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Vorontsova's Commission

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6.12.1803

C.F.F. Stanley

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Stanley apologizes for not having come to Rome yet but promises that he arrive in January. He was...

February 1804

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Irina Vorontsova

Contract between Countess Vorontsova and Thorvaldsen. Thorvaldsen undertakes to make a group depi...

5.3.1804

Irina Vorontsova

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Countess Vorontsova asks Thorvaldsen to go to the banker Torlonia in order to draft a contract li...

4.5.1804

Fyodor Matveyev

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The Russian painter Fyodor Matveyev forwards a letter from Countess Irina Vorontsova, who through...

Før 4.5.1804

Irina Vorontsova

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Countess Vorontsova writes that she has not received an answer to her letter asking Thorvaldsen w...

7.5.1804

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Irina Vorontsova

Thorvaldsen has learned from Countess Vorontsova’s letter that she has not received his answer no...

Efterår 1804

Jevdokija Ivanovna Golitsyna

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Golitsyna explains that she has written to the banker Torlonia concerning the money she owes Thor...

7.12.1804

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Herman Schubart

Thorvaldsen apologizes for his late answer to Schubart’s letter. He thanks him for the comm...

13.12.1804

Irina Vorontsova

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Countess Vorontsova inquires about the progress of the sculptures she has commissioned and reques...

4.3.1805

Herman Schubart

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Schubart writes that Charlotte Schimmelmann is satisfied with Thorvaldsen’s sketch of Bapti...

2.8.1805

Irina Vorontsova

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Countess Vorontsova inquires about the sculptures which she has commissioned from Thorvaldsen, an...

7.9.1805

C.F.F. Stanley

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Stanley’s health is tolerable. Anna Maria Uhden is also well, as is Thorvaldsen’s dog...

20.9.1805

Irina Vorontsova

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Vorontsova has received a letter from Thorvaldsen in which he tells her that he is working on her...

30.11.1805

Basil Lisakewitz

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Fragment of a letter containing a date and a signature.

12.1.1806

Irina Vorontsova

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Countess Vorontsova has ordered the banker Torlonia to pay Thorvaldsen 550 ecus for his works, an...

14.6.1806

Irina Vorontsova

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Vorontsova is very impatient to receive the long-awaited artworks. Thorvaldsen has informed her a...

6.7.1806

Giovanni Raimondo Torlonia

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The banker Torlonia requests the delivery of Thorvaldsen’s sculptures for Countess Vorontsova.

23.8.1806

Irina Vorontsova

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Countess Vorontsova is sure that Thorvaldsen has kept his promise and finished the commissioned w...

6.9.1806

C.F. Høyer

Nicolai Abildgaard

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25.1.1807

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Herman Schubart

Thorvaldsen thanks Schubart for a bill of exchange, which was very welcome.

30.1.1807

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Herman Schubart

Thorvaldsen thanks Schubart for a bill of exchange. He has had financial problems because the war...

24.6.1809

Irina Vorontsova

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Countess Vorontsova has written to Thorvaldsen several times without receiving an answer, so she ...