Correspondence between Bertel Thorvaldsen and Slotsbygningskommissionen

16.5.1807

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace informs Thorvaldsen that he will receive an adv...

6.8.1807

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Thorvaldsen acknowledges receipt of the advance payment for the works for Christiansborg Palace a...

4.2.1809

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

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

4.2.1809

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

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

4.2.1809

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

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

22.4.1809

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

Ultimo februar 1810

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

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

Ultimo februar 1810

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

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

2.3.1810

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

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

5.5.1810

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

6.2.1813

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

8.4.1813

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

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

8.4.1813

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

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

8.4.1813

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

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

6.2.1816

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

20.3.1816

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

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

27.7.1816

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

28.3.1817

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

25.5.1817

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Thorvaldsen has to postpone his trip to Denmark because he has to finish John Russell’s com...

30.5.1818

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commission asks for the four marble reliefs for Christiansborg Palace, cf. A317, A318, A319, ...

20.6.1818

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Frederik 6. commissions the Alexander Frieze and two caryatids for Christiansborg Palace.

20.6.1818

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Copy of the letter dated 20.6.1818.

1.8.1818

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Thorvaldsen is grateful for the commission for the Alexander Frieze and two caryatids for Christi...

1.8.1818

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Second draft of letter dated 1.8.1818.

1.8.1818

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Third draft of letter dated 1.8.1818.

1.8.1818

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

First draft of letter dated 1.8.1818.

21.11.1818

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

22.11.1819

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

A.W. Hauch would like to meet with Thorvaldsen and discuss some suggestions for decorating some r...

27.12.1819

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

An account of the meeting in Copenhagen on 24.11.1819, in which Thorvaldsen promised the Building...

25.5.1820

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Thorvaldsen firmly declines the proposal of the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace tha...

25.5.1820

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Thorvaldsen’s copy of the letter dated 25.5.1820, see the comments there.

28.5.1820

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Payment for works for Christiansborg Palace.

7.6.1820

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

10.1.1825

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Completed works of art for Christiansborg Palace are to be sent to Leghorn, from where the brig ...

22.11.1826

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The Building Commission for Christainsborg Palace wants to know which works will be ready to be s...

4.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

First draft letter dated 4.2.1827.

4.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Thorvaldsen writes which works will be ready to be sent to Denmark in the spring of 1827.

4.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Second draft letter dated 4.2.1827.

4.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Third and final draft letter dated 4.2.1827.

22.5.1827

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

In consequence of a royal ordinance, the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace ask Thorva...

1.12.1827

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The ship owner L.N. Hvidt has informed the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace that the...

19.1.1828

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Specification of Thorvaldsen’s expenses for storage, crates, and packing in connection with...

21.8.1832

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Frederik 6. has approved C.F. Hansen’s drawings for the great hall and two adjoining apartments o...

23.10.1832

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

A follow-up to the letter of 21.8.1832, in which the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palac...

24.11.1832

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Thorvaldsen expresses his gratitude for two letters from the Building Commission for Christiansbo...

22.2.1833

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Information that a Danish naval vessel will call at Leghorn in July 1833 in order to bring severa...

29.3.1833

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Thorvaldsen confirms receipt of the letter announcing that a naval vessel will arrive at Leghorn ...

29.3.1833

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Draft of the letter dated 29.3.1833.

7.5.1833

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The corvette Galathea under the command of Johan Wilhelm Cornelius Krieger left Copenhagen 1.5.18...

17.1.1835

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

10.2.1835

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

14.3.1835

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

8.12.1838

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

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

8.12.1838

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

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

2.2.1839

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

15.2.1840

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Thorvaldsen asks for 500 species [1,000 rix-dollars] as partial payment for the works that he is ...

1.2.1843

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

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

15.2.1843

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

23.8.1843

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

A bill for the execution of four colossal statues for Christiansborg Palace.