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Transportation of Thorvaldsen's Artworks to Copenhagen 1798 and 1802

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Ultimo 1797

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Nicolai Abildgaard

Thorvaldsen’s draft of his first report to Abildgaard on his activities in Rome. He has visited t...

3.1.1799

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Kunstakademiet, København

Thorvaldsen reports to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts that he is still in Rome, and that h...

19.3.1799

Kunstakademiet, København

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Draft letter from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts informing Thorvaldsen of a one-year prolo...

20.5.1799

Gotskalk Thorvaldsen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Thanking his son for his letter, Thorvaldsen’s father writes about the hard winter, his work, and...

12.10.1799

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Nicolai Abildgaard

Thorvaldsen thanks Abildgaard for his support. He tells him that many of the Roman art collection...

12.10.1799

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Kunstakademiet, København

Both Thorvaldsen’s semi-annual report to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and the works he w...

3.12.1799

Nicolai Abildgaard

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Abildgaard reports that the works Thorvaldsen sent to Copenhagen have arrived safely. He complime...

3.12.1799

Cornelius Høyer, Kunstakademiet, København

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts has evaluated Thorvaldsen’s Bacchus and Ariadne, A1, and is...

17.3.1800 og 29.3.1800

Gio. Bat. Romero

Jaume & Schwarz

A freight bill confirming the shipment of Thorvaldsen’s works from Rome to Leghorn, with a statem...

17.3.1800

Gio. Bat. Romero

Jaume & Schwarz

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

4.4.1800

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Nicolai Abildgaard

Thorvaldsen has received Abildgaard’s latest letter and thanks him for everything he does to prom...

10.4.1800

Poul Scheel

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Scheel sends greetings to his friends in Rome. He recommends the island of Menorca, which is said...

21.7.1800

Nicolai Abildgaard

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Abildgaard relates that some people in Copenhagen have accused Thorvaldsen of being lazy in Rome,...

24.10.1800

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Nicolai Abildgaard

Thorvaldsen reports that the transportation of two crates with artworks bound for the Royal Danis...

24.10.1800

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Kunstakademiet, København

Thorvaldsen regrets that his report to the Royal Academy has been delayed. He would have liked to...

16.3.1801

J.C. Ulrich

Bertel Thorvaldsen

J.C. Ulrich reports that the two crates Thorvaldsen has inquired about are withheld in the bankru...

13.4.1801

J.C. Ulrich

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Ulrich has negotiated with the shipping firm of Jaume & Schwarz regarding Thorvaldsen’s two c...

22.4.1801

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Kunstakademiet, København

Thorvaldsen reports that the two crates with artworks bound for the Royal Danish Academy of Fine ...

27.4.1801

J.C. Ulrich

Bertel Thorvaldsen

In continuation of his earlier letters, Ulrich reports that he is not able to redeem Thorvaldsen’...

11.5.1801

J.C. Ulrich

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Ulrich has redeemed the two crates Thorvaldsen sent to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from...

20.5.1801

Poul Scheel

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Scheel thanks Thorvaldsen for having accepted his assignment. He further specifies his order for ...

4.10.1801

Nicolai Abildgaard

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Abildgaard informs Thorvaldsen that the last instalment of his travelling grant has been sent to ...

11.1.1802

J.C. Ulrich

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Ulrich has received Thorvaldsen’s letter about two crates sent from Rome via Georg Zoëga. The cra...

20.1.1802

Johan Hartvig Ernst von Berger

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Berger reports that he is willing to transport Thorvaldsen’s four crates bound for Copenhagen / t...

25.1.1802

J.C. Ulrich

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Ulrich has received Thorvaldsen’s letters, but his two crates have not yet arrived at Leghorn. Ul...

Primo februar 1802

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Johan Hartvig Ernst von Berger

Thorvaldsen is happy that Captain Berger has accepted to ship the four crates containing artworks...

15.2.1802

J.C. Ulrich

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Ulrich reports that the four crates Thorvaldsen has sent to Leghorn have been taken aboard Captai...

20.3.1802

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Nicolai Abildgaard

Thorvaldsen reports that Captain Berger has agreed to ship five crates with artworks, books etc. ...

10.5.1802

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Johan Hartvig Ernst von Berger

Thorvaldsen asks Berger to remove the marble bust of Edmund Bourke, A900, from one of the crates ...

18.4.1803

J.C. Ulrich

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

9.5.1803

J.C. Ulrich

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

17.1.1804

Nicolai Abildgaard

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Abildgaard is happy about Thorvaldsen’s success in Rome. He has received the busts Thorvaldsen se...

25.2.1804

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Nicolai Abildgaard

Thorvaldsen apologizes for his long silence due to an illness which has left him incapable of wor...

25.2.1804

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Nicolai Abildgaard

Third draft of a letter: Thorvaldsen apologizes for his long silence due to an illness which has ...

25.2.1804

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Nicolai Abildgaard

First draft of a letter: Thorvaldsen apologizes for his long silence due to an illness which has ...

6.8.1804

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Nicolai Abildgaard

First draft of a letter: Thorvaldsen tells Abildgaard how devastated he was when he received the ...

6.8.1804

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Nicolai Abildgaard

Thorvaldsen informs Abildgaard that he has been seriously ill. He asks Abildgaard’s permission to...

6.8.1804

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Nicolai Abildgaard

Second draft of a letter: Thorvaldsen informs Abildgaard that he has been seriously ill. He asks ...

Ultimo 1804

Giovanni Battista Pinchart

Bertel Thorvaldsen

A bill from the carpenter Pinchart to Thorvaldsen for carpentry done in the period from October 1...

31.1.1805

Nicolai Abildgaard

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Abildgaard discusses the payment for the transportation of the crates Thorvaldsen has sent to Cop...

28.7.1805

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Nicolai Abildgaard

Thorvaldsen informs Abildgaard that the block of marble he has ordered will be sent in the autumn...

28.7.1805

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Nicolai Abildgaard

Draft: Thorvaldsen informs Abildgaard that the block of marble he has ordered will be sent in the...

19.10.1805

Nicolai Abildgaard

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Abildgaard is sympathetic to the idea that Thorvaldsen should remain in Rome for the time being b...

6.1.1806

J.C. Ulrich

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

28.7.1806

J.C. Ulrich

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Ulrich sends a bill for the remainder of the cost of the transport of crates from Leghorn to Cope...

Antagelig oktober 1810

J.L. Lund

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Lund writes that he has arrived safely in Copenhagen. He explains that a written authorization is...

19.4.1811

C.A. Lorentzen

Juliane Marie Abildgaard

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

11.3.1826

H.F.J. Estrup

Ordenskapitlet, København

The historian Estrup’s biography of Thorvaldsen for the Chapter of the Royal Orders of Chiv...

April 1844

Frederik Barfod

Omnes

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