Thorvaldsen’s “museum” opens as part of the recently renovted Antiksal at Charlottenborg.

Primary sources

• C.F. Hansen presents drawings for the renovation of the Antiques Hall to the Fellows of the Academy of Fine Arts, cf. the proceedings of the Academy dated 31.1.1827, the Danish National Archives.

• Kjøbenhavnsposten dated13.6.1828.

• C.F. Hansen presents drawings for the renovation of the Antiques Hall to the Fellows of the Academy of Fine Arts, cf. the proceedings of the Academy dated 9.7.1828, the Danish National Archives.

• Letter dated 12.4.1829 from N.C.L. Abrahams to Thorvaldsen.

• Letter dated 25.4.1829 from Hermann Ernst Freund to Thorvaldsen.

• Letter dated 4.5.1829 from Christian Horneman to Thorvaldsen.

Other references

• Bjarne Jørnæs: ‘Antiksalen på Charlottenborg’, in: Meddelelser fra Thorvaldsens Museum, 1970, p. 58.
• Related Article: Commission for the Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen
• Related Article: A Proposal to the King

Last updated 07.01.2019