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Christiansborg Palace, Great Portal

See Related Article on this subject: Commission for Christiansborg

See also: Alexander Frieze, Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen · Christiansborg Palace and Church, H.E. Freund’s Works of Art · Christiansborg Palace, Main Staircases · Christiansborg Palace, Dining Room · Christiansborg Palace, Middle Room (Thorvaldsen’s Apartment) · Christiansborg Palace, Great Hall · Christiansborg Palace, Great Hall, H.W. Bissen’s Frieze · Christiansborg Palace, Throne Room

31.12.1806

C.F. Hansen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

C.F. Hansen commissions works from Thorvaldsen. For the façade of Christiansborg Palace, he wants...

30.5.1818

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commission asks for the four marble reliefs for Christiansborg Palace, cf. A317, A318, A319, ...

22.8.1818

Jørgen Koch

C.F. Hansen

Thorvaldsen is pleased that his native country now acknowledges his achievements with a large com...

13.6.1828

Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten

Omnes

Thorvaldsen’s marble reliefs for the facade of Christiansborg Palace will now be cast in plaster ...

22.8.1828

Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten

Omnes

Thorvaldsen’s four marble reliefs for the main portal of Christiansborg Palace have just been ins...

16.4.1834

Bertel Thorvaldsen

C.F. Hansen

Thorvaldsen is in bed with a severe cold. The last five pieces of the Alexander Frieze are now re...

12.5.1834

Jonas Collin

Københavns Universitet, Slotsbygningskommissionen

Draft of letters to Copenhagen University and to the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palac...

26.3.1839

Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt

Omnes

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

28.6.1844

Redaktørerne ved Berlingske Tidende

Omnes

The clay model for Aesculapius, cf. the sketch A20, crashes in Thorvaldsen’s studio.