4.4.1800
Sender Gotskalk Thorvaldsen
Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen
Thorvaldsen’s parents are delighted with the latest letter from their son, especially because a f...
10.4.1800
Sender Poul Scheel
Scheel sends greetings to his friends in Rome. He recommends the island of Menorca, which is said...
21.7.1800
Sender Nicolai Abildgaard
Abildgaard relates that some people in Copenhagen have accused Thorvaldsen of being lazy in Rome,...
24.10.1800
Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen
Recipient Nicolai Abildgaard
Thorvaldsen reports that the transportation of two crates with artworks bound for the Royal Danis...
Recipient København Kunstakademiet
Thorvaldsen regrets that his report to the Royal Academy has been delayed. He would have liked to...
24.12.1800
Recipient Georg Zoëga
Scheel has been allowed to enclose a letter to Zoëga in a letter from Friedrich Münter. After hav...
Antagelig primo 1801
Sender Johan Jacob Ekman
Ekman asks Thorvaldsen to come and visit him in order to help another artist improve his work.
7.1.1801
Sender Georg Zoëga
Georg Zoëga attests to the authorities that Bertel Thorvaldsen is a Danish sculptor, supported by...
Efter 7.1.1801
Sender NN
Recipient NN
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
24.2.1801
Ekman apologizes for the letter being sent so late. He describes the tribulations of his nine-day...
10.3.1801
Ekman has received the things he forgot in Rome and wonders why he hasn’t received any letter fro...
16.3.1801
Sender J.C. Ulrich
J.C. Ulrich reports that the two crates Thorvaldsen has inquired about are withheld in the bankru...
27.3.1801
Ekman has returned to Venice from Padua and is soon to continue to Trieste. He has received most ...
13.4.1801
Ulrich has negotiated with the shipping firm of Jaume & Schwarz regarding Thorvaldsen’s two c...
22.4.1801
Thorvaldsen reports that the two crates with artworks bound for the Royal Danish Academy of Fine ...
27.4.1801
In continuation of his earlier letters, Ulrich reports that he is not able to redeem Thorvaldsen’...
10.5.1801
After a difficult journey, Ekman has arrived in Vienna, where he has received a letter from Thorv...
20.5.1801
Scheel thanks Thorvaldsen for having accepted his assignment. He further specifies his order for ...
22.6.1801
Sender Joh. Hein. Wulffen
Wulffen forwards a letter from Doctor Scheel to Thorvaldsen and explains that Scheel has told him...
4.10.1801
Gotskalk Thorvaldsen is happy to have received a letter from Thorvaldsen as rumours in Copenhagen...
Abildgaard informs Thorvaldsen that the last instalment of his travelling grant has been sent to ...
11.1.1802
Ulrich has received Thorvaldsen’s letter about two crates sent from Rome via Georg Zoëga. The cra...
20.1.1802
Sender Johan Hartvig Ernst von Berger
Berger reports that he is willing to transport Thorvaldsen’s four crates bound for Copenhagen / t...
25.1.1802
Ulrich has received Thorvaldsen’s letters, but his two crates have not yet arrived at Leghorn. Ul...
Primo februar 1802
Recipient Johan Hartvig Ernst von Berger
Thorvaldsen is happy that Captain Berger has accepted to ship the four crates containing artworks...
15.2.1802
Ulrich reports that the four crates Thorvaldsen has sent to Leghorn have been taken aboard Captai...
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
Recipient Jørgen West
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...
Maj - november 1802
Sender Konrad Heinrich Schweickle
Schweickle has considered Wilhelm von Uhden’s offer to Anna Maria Uhden to come with him to Berli...
10.5.1802
Thorvaldsen asks Berger to remove the marble bust of Edmund Bourke, A900, from one of the crates ...
3.8.1802
Sender Hinrich Thomsen
Recipient C.F.F. Stanley
Receipt to C.F.F. Stanley for the payment of his voyage from Copenhagen to Messina.
11.3.1803
Sender Jørgen West
Jørgen West asks what to do about the bust of Tyge Rothe, A225, which is in the care of Nicolai A...
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...
22.3.1803
Sender Hans Rosenkilde
Rosenkilde recommends Arnold Wallick, who is studying to become a scene painter. He tells Thorval...
Tidligst 23.3., senest sommer 1803
Sender Finelli & Keller
Thorvaldsen’s contract with the sculptors Pietro Finelli and Heinrich Keller concerning the deliv...
Tidligst 19. og senest 23.3.1803
Recipient Thomas Hope
Transcript of Thomas Hope’s copy of his contract with Thorvaldsen regarding Jason with the Golden...
3.5.1803
Gotskalk Thorvaldsen reproaches his son strongly for not returning to Copenhagen.
24.5.1803
Stanley informs Thorvaldsen about his illness. He has to visit the spas on the island of Ischia. ...
Juni 1803
Sender Knud Lyne Rahbek
Recipient Omnes
The commentary for this document is not available at the moment.
6.6.1803
Stanley’s illness forces him to visit the spas on the island of Ischia. He is frustrated that thi...
7.6.1803
Sender Fonden ad usus publicos, Ernst Schimmelmann
Recipient Frederik 6.
Application for financial support to C.F.F. Stanley.
2.9.1803
Recipient Herman Schubart
Because of illness, Thorvaldsen has had to have the bas-relief Briseis and Achilles cast before h...
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...
7.11.1803
Recipient Charlotte Schimmelmann
Petition from Thorvaldsen, drawn up in collaboration with Herman Schubart and addressed to Schuba...
12.11.1803
Sender Herman Schubart
Schubart has arrived in Naples and invites Thorvaldsen to visit him. He sends travelling expenses...
14.11.1803
Stanley reports that Herman Schubart has arrived in Naples. Schubart has spoken highly of Thorval...
22.11.1803
Sender Niels Dam
9.1.1804
Sender Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn
The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.
10.1.1804
Sender Jacqueline Schubart
A fragment of a letter presumably from Jacqueline Schubart, suggesting support for Thorvaldsen. T...
17.1.1804
Abildgaard is happy about Thorvaldsen’s success in Rome. He has received the busts Thorvaldsen se...
21.1.1804
Schubart reports on his efforts to obtain commissions for Thorvaldsen from Denmark. Through her h...
Februar 1804
A sheet with text fragments – possibly transscriptions – written by Thorvaldsen for his own purpo...
Februar-marts 1804
Recipient C.F. Hansen
Schubart proposes that C.F. Hansen should commission works by Thorvaldsen for the rebuilding of C...
Omkring 1.2.1804
Thorvaldsen thanks Schubart and his sister Charlotte Schimmelmann for the efforts they are making...
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...
5.3.1804
Sender Irina Vorontsova
Countess Vorontsova asks Thorvaldsen to go to the banker Torlonia in order to draft a contract li...
6.3.1804
Sender Fonden ad usus publicos
The foundation ad usus publicos grants Thorvaldsen 300 Danish rix-dollars due to his progress in ...
26.3.1804
Schubart tries to persuade Crown Prince Frederik (6.) to commission works from Thorvaldsen for th...
27.3.1804
Stanley requests permission from the Royal Academy to remain in Naples until he has recovered fro...
Antagelig april-juni 1804
Sender Arnold Wallick
Arnold Wallick sends greetings to Thorvaldsen from Rome and asks him whether the bust of Mathias ...
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...
Sender Andreas Christian Gierlew
Gierlew invites Thorvaldsen to join him on a visit to the Museo Pio-Clemente.
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...
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...
19.5.1804
Sender J.F. Clemens
Recipient J.L. Lund
On behalf of Johan Bülow, Clemens inquires about Thorvaldsen’s price of a marble copy of an...
22.5.1804
Stanley is sad that Thorvaldsen has left Naples. He hopes to recover completely from his illness ...
24.5.1804
Sender Massimiliano Laboureur
Receipt from Massimiliano Laboureur confirming payment for a block of marble.
4.6.1804
18.6.1804
Sender C.F. Hansen
Hansen is going to commission works for Christiansborg from Thorvaldsen, but as the rebuilding of...
Før 18.6.1804
Sender Christian 8.
Recipient Christian 8.
Prime Minister Christian Ditlev Reventlow is considering having sculptures for the new Christians...
2.7.1804
Schubart asks Thorvaldsen to let him know when he is coming to Montenero, where he can stay and w...
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...
21.7.1804
Sender Laurits Engelstoft
Recipient Rasmus Nyerup
Primo august 1804
Thorvaldsen thanks Hansen for his invitation to contribute to the decoration of Christiansborg. H...
6.8.1804
Recipient Anna Maria Uhden
Thorvaldsen apologizes for not having written before since he has been busy travelling. He has ar...
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...
Thorvaldsen writes to Anna Maria Uhden. The letter has been damaged, but its content seems clear ...
10.8.1804
Sender Anna Maria Uhden
Anna Maria Uhden has received Thorvaldsen’s letter from J.L. Lund. She is pleased to know that Th...
12.8.1804
29.8.1804
Scheel tells Zoëga to give his regards to Thorvaldsen and ask him not to delay the bust Scheel ha...
Efterår 1804
Sender Jevdokija Ivanovna Golitsyna
Golitsyna explains that she has written to the banker Torlonia concerning the money she owes Thor...