1.11.1796
Sender Gotskalk Thorvaldsen
Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen
Short note from Thorvaldsen’s parents to their son.
31.12.1796
Sender Carl Ludwig Fernow
Recipient Johann Pohrt
Fernow mentions the Danes he has met in Rome. Thorvaldsen has not yet arrived.
17.1.-14.2.1797
Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen
Thorvaldsen’s diary from his sojourn in Malta, Palermo and Naples.
13.2.1797
Recipient København Kunstakademiet
Thorvaldsen’s first report to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts since his departure from Cope...
28.2.1797
Sender Fabrizio Ruffo
Thorvaldsen’s printed passport, issued by the Neapolitan authorities.
Antagelig marts 1797
Recipient Jørgen West
A sheet with several fragments in Danish, German and Italian. First two drafts of a letter in Ita...
6.3.1797
Sender Ernst Morace
Recipient Giuseppe Carnesecca
Letter of recommendation for Thorvaldsen from E. Morace in Naples to Giuseppe Carnesecca in Rome.
8.5.1797
Sender Margrethe Ackermann, Gotskalk Thorvaldsen
Gotskalk Thorvaldsen is grateful for his son’s last letter and happy that he has arrived safely a...
21.5.1797
Sender Peder Pavels
Peder Pavels, the chaplain of the Thetis, sends his greetings and reports what has happened on th...
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...
9.2.1798
Sender Reverenda Camera Apostolica Dazio d'Introduzione
Recipient Guglielmo Riedlich
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Sandsynligvis 1798-99
Sender Johan David Åkerblad
Recipient Johan David Åkerblad
Åkerblad’s list of artists in Rome 1798-99.
Antagelig senest 6.2.1799 - efter 1801
The commentary for this sheet music is not available at the moment
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...
1800
Sender NN
Recipient Pasquale Ricco
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...
10.3.1801
Sender C.H. Anckarsvärd
Anckarsvärd thanks Thorvaldsen for their friendship in Rome and asks him to arrange the transport...
27.3.1801
Sender Johan Jacob Ekman
Ekman has returned to Venice from Padua and is soon to continue to Trieste. He has received most ...
4.10.1801
Abildgaard informs Thorvaldsen that the last instalment of his travelling grant has been sent to ...
10.5.1802
Recipient Johan Hartvig Ernst von Berger
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...
7.6.1803
Sender Fonden ad usus publicos, Ernst Schimmelmann
Recipient Frederik 6.
Application for financial support to C.F.F. Stanley.
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...
Antagelig tidligst november 1803 eller omkring februar 1804
Recipient NN
A name jotted down.
Herman Schubart’s address in Naples.
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...
6.12.1803
Stanley apologizes for not having come to Rome yet but promises that he arrive in January. He was...
1804-1806
Sender Maria Zoëga
Maria Zoëga asks Thorvaldsen why he avoids her to the extent of not wanting to appear at his wind...
10.1.1804
Sender Jacqueline Schubart
A fragment of a letter presumably from Jacqueline Schubart, suggesting support for Thorvaldsen. T...
21.1.1804
Schubart reports on his efforts to obtain commissions for Thorvaldsen from Denmark. Through her h...
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
Recipient Herman Schubart
Thorvaldsen thanks Schubart and his sister Charlotte Schimmelmann for the efforts they are making...
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...
28.2.1804
Stanley is recovering from his illness and has visited Schubart, who has informed him of the deat...
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...
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...
20.4.1804
Maria Zoëga is disappointed that she has not heard from Thorvaldsen and hopes that her letter wil...
24.4.1804
Thorvaldsen is very grateful for the grant and asks that his deepest gratitude may be conveyed to...
Ultimo april 1804
Sender Adam Gottlob Detlef Moltke
Moltke asks Thorvaldsen for the address of the German architects Gottlieb Steinmeyer and Karl Fri...
7.5.1804
Recipient Irina Vorontsova
Thorvaldsen has learned from Countess Vorontsova’s letter that she has not received his answer no...
20.5.1804
Sender Ercole Consalvi
Thorvaldsen’s travelling permit valid from Rome to Leghorn, issued for his trip to Florence and M...
22.5.1804
Stanley is sad that Thorvaldsen has left Naples. He hopes to recover completely from his illness ...
18.6.1804
Sender C.F. Hansen
Hansen is going to commission works for Christiansborg from Thorvaldsen, but as the rebuilding of...
2.7.1804
Schubart asks Thorvaldsen to let him know when he is coming to Montenero, where he can stay and w...
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
Recipient J.L. Lund
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...
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...
Thorvaldsen thanks Lund for having assisted him in a financial matter but asks him not to give an...
Omkring 8.8.1804
Sender Vincenzo Viviani
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...
11.8.1804
Lund thanks Thorvaldsen for his letter and looks forward to their reunion in Rome. He informs Tho...
30.8.1804
Sender Theodor von der Ropp
Ropp repeats in writing his commission for 10 marble busts after antique models and the restorati...
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.
24.9.1804
Thorvaldsen is at Montenero, and Schubart writes enthusiastically about The Dance of the Muses on...
9.10.1804
Stanley thanks Schubart for recommending him to people in Denmark. He feels almost cured after tw...
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...
2.11.1804
Schubart reports that Thorvaldsen’s portrait busts of himself and Jacqueline Schubart, A718...
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...
28.12.1804
Schubart and his wife have moved from Montenero to Pisa, where they have to spend the winter beca...
14.4.1805
Sender Gustav Stanley
Gustav Stanley sends news from Copenhagen about Christiansborg Palace and the Academy of Fine Art...
19.7.1805
Schubart thanks Stanley for his letter and asks him to tell Thorvaldsen that he will soon receive...
16.8.1805
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...
7.9.1805
Stanley’s health is tolerable. Anna Maria Uhden is also well, as is Thorvaldsen’s dog...
21.9.1805
Stanley submits drawings for a church and a sepulchral chapel for evaluation by the Academy of Fi...
Efter 21.9.1805
Fragment of a draft letter: Thorvaldsen has arrived in Rome, he mentions Caspar Bartholin and C.F...
30.9.1805
Recipient Georg Zoëga
Schubart is pleased to hear that Thorvaldsen – who is now in Rome – enjoyed being with him at Mon...
Antagelig november 1805
Sender Heinrich Kohlrausch
Probably a prescription for medication to Stanley.
11.11.1805
Schubart writes that he has forwarded Stanley’s letter to the Academy of Fine Arts in Copen...
Antagelig 14.11.1805
Sender Adam Anthony Stratenus
Stratenus is annoyed that he did not find Thorvaldsen at home. He encloses Herman Schubart’...
16.11.1805
Sender C.F. Høyer
C.F. Høyer has just arrived in Rome. He reports to Nicolai Abildgaard that Thorvaldsen has invite...
Sandsynligvis 22.11.1805
Sender Henrik Vilhelm Lundbye
Lundbye informs Schubart that C.F.F. Stanley has died. He reproduces his graveside speech and des...
Antagelig efter 1805
Sender Benedetto Braccucci
An urgent appeal from a 44-year-old former soldier and now self-taught landscape painter. Because...