22.4.1818
Sender Vincenz Rüttimann
Recipient Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen
Rüttimann reports that he has been in contact with Thorvaldsen regarding the monument in Lucerne ...
16.5.1818
Despite the prospect of only a modest payment, Thorvaldsen has agreed to execute a model for the ...
Antagelig 23. eller 28.5.1818
Sender Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen
Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen
Description of the rock wall in Lucerne where the monument to the Swiss Guard is to be placed, Dy...
13.6.1818
Thorvaldsen has not yet made the promised draft of the monument to the fallen Swiss Guards, cf. D...
Sender Jørgen Koch
Recipient Jonas Collin
Koch writes about Thorvaldsen’s works and commissions. The sculptor has completed Mercury a...
2.8.1818
Before leaving Rome, Rüttimann wants to visit Thorvaldsen in order to discuss the monument Dying ...
8.8.1818
Thorvaldsen has finished a drawing for the monument to the members of the Swiss Guard, cf. Dying ...
7.9.1818
Rüttimann is grateful that Thorvaldsen has agreed to execute a model of Dying Lion (The Lucerne ...
19.11.1818
Rüttimann reiterates some questions that he wants Thorvaldsen to answer concerning the monument D...
Antagelig 5.12.1818
Sender Heinrich Keller
Keller sends a drawing of the monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119. He fears that the...
August 1819
Sender Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn
Recipient Omnes
Thorvaldsen makes preparations for the monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119.
1.1.1819
Rüttimann informs Pfyffer von Altishofen that Heinrich Keller has spoken with Thorvaldsen about t...
6.1.1819
Keller reports that Thorvaldsen has begun work on the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf...
13.2.1819
Keller regrets that work on the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, is so slow and...
20.2.1819
Keller informs Pfyffer von Altishofen that Thorvaldsen is delighted at the idea of having the mon...
26.3.1819
Keller informs Pfyffer von Altishofen that Thorvaldsen has been ill and therefore has not begun w...
24.4.1819
Keller reports that Thorvaldsen is very busy and is about to leave for Denmark.
7.5.1819
Keller writes that the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, is much admired. He is ...
22.5.1819
Keller reports that the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion) , cf. cast A119, is nearly finish...
23.5.1819
Keller reports that Thorvaldsen wants to visit Lucerne in order to see the execution of the monum...
12.6.1819
Keller expresses a hope that, in spite of the price, an accomplished Italian sculptor will be cho...
17.6.1819
Keller presses Thorvaldsen for the completion of the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf....
19.6.1819
Keller complains that it is difficult to get Thorvaldsen to complete his work on the model for Dy...
Omkring 3.7.1819
Review of the planned monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. cast A119, in commemoration of ...
3.7.1819
Keller writes that the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, has been completed and ...
28.7.1819
Recipient François Arland
Receipt for a contribution to the subscription for the monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf...
31.7.1819
Keller reports that the small model for the monument to the Swiss guards in Lucerne, cf. Dying Li...
August 1819 - marts 1820
Sender NN
Accounts of payments concerning the following works by Thorvaldsen: A119, A893, A312, A720, A811,...
5.8.1819
Keller is pleased that Thorvaldsen, contrary to expectations, has visited Lucerne on his journey ...
7.8.1819
Keller reports that both models of the monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, have be...
14.8.1819
Keller gives instructions concerning measurements and special circumstances in connection with th...
10.9.1819
Sender Redaktørerne ved Prager Zeitung
The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.
2.10.1819
Sender P.O. Brøndsted
Brøndsted blames Thorvaldsen for not travelling to Denmark by the route recommended to him. Brønd...
Sommer 1820
Sender Christian Molbech
Molbech’s account of his visit to Rome, in which he compares Thorvaldsen and Canova and describes...
19.9.1820
Sender C.F. Høyer
Høyer forwards a letter from H.E. Freund in Rome to Thorvaldsen, who is on his way through Europe...
5.10.1820
Sender Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung
Allgemeine Zeitung reports on Thorvaldsen’s visit to Berlin and Dresden, on his coming visi...
31.7.1821
Sender Christian 8.
Recipient Christian 8.
The commentary for this document is not available at the moment.
Tidligst 10.8.1821, senest ultimo 1822
Pfyffer von Altishoffen sends Thorvaldsen some material regarding the monument Dying lion (The Lu...
10.8.1821
12.8.1821
Describes the inauguration of the monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, in Lucerne, w...
Sender Jørgen Conrad de Falsen
Writing on an envelope, Falsen reminds Thorvaldsen that he has promised to make a sepulchral monu...
5.11.1821
Sender Gioacchino Giuseppe Serangeli
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
31.1.1823
Sender Rudolf Emanuel Wettstein
Wettstein asks Thorvaldsen for a recommendation of the Swiss painter Hieronimus Hess. He has hear...
15.3.1823
Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen
Recipient Rudolf Emanuel Wettstein
Thorvaldsen is pleased to recommend the artist Hieronymus Hess, whose talent, diligence and abili...
1824
Sender Just Mathias Thiele
Thiele describes Thorvaldsen’s workshops in Rome.
16.3.1824
Pfyffer von Altishofen sends a reproduction of Thorvaldsen’s monument Dying lion (The Lucer...
20.5.1824
Sender Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Tidligst foråret 1825
Sender Jens Baggesen
Poem about the monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion) , cf. A119, at Lucerne.
1827
Sender Redaktørerne ved Literatur og Kunst Historie Archiv for Psychologie
Two quotations about Thorvaldsen from German newspapers: from Berlinische Zeitung and a poem by J...
2.1.1827
Poem about Thorvaldsen’s Dying Lion, cf. A119. The lion is described as powerful, though w...
9.6.1827
17.7.1829
Sender Auguste-Jean-Marie Carbonneaux
The bronze caster writes that an accident nearly cost him his life, and that it has taken him fiv...
17.3.1830
12.6.1831
Sender Anastasie de Circourt
Anastasie de Circourt recommends the Swiss sculptor Raphael Christen to Thorvaldsen.
1832
Sender Redaktørerne ved Dansk Litteratur-Tidende
August-oktober 1832
Sender Leonardo Camia
Recipient Luigi Bienaimé
Accounts concerning the Italian draughtsman Leonardo Camia’s, drawings after two works by ...
1833
The commentary for this account is not available at the moment.
Efter 15.2.1836
Sender Calvin-kommissionen
September 1838–juni 1839
Sender Christine Stampe
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 1st part of 60 in all.
Juli-august 1841
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 28th part of 60 in all.
30.7.1841
Sender Joseph Balthasar Ulrich
The commentary for this poem is not available at the moment.
30.3.1844
Sender Paris Archives Historiques
Efter 30.3.1844
Sender NN, Caspar Claudius Rosenhoff
April 1844
Sender Frederik Hammerich
29.5.1844
1.6.1844
Sender Alfred Reumont
1846
December 1847