples. He hopes to recover completely from his illness ...
Juni-primo juli 1804
Recipient J.L. Lund
Thorvaldsen asks Lund to deliver a letter from him to Maria Zoëga. He has remained in Florence an...
Antagelig tidligst ultimo juni 1804
Thorvaldsen’s list of clothing, presumably to be purchased, packed or washed.
Efter 2.7. og antagelig før 9.7.1804
Thorvaldsen thanks Schubart for his letter and tells him that he hopes to see him at Montenero th...
Efter 9. og før 16.7.1804
Thorvaldsen is happy that J.L. Lund has had his grant prolonged so that he can stay in Rome for a...
13.7.1804
Sender J.L. Lund
Lund sends greetings and requests from Anna Maria Uhden. He informs Thorvaldsen that he has given...
Efter 16.7. og senest 6.8.1804
Thorvaldsen asks Lund to take care of his studio while he is gone. He thanks him for having assis...
Primo august 1804
Recipient C.F. Hansen
Thorvaldsen thanks Hansen for his invitation to contribute to the decoration of Christiansborg. H...
6.8.1804
Second draft of a letter: Thorvaldsen informs Abildgaard that he has been seriously ill. He asks ...
First draft of a letter: Thorvaldsen tells Abildgaard how devastated he was when he received the ...
Thorvaldsen thanks Lund for having assisted him in a financial matter but asks him not to give an...
Second draft of a letter: Thorvaldsen tells Abildgaard that he is going to Carrara with Herman Sc...
Thorvaldsen informs Abildgaard that he has been seriously ill. He asks Abildgaard’s permission to...
11.8.1804
Lund thanks Thorvaldsen for his letter and looks forward to their reunion in Rome. He informs Tho...
2.9.1804
Stanley complains that Thorvaldsen never writes, but he refuses to repay him in kind. He is recup...
16.9.1804
Stanley is planning to remain near Naples until the middle of October and then go to Rome. He wri...
A piece of paper just with information on the recipient.
22.10.1804
Stanley congratulates Thorvaldsen on his appointment as professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in ...
Sandsynligvis før 27.10.1804
In two draft letters Stanley is thanked for his congratulations on Thorvaldsen’s appointmen...
27.10.1804
Thorvaldsen worries that the yellow fever in the area of Leghorn will affect the Schubarts.
Fragment of a draft letter. Thorvaldsen thanks the Schubarts.
13.11.1804
Stanley is ready to go to Rome but is stopped by the news of an epidmic in the area around Leghor...
20.11.1804
Stanley thanks Thorvaldsen for his letter and asks him to thank Christian Hornbech for the letter...
30.11.1804
Three short drafts of a letter. Thorvaldsen acknowledges receipt of a letter from Schubart and wr...
Thorvaldsen apologizes for his late reply and informs Schubart that he is finishing Bacchus, A2. ...
7.12.1804
Thorvaldsen apologizes for his late answer to Schubart’s letter. He thanks him for the comm...
29.12.1804
Abildgaard recommends the bearer of the letter, Carl Christian Seydewitz, to Thorvaldsen. He comm...
31.1.1805
Abildgaard discusses the payment for the transportation of the crates Thorvaldsen has sent to Cop...