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...
1796
Recipient NN, Bertel Thorvaldsen
A text on friendship on the back of a drawing by Thorvaldsen depicting a reading couple.
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.
Tidligst 1797
Recipient NN
Thorvaldsen’s signature (fragment of a letter).
Antagelig efter 1797
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Januar 1797
Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen
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...
Efter 8.3.1797
A sample of Thorvaldsen’s handwriting with the names “Monradt” and “Thorv...
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...
Antagelig 1799-1800
The name and address of a teacher of music and the Spanish guitar.
3.1.1799
Thorvaldsen reports to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts that he is still in Rome, and that h...
Antagelig senest 6.2.1799 - efter 1801
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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...
Muligvis omkring 1800
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Efter 1800
A writing sample.
Omkring 1800
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Efter 1796
1800
Thorvaldsen’s signature and monogram.
Antagelig omkring 1800
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Antagelig efter 1810
Antagelig efter 1800
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...
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 ...
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 ...
Antagelig tidligst 1803
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...
7.11.1803
Recipient Charlotte Schimmelmann
Petition from Thorvaldsen, drawn up in collaboration with Herman Schubart and addressed to Schuba...
Muligvis 1804
Antagelig 1804-05
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Antagelig efter 1804
Februar 1804
A sheet with text fragments – possibly transscriptions – written by Thorvaldsen for his own purpo...
Recipient Irina Vorontsova
Contract between Countess Vorontsova and Thorvaldsen. Thorvaldsen undertakes to make a group depi...
Omkring 1.2.1804
Recipient Herman Schubart
Thorvaldsen thanks Schubart and his sister Charlotte Schimmelmann for the efforts they are making...
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 ...
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...
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...
7.5.1804
Thorvaldsen has learned from Countess Vorontsova’s letter that she has not received his answer no...
Efter 24.5.1804
Probably a list of the expected profits from the artworks commissioned from Thorvaldsen at the ti...
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...
Antagelig medio juli 1804
Recipient Anna Maria Uhden
In a few Italian phrases Thorvaldsen tries to apologize for not having written to Anna Maria Uhd...
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...
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
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 ...
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.
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. ...