This list is under development and will be updated periodically.

Categories of employees and types of contracts

The table below presents an alphabetical list of workers of various kinds employed at Thorvaldsen’s workshops. These include modelers, stonecarvers, sculptors, plaster casters, and more; Thorvaldsen’s apprentice sculptors are also included. For more detailed information about the individuals listed, the reader is directed to their biography pages, which can be reached by clicking on the relevant individual’s name.

Beyond the employees named below, Thorvaldsen also engaged day-laborers on a more or less regular basis. These include stonecarvers and stonemasons (hired, for example, to perform rough carving of marble blocks), porters, the so-called servitori di Piazza [valets-de-place], whose precise function is presently unknown, and fe[r]rari [iron workers]. The last refers presumably to a type of blacksmith or dealer in iron tools, who furnished Thorvaldsen’s workshops with such items as hammers, chisels, tongs, files, and compasses—as well as, one may assume, the iron wires used for raising and stabilizing clay models).

In addition, a gardener was attached to the little atrium between the three smaller workshops at Piazza Barberini—sometimes monthly, but at other times on an hourly or daily basis.

Named employees

Name	Period of activity	Position	Sample works	Source(s)
Acciardi, Tommaso	1825, 1827-1828	Sculptor	Monument to Pius 7, A142, A143, and A144	Thorvaldsen’s workshop accounts from 1825 and 1827-1828, Tesan, op. cit., p. 162
Ahorn, Lucas	1820-1821	Sculptor	Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, carved in colossal scale out of a cliff face near Lucerne	12.8.1821, the Related Article Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), Tesan, op. cit., p. 162
Albertoni, Giovanni	1840-presumably 1844	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 162
Albori (full name unknown)	1816	Presumably a stonecarver		9.11.1816
Altini (full name unknown)	1818-1831	Stonecarver or sculptor		Thorvaldsen’s workshop accounts from 1818-1831
Almerini, Antonio	1826, possibly already an apprentice as early as 1818	Sculptor	Marble version of Day, cf. A370	Thorvaldsen’s workshop accounts from 1826, Tesan, op. cit., pp. 162-163
Amadeo (full name unknown)	1823-1826	Sculptor	Jason with the Golden Fleece, A822	Thorvaldsen’s workshop accounts from 1823-1826
Angelis, Giovanni de	1821	Sculptor or stonecarver	Among other works, an unidentified bust of a Dane; Cupid with his Bow, cf. A819	Thorvaldsen’s workshop accounts from 1821: April to June 1821, May 1821 to August 1823, May 1821 to August 1823, June to November 1821, Tesan, op. cit., p. 163
Antonio, presumably identical to Antonio Ceci		Plaster caster		Tesan, op. cit., p. 163
Antonnicola	1830	Stonecarver	Architectural portion of the monument to Pius 7, cf. A142, A143, and A144	Thorvaldsen’s workshop accounts from 5.6.-28.8.1830, Tesan, op. cit., p. 163
Babboni, Angelo	1819-	Stonecarver and modeler	Among other works, the seated figure of Pius 7, cf. A142	Tesan, op. cit., p. 164
Baccoco (full name unknown)	1819-1824	Stonecarver (segatore)		Thorvaldsen’s workshop accounts from 1819-1824, Tesan, op. cit., p. 164
Bacocho (full name unknown)	1817-1818	Stonecarver (segatore)		Thorvaldsen’s workshop accounts from 1817-1818
Baini, Felice	No later than 1830	Apprentice sculptor		Letter of recommendation dated 19.6.1830. Tesan, op. cit., p. 164
Barba, Giuseppe	From 1822 ?	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 164
Bardi (full name unknown)	1819-1834	Stonecarver	Jason with the Golden Fleece, A822	Thorvaldsen’s workshop accounts from 1819-1834
Bartolini, Ranieri	Presumably 1824-1830	Apprentice sculptor		Letters of recommendation dated 18.3.1824, 19.3.1824 and 20.3.1824.
Benaglia, Cesare	From 1832	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 165, Meleo, op. cit., p. 132
Benaglia, Francesco	From 1832; may previously have been an apprentice in 1823-1824	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 165-166, Meleo, op. cit., p. 132
Berges, Heinrich	1843	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 166
Betti, Antonio	1819, 1827-1835	Marble worker / sculptor		Thorvaldsen’s workshop accounts from 3.1.1819 and 1827-1835, Tesan, op. cit., p. 166
Bezzi, Angelo	Presumably ca. 1838	Sculptor		Letter of recommendation dated 2.5.1838, Tesan, op. cit., p. 167
Bienaimé, Angelo	Presumably 1828-1829	Sculptor		Letters dated 7.2.1828, 21.8.1828, and 29.3.1829, Tesan, op. cit., p. 167
Bienaimé, Francesco	Presumably from 1819	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 167-168
Bienaimé, Luigi	From 1819	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 168
Bienaimé, Pietro Antonio	1824-1833	Sculptor and marble seller		Tesan, op. cit., p. 169
Bisetti, Antonio	Presumably from 1834	Apprentice sculptor		Letter of recommendation dated 25.1.1834, Tesan, op. cit., p. 169
Bissen, H.W.	1824-1834	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 169-170
Bitta, Antonio della	Unknown, but presumably no earlier than 1825	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 170
Bogazzi, Ercole	1817-1823	Sculptor	Jason with the Golden Fleece, A822, Shepherd Boy, cf. A177, Adrian John Hope, A826	Thorvaldsen’s workshop accounts from 1817-1823, Tesan, op. cit., p. 170
Boggi (full name unknown)	Circa 1823	Modeler		Tesan, op. cit., p. 170
Bogliani, Giuseppe	1823-ca. 1828	Apprentice sculptor		Documents pertinent to Bogliani; Tesan, op. cit., p. 170
Bologna (full name unknown)	1824-1827	Marble carver and/or sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 170
Bonanni (full name unknown)	1827	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 171
Borup, G.	1838ff.	Sculptor	Jupiter, Minerva and Nemesis, cf. A316; also assisted with larger works and produced miniature versions of Thorvaldsen’s sculptures, including Christ, cf. A82, and Baptismal Angel Kneeling, cf. A112	Tesan, op. cit., p. 171
Brandenburg, Karl	No later than 1833	Sculptor	From 1836, a licensed reproducer of Thorvaldsen’s works	Letter of recommendation from Thorvaldsen dated 1.10.1833, contract dated 3.11.1836, Tesan, op. cit., p. 172
Johann Wilhelm Braun	1820-1824	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 172
Brumidi, Costantino	Presumably during the 1820s	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 172
Bruneri, Angelo	Circa 1825	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 172
Byström, Johan Niklas	From 1810	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 172-173
Calí, Antonio	From 1818/1819-1821	Apprentice sculptor		Letter of recommendation and supporting letter dated 22.6.1816, Thorvaldsen’s workshop accounts from 1819-1821, Tesan, op. cit., p. 173
Calí, Gennaro	From 1818/1819-1821	Apprentice sculptor		Thorvaldsen’s workshop accounts from 1819-1821, Tesan, op. cit., p. 173
Campbell, Thomas	1818-1830	Sculptor, presumably an apprentice		Tesan, op. cit., p. 174
Carlesi	1822-1835	Sculptor and modeler		Thorvaldsen’s workshop accounts from 1822-1835, Tesan, op. cit., pp. 174-175
Carluccio, Martino?	1805-1833	Sculptor	Marble copy of a classical bust of Socrates	30.8.1805
Castelli (full name unknown)	1805 and October-December 1816	Sculptor	Herman Schubart, A219. Jacoba Elisabeth Schubart, A220. Castelli may also have carved a marble copy of Jupiter Otricoli in the Pius-Clementine Museum, Vatican City, cf. L99	30.8.1805. See also Thorvaldsen’s workshop accounts from October to December 1816
Ceci, Antonio	1810-1834	Plaster caster	Cast clay models into plaster models (i.e., original models)	Not mentioned in Tesan, op. cit.
Ceptowski, Karol	1831-1832	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 175-176
Cervelli (full name unknown)	1830	Stonecarver		Tesan, op. cit., p. 176
Chialli, Giuseppe	Ca. 1828	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 176
Cicala, G.	1842-1844	Sculptor	Cupid and Hymen, presumably the marble exemplar A451	Tesan, op. cit., p. 176
Christen, Raphael	1831-1833/1834	Sculptor	Busts of Karl Viktor von Bonstetten (Christen’s own work, but carved under Thorvaldsen’s supervision)	Letter dated after 19.5. and presumably before 3.7.1831, along with Doris and Peter Walser-Wilhelm, op. cit., p. 675 and pp. 794-795
Clésinger, Auguste	1832	Apprentice sculptor		Letter from Clésinger to Thorvaldsen dated 9.6.1833, Tesan, op. cit., pp. 176-177
Cocchi (full name unknown)	The years leading up to 1819	Sculptor	Fine carving of hair on Thorvaldsen’s portrait busts, particularly his busts of women. Ganymede and Hebe, though it is currently unknown whether these works are marble versions of Ganymede with Jupiter’s Eagle, cf. A44, Ganymede with Jupiter’s Eagle, A733, Hebe, A870, or Hebe, A37	Th. v. Liebenau, op. cit., p. 38
Crawford, Thomas	1835-1836	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 177
Dante, Ercole	1825-1833	Stonecarver and sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 177-178
Drake, Friedrich	1837	Apprentice sculptor?		Tesan, op. cit., p. 178
Engelhard, Friedrich Wilhelm	1839	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 179
Felice (full name unknown, though possibly identical to Baini)	1830	Stonecarver		Tesan, op. cit., p. 179
Ferenczy, István	1819-1823	Sculptor	Alexander the Great’s Entry into Babylon, cf. A505, to Villa Carlotta on Lake Como, Nicolaus Esterházy, cf. A293	Tesan, op. cit., p. 179
Ferrari, Gioacchino	1828-1841	Stonecarver or sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 180
Fioretti, Giuliano	Before 1836	Stonecarver		Tesan, op. cit., p. 180
Fontana, Ferdinando	1824-1825	Sculptor, abozzatore		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 180-181
Fraccaroli, Innocenzo	Presumably 1829-1834	Sculptor	Cupid and Ganymede, cf. A395	Thorvaldsen’s workshop accounts from 1833, Tesan, op. cit., p. 181
Franceschi, Bernardo	Presumably 1822-1827	Stonecarver, marble merchant		Tesan, op. cit., p. 181, THM journal no. 2014-0147108
Franceschi, Francesco	Presumably 1822-1823	Modeler		Tesan, op. cit., p. 181
Freitag, Rudolf	1825-no later than 1830	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 182-183
Freund, Hermann Ernst	1819-1827	Sculptor, courier		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 183-184
Frezza (full name unknown)	Circa 1830	Stonecarver		Tesan, op. cit., p. 184
Friedrich, André	1824-1826	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 184
Funk, Friedrich	1832	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 184
Fusero, Domenico	1826-1827	Stonecarver	Jason with the Golden Fleece, A822	Tesan, op. cit., p. 184
Gabbati, Giuseppe	1843	Stonecarver	Christ at Emmaus, cf. A563	Tesan, op. cit., p. 184
Gaeti (full name unknown)	1818-1824	Stonecarver and pointer		Thorvaldsen’s workshop accounts from May 1818 to March 1824
Gaiassi, Vincenzo	Circa 1834	Graphic artist and sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 184-185
Galletti, Carlo	1824-1833	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 185
Galli, Antonio	1838-1841	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 185
Galli, Odoardo	Circa 1834	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 185-186
Galli, Pietro	Presumably 1821-1842	Sculptor and modeler; modeled miniature copies, among others	Christian 8’s Table Decoration Andrew, 1.3.1842, original model, A108	Tesan, op. cit., p. 186-187
Gaspero, M.	Circa 1830	Stonecarver		Tesan, op. cit., p. 187
Gianfredi, Francesco	1819-1840	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 187
Gibson, John	From 1822	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 187-188
Govachino	1817-1818	Sculptor or stonecarver		Workshop accounts from October 1817 until March 1818
Greenough, Horatio	1825	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 189
Guidi, Giuseppe	1831 (apprentice) 1833-1834 (assistant)	Apprentice sculptor and marble carver	Modeled the colossal clay model of Maximilian 1’s horse, cf. Maximilian 1, A128	Tesan, op. cit., p. 190
Hegel, Konstanty	Soon after 1823	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 190-191
Hermann, Joseph	Ca. 1819-1829	Apprentice sculptor and marble carver	Modeled Andrew, A95, among other works	Letter of recommendation from Thorvaldsen dated 4.11.1826, Tesan, op. cit., pp. 191-192
Hofer, Ludwig von	1823-1826, with some part-time employment until 1838	Plaster caster and Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 192
Holbech, C.F.	1841-1844	Sculptor and workshop supervisor in Thorvaldsen’s absence		Tesan, op. cit., p. 193
Imhof, Heinrich Maximilian	1824	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 194-195
Jahn, Adolph Moritz	1830-1834	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 196
Jéhotte, Louis	1827-1828	Apprentice sculptor		Letter to Thorvaldsen dated 7.3.1838. Tesan, op. cit., p. 196
Jerichau, J.A.	From 1838	Apprentice sculptor and sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 196
Kaehler, Heinrich	1826 (apprentice), 1832-1833 (assistant)	Apprentice sculptor and sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 197
Kauffmann, Ludwig	1822	Sculptor		Letter from Peter Kauffmann dated 15.7.1822, Tesan, op. cit., pp. 197-198
Kauffmann, Peter	From 1804	Sculptor	Homer, cf. A751, presumably for Theodor von der Ropp	10.3.1801, 6.8.1804, 11.8.1804, 30.8.1805
Keller, Heinrich	1803	Sculptor	Rough carving of Jason with the Golden Fleece, A822	No earlier than 23.3.1803, no later than summer 1803. Tesan, op. cit., p. 199
Kessels, Mathieu	1816-1820	Apprentice sculptor and sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 199
Kümmel, Heinrich August	1833-1836	Apprentice sculptor and sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 199-200
Laboureur, Alessandro Massimiliano	From 1825	Apprentice sculptor and sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 200-201
Landini, Camillo	Ca. 1804-1809; again in spring 1822	Sculptor	Adam Gottlob Detlef Moltke, cf. A212, Bacchus, cf. A2, Venus, cf. A12, and Caritas, cf. A598 (marble version set on the alms box in the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen)	Letters dated 30.8.1805 and 6.8.1804, and Thiele III, p. 146
Leeb, Johann	From 1817	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 201-202
Launitz, Alexander Schmidt von der	1827-1828	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 221
Launitz, Eduard Schmidt von der	1817-1831 and 1838-1839	Apprentice sculptor and sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 221-222
Launitz, Robert Schmidt von der	1826-1827	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 222
Leverotti (full name unknown)	From 1824	Stonecarver		Tesan, op. cit., p. 202
Lispi (full name unknown)	1830	stonecarver		Tesan, op. cit., p. 202
Livi (full name unknown)	1818-1822	Marble worker and/or sculptor		Thorvaldsen’s workshop accounts from 1818-1822, Tesan, op. cit., p. 202
Lotsch, Johann Christian	1830	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 202-203
Maliński, Paweł	1820-presumably 1822	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 203-204
Marchetti, Nicolò	1821-1835	Apprentice sculptor and sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 204
Marescalchi, Michelangelo	Presumably 1829-1831	Stonecarver, intagliatore	Pius 7, cf. A142	Tesan, op. cit., p. 204
Mariani (full name unknown)	1830	Stonecarver	Architecture surrounding the monument to Pius 7, cf. A142	12.6.1830, 14.12.1830, Tesan, op. cit., p. 204
Marini (full name unknown)	1829-1841	Marble worker and/or sculptor		16.1.1829, 6.8.1838-30.9.1841, Tesan, op. cit., p. 205
Masdea, Francesco	Before 1830	Unknown function		19.12.1830
Matthäi, Ernst Gottlob	Presumably starting in 1805	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 205
Matthiä, Wilhelm	From 1829	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 205-206
Mayer, Ernst	1821-1825	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 206
Meli, Giosuè	Unknown, but presumably no earlier than ca. 1825	Apprentice sculptor and sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 206
Michelangelo (full name unknown)	1818-1820	Sculptor or stonecarver		Mentioned in Thorvaldsen’s workshop accounts from 1818-1820, 16.1.1820
Michelsen, Hans	1820-25	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 207
Moccia, Antonio	1829-1830	Sculptor	Under Thorvaldsen’s supervision, produced a clay model and marble statue of the Blessed Margaret of Savoy for the city of Turin	Letters of recommendation dated 4.10.1829 and November 1830
Moglia, Antonio	1811 and evidently again in 1816-1817	Sculptor		15.9.1811, Thorvaldsen’s workshop accounts mentioning Antonio Moglia
Moglia, Lorenzo	From 1816 until his death between 1838 and 1841	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 207
Moglia, Luigi	From 1819	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 207
Moisè (full name unknown)	1824-1829	Sculptor and intagliatore		Tesan, op. cit., p. 207
Monti, Carlo	From 1814	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 207-208
Morani, Domenico	Presumably no earlier than the mid-1830s	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 208
Moreau, Nicola	1828	Marble worker and intagliatore	Work on the throne in the monument to Pius 7, jf. A142	July-October 1828, Tesan, op. cit., p. 208
Morescalchi, Pietro	Presumably 1819-1831	Marble worker specialised in ornaments		Recommandation dated Presumably after 1831, and several workshop accounts
Oechslin, Johann Jakob	1824	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 208
Orlovsky, Boris	1823-1829	Sculptor	Colossal bust of Alexander 1 (while the current location of this colossal bust is unknown, a plaster model in a smaller size, A715, as well as a marble exemplar made by Thorvaldsen himself, A883, are found today at Thorvaldsens Museum)	Letters dated 12.12.1822, 13.12.1822, and presumably from winter 1828, along with Else Kai Sass, op. cit., vol. III, pp. 86-87 (no. 119). Tesan, op. cit., p. 209
Pacetti, Giuseppe	1821-1824	Sculptor and modeler	Jude Thaddaeus, A94	July 1819-November 1821. Tesan, op. cit., pp. 209-210
Park, Patric	1831-1833	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 210
Pettrich, Ferdinand	1819-1835	Apprentice sculptor and sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 210-211
Pettrich, Franz	1803-1804	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 211-212
Pietro, M.	1830	Burnisher (lustratore)	The architecture surrounding the monument to Pius 7, cf. A142	5.6.1830. Tesan, op. cit., p. 212
Pistrucci, Camillo	Ca. 1825 and 1831	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 213
Pollet, Joseph Michel Ange	The early 1830s	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 213
Puttinati, Alessandro	From late 1827 or 1828 until 1830	Apprentice sculptor and sculptor	Shepherd Boy, A895, Alexander the Great’s Entry into Babylon, cf. A503.	12.11.1827. Tesan, op. cit., p. 214
Raggi, Giovanni Battista	Ca. 1819-1825	Stonecarver	Jason with the Golden Fleece, A822	10.8.1825. Thiele III, p. 108
Raufer, Aloys	Presumably 1819-1821	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 215
Restaldi (full name unknown)	1819	Ironsmith?	Fashioning of iron hinges in connection to repairwork on Cupid Triumphant, cf. A22, and Shepherd Boy, cf. 177	Thorvaldsen’s workshop accounts from 1819-1823: Marts 1821 – december 1822 1831: 22.10.1831
Ritchie, Alexander	Presumably 1826-1830	Apprentice sculptor		20.7.1826, 17.2.1827, Tesan, op. cit., pp. 217-218
Runge, Otto Sigismund	1827-1829	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 218
Salpini, Domenico	1829	Stonecarver		Tesan, op. cit., p. 218
Salvatierra, Valeriano	Circa 1813	Sculptor		24.8.1813, 23.9.1813, and Tesan, op. cit., p. 218
Salvatori, Carlo	Circa 1829	Marble carver and sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 219
Santarelli, Emilio	1825-1827	Apprentice sculptor		13.8.1825, 28.12.1826, 2.11.1828, and Tesan, op. cit., p. 219
Santi	1821-1823, perhaps longer	Burnisher (lustratore)		Tesan, op. cit., p. 219
Sarrocchi, Gaetano	1824	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 219
Sassi	1824	Marble carver and/or sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 219-220
Saulini, Luigi	1831	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 220
Schneider, Bernhard	Ca. 1817-1823	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 222
Schöpe, Peter	1832-1835	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 222-223
Scholl, Johann	1835-1840	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 223
Scholl, Joseph Franz	1829-1830	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 223-224
Schwanthaler, Ludwig von	1826-1827 and 1832-1834	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 224-225
Scifoni, Pietro	1831	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 225
Solari, Angelo	1826	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 226-227
Sorbi	1828	Stonecarver or sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 227
Stocchi, Achille	No later than 1830	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 228-229
Tacca, Bernardo	1818-1822	Sculptor	Dancing Girl, cf. A178	Workshop accounts from October 1818 to April 1822, Tesan, op. cit., p. 229, Thiele III, p. 161
Tanzi, Giuseppe Antonio	1830	Stonecarver		Tesan, op. cit., p. 229
Tatarkiewicz, Jakúb	1823-1828	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 229-231
Tenerani, Giuseppe	From 1821	Apprentice sculptor and sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 231-232
Tenerani, Pietro	1815-1829	Apprentice sculptor, sculptor, and temporary partner		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 232-237
Theed, William	No earlier than 1826	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 238
Trabalza, Leopoldo	1827-1829	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 238
Trentanove, Michele	No earlier than 1825-1826	Sculptor or stonecarver		Tesan, op. cit., p. 239
Vacca, Giuseppe	From 1819, and again in 1831	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 240
Vaini, Mariano	1832-1835	Apprentice sculptor and sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 240
Vannelli	1825-1826	Sculptor or stonecarver		Tesan, op. cit., p. 240
Vergè. Possibly identical to Lorenzo Vergè	1816-1819	Sculptor		Thorvaldsen’s workshop accounts from 1816-1819
Wagner, Theodor	1823-1826	Apprentice sculptor and sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 242
Weitbrecht, Georg Conrad	1828-1830	Apprentice sculptor and sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 242-243
Widnmann, Maximilian von	1836-1839	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 243-244
Wolff, Emil	From 1823 until no later than 1828	Apprentice sculptor and modeler		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 244-246
Wredow, August	From 1827	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 247
Wyatt, Richard James	Ca. 1822-1823	Apprentice sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., pp. 247-248
Zanzi	1830	Stonecarver, presumably	The architectural portion of the monument to Pius 7, cf. A142, A143, and A144	Tesan, op. cit., p. 248
Zwerger, Johann Nepomuk	1823-1825	Sculptor		Tesan, op. cit., p. 248

Unnamed, unidentified workers

Name	Period of activity	Position	Sample works	Source(s)
“… formatore …,” unidentified	Ca. 1805	A plaster caster, who may have supplied Thorvaldsen with plaster casts		30.8.1805
“… questo scultore …,” unidentified	Ca. 1805	Sculptor	This sculptor was to produce, on Thorvaldsen’s recommendation, a marble copy in “colossal size” of Jupiter Otricoli in the Pius-Clementine Museum, Vatican City, cf. L99	30.8.1805
“… quello scultore …,” an unidentified sculptor living below Georg Zoëga’s residence in Palazzo Tomati	Ca. 1805	Sculptor		30.8.1805
“… lo sposino …,” unidentified	Ca. 1805	Supplier of plaster casts to Thorvaldsen		30.8.1805

References

• Documents associated with the topic: Thorvaldsen’s Assistants
• Documents associated with the topic: Thorvaldsen’s Atrium in Rome
• Documents associated with the topic: Thorvaldsens Workshop Practice
• Documents associated with the topic: Workshop Accounts
  
  
• Kira Kofoed: Glossary of Terms in Thorvaldsen’s Workshop, The Thorvaldsens Museum Archives.
• Kira Kofoed: Thorvaldsen’s Atrium in Rome, The Thorvaldsens Museum Archives.
• Th. v. Liebenau: Oberst Carl Pfyffer von Altishofen und das Löwendenkmal in Luzern. Erinnerungsblätter zur Feier des siebenzigjährigen Bestandes der Kunstgesellschaft der Stadt Luzern, Lucerne 1889, p. 38.
• Mascia Meleo: “Francesco Benaglia (1787-1846). La biografia artistica di uno scultore neoclassico,” in: Annali (Associazione Nomentana), 2005, p. 128-141.
• Else Kai Sass: Thorvaldsens Portrætbuster, Copenhagen 1963-65, vol. I-III.
• Harald Tesan: Thorvaldsen und seine Bildhauerschule in Rom, Cologne, Weimar, and Vienna 1998.
• Thiele III, p. 125-126.
• THM journal no. 2014-0147108 (on Bernardo Franceschi).
• Doris and Peter Walser-Wilhelm (eds.): Bonstetteiana. Historisch-kritische Aufgabe der Briefkorrespondanzen Karl Viktor von Bonstettens und seine Kreises 1753-1832, Göttingen 2011, vol. XIV/2, p. 675 and 794-95.

Last updated 30.09.2018