9.3.1805
Sender C.F.F. Stanley
Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen
Stanley suggests having Gotskalk Thorvaldsen admitted to Vartov, an institution for the poor. Sta...
15.4.1805
Stanley requests a meeting with Thorvaldsen and repeats his request the following day.
24.4.1805
Stanley asks Thorvaldsen to help him with some sculptural decorations for some of his architectur...
28.7.1805
Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen
Recipient Nicolai Abildgaard
Draft: Thorvaldsen informs Abildgaard that the block of marble he has ordered will be sent in the...
Recipient København Kunstakademiet
Thorvaldsen expresses his gratitude for his appointment as professor of sculpture at the Academy ...
Draft letter dated 28.7.1805.
Thorvaldsen informs Abildgaard that the block of marble he has ordered will be sent in the autumn...
16.8.1805
Stanley teases Thorvaldsen because he has not heard from him for a long time, but suddenly a lett...
24.8.1805
Stanley has received a letter from the mayor of Copenhagen concerning Gotskalk Thorvaldsen’...
30.8.1805
Stanley ironically describes his amazement at having received two letters from Thorvaldsen. He al...
31.8.1805
Sender J.L. Lund
Lund has heard that Thorvaldsen is working on the relief The Baptism of Christ, possibly A736, du...
Omkring 1.9.1805
Thorvaldsen’s account of debts and loans.
7.9.1805
Stanley’s health is tolerable. Anna Maria Uhden is also well, as is Thorvaldsen’s dog...
Efter 21.9.1805
Recipient Herman Schubart
Fragment of a draft letter: Thorvaldsen has arrived in Rome, he mentions Caspar Bartholin and C.F...
Fragment of a draft letter: Thorvaldsen informs Schubart that he is coming to Rome after two days...
19.10.1805
Sender Nicolai Abildgaard
Abildgaard is sympathetic to the idea that Thorvaldsen should remain in Rome for the time being b...
26.5.1806
Recipient Johan Christian August Bielke
The commentary for this contract is not available at the moment.
18.6.1806
Sentences and fragments of a letter, see the general comment.
Thorvaldsen thanks Abildgaard for helping Gotskalk Thorvaldsen. The war has given Thorvaldsen fin...
Draft letter, see the general comment.
Draft letter dated 18.6.1806.
8.8.1806
Thorvaldsen apologizes for not having been in contact with regard to the commission for a monumen...
14.8.1806
Abildgaard informs Thorvaldsen that he will receive his salary as a professor of the Royal Academ...
5.9.1806
Thorvaldsen sends the drawing Caritas, C820, as a birthday present to Jacqueline Schubart.
9.11.1806
Recipient Andreas Dobert Kalleberg
A greeting in Kalleberg’s album.
25.1.1807
Thorvaldsen thanks Schubart for a bill of exchange, which was very welcome.
30.1.1807
Thorvaldsen thanks Schubart for a bill of exchange. He has had financial problems because the war...
16.2.1807
Recipient C.F. Hansen
Thorvaldsen suggests subjects from Greek mythology for the reliefs for the Christiansborg Palace ...
Draft for letter: Thorvaldsen suggests motifs from Greek mythology for the reliefs for the Christ...
21.2.1807
Thorvaldsen has received commissions from C.F. Hansen and the Building Commission for Christiansb...
20.5.1807
Recipient Laurits Engelstoft
Thorvaldsen accepts the commission for the portrait bust of Henrik Hielmstierne, cf. A210 and spe...
6.6.1807
Thorvaldsen is unable to come to Montenero because of too much work. He has put off sending casts...
Draft: Thorvaldsen is unable to come to Montenero because of too much work. The Dance of the Muse...
Efter 15.6.1807
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 ...
6.8.1807
Recipient Slotsbygningskommissionen
Thorvaldsen acknowledges receipt of the advance payment for the works for Christiansborg Palace a...
Antagelig 5.-7.10.1807
Thorvaldsen declines the invitation to Montenero.
17.7.1808
Lund’s receipt for a loan of 50 scudi from Thorvaldsen
20.8.1808
Thorvaldsen cannot come to Montenero because he is waiting for a final answer regarding a commiss...
22.10.1808
Recipient Charlotte Schimmelmann
Thorvaldsen informs Schimmelmann that the baptismal font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555,3, A555,4, whi...
18.11.1808
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Efter 23.11.1808
Recipient Poul Scheel
Draft of a letter in which Thorvaldsen explains to Doctor Poul Scheel that the bust he commission...
4.2.1809
Thorvaldsen is grateful for Schimmelmann’s praise of the baptismal font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555...
The commentary for this draft is not available at the moment.
Antagelig senest 4.2.1809
Recipient NN
Recipient Christian Ditlev Reventlow
Senest 4.2.1809
Thorvaldsen is grateful for the precious agraffe that Schimmelmann has sent him through her broth...
Thorvaldsen is grateful for the precious agraffe that he has received from Charlotte Schimmelmann...
Antagelig 15.2.1809
22.7.1809
Senest 22.7.1809
Thorvaldsen apologizes for his long silence, blaming his poor ability to write letters. He has so...
Efter 1810
The commentary for this fragment is not available at the moment.
2.3.1810
3.7.1810
Recipient Hans West
Thorvaldsen writes a receipt for payment of a self-portrait bust commissioned by Hans West, Berte...
18.7.1810
Efter 28.7.1810
Thorvaldsen responds to Poul Scheel’s cancellation of the commission for the bust of the Doctor S...
4.9.1810
Lund’s travel experiences on his return to Denmark after eight years in Rome. He asks Thorv...
Antagelig oktober 1810
Lund writes that he has arrived safely in Copenhagen. He explains that a written authorization is...
8.12.1810
Thorvaldsen asks West to help Høyer in a matter concerning the Academy of Fine Arts. He also writ...
13.3.1811
2.4.1811
Kort før 2.4.1811
30.9.1811
Recipient Niels Rosenkrantz
Ca. 1812
Thorvaldsen puts in a good word for the engagement of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and Laura Zoë...
19.1.1812
An attempt to persuade Thorvaldsen to visit Denmark. Information about life at home and greetings...
Antagelig tidligst forår 1812
Thorvaldsen admits that the addressee has every reason to be angry with him.
16.3.1812
Recipient Christian 8.
24.3.1812
27.3.1812
28.4.1812
Sommer 1812
21.12.1812
Antagelig primo 1813
8.4.1813
23.8.1813
Sender C.W. Eckersberg
Recipient J.F. Clemens
The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.
13.11.1813
4.3.1814
13.4.1814