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Patriarch of the Bas-Relief

See also: Idolizing Thorvaldsen

22.10.1812

Carl Gotthard Grass

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16.9.1816

Christian Erdmann Gottlieb Prestel

Franz Erwein von Schönborn

Prestel recommends Thorvaldsen both as a man and as an artist and gives examples of the sculptor’...

1818 [1813-1815]

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In the report of the state of the arts in Italy in 1813-15, Thorvaldsen is awarded the leading po...

28.4.1819

Peder Brønnum Scavenius

Peder Brønnum Scavenius

Scavenius visited Canova’s workshop. He criticises a number of his works and compares him unfavou...

12.6.1819

Elisabeth Chitrowo

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Elizabeth Chitrowo writes to Thorvaldsen in order to persuade him to execute a bas-relief for a f...

11.8.1819

Redaktørerne ved Lemberger Zeitung

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23.10.1819

Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn

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1821

Sydney Morgan

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Extract from Lady Morgan’s book Italy mentioning Thorvaldsen’s workshops.

March 1827

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15.12.1828

Karl August Nicander

Hugo Hamilton

Nicander refers to Thorvaldsen in very flattering terms.

1831

Rembrandt Peale

Omnes

Peale describes his impression of Thorvaldsen, his works, and his studio practice. He is critical...

August 1832

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April 1844

Frederik Barfod

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19.4.1844

Pierre-Jean David d'Angers

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An assessment of Thorvaldsen’s art on the occasion of his recent death. D’Angers writes that, as ...

1890

Francesco Hayez

Omnes

Two passages from the famous Italian painter Francesco Hayez’s autobiography, in which Thor...