Correspondence between Bertel Thorvaldsen and Giovanni Battista Sommariva

1.1.1818

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Contract between Thorvaldsen and G.B. Sommariva regarding the marble version of the frieze Alexan...

1.1.1818

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Copy of the contract between Thorvaldsen and G.B. Sommariva concerning the marble version of the ...

2.1.1818 - 17.12.1825

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

List of Sommariva’s payments to Thorvaldsen for the marble version of Alexander the Great’s Entr...

Antagelig 6.2.1818

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sommariva misses hearing news from Thorvaldsen and asks about the progress of the marble version ...

31.3.1818

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sommariva writes about his travels and the obstacles along the way that have delayed his return t...

15.6.1818

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sommariva writes to Thorvaldsen because he fears that his previous letter has been lost. He asks ...

19.7.1818

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sommariva has heard that the lapidary Girometti is working on his portrait in cameo. He deeply re...

3.9.1818

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sommariva is pleased that Thorvaldsen is with their mutual friend Herman Schubart, and that he ta...

25.10.1818

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sommariva has arrived in Italy. He has read in the French press that Frederik 6. has commissioned...

1.4.1819

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sommariva writes that unfortunately he has had to give up his plans to go to Rome. He is proud of...

9.4.1819

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

A few days after his previous letter, Sommariva writes to Thorvaldsen again on behalf of the Appi...

30.12.1820

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sommariva has heard that Thorvaldsen has returned to Rome after his trip to Denmark and congratul...

31.1.1821

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sommariva has received the first reproductions in cameo of the frieze Alexander the Great’s Entry...

16.5.1821

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sommariva regrets that he has not been able to respond to Thorvaldsen’s letter dated April 11 bec...

20.6.1821

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Christian (8.) Frederik and Caroline Amalie have visited Sommariva’s villa by Lake Como. Th...

13.12.1821

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sommariva writes to Thorvaldsen from Paris, where he has met Christian (8.) Frederik. They have h...

3.2.1822

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sommariva reminds Thorvaldsen to send the marble busts of Christian (8.) Frederik and Caroline Am...

9.2.1822

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sommariva asks Thorvaldsen to send the busts of Christian (8.) Frederik and Caroline Amalie, cf. ...

28.4.1822

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sommariva thanks Thorvaldsen for having sent the portrait busts of Christian (8.) Frederik and Ca...

2.4.1823

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sommarive has heard about the accidental shot that has wounded Thorvaldsen. In Florence, he has t...

9.5.1823

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

5.6.1823

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

6.6.1823

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

11.7.1823

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

14.11.1823

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

30.11.1823

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

24.2.1824

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

25.5.1824

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

23.6.1824

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

17.7.1824

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

23.8.1824

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

12.9.1824

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

6.10.1824

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

15.10.1824

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

19.11.1824

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

8.1.1825

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

12.3.1825

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

19.3.1825

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

9.4.1825

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

18.5.1825

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The room in which the frieze Alexander the Great’s Entry into Babylon, cf. A505, is to be put up ...

11.6.1825

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sommariva has received a letter from de Sanctis stating that a large part of the frieze Alexander...

5.8.1825

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sommariva is pleased that the frieze Alexander the Great’s Entry into Babylon, cf. A505, will be ...

30.12.1825

Giovanni Battista Sommariva

Bertel Thorvaldsen

This will be Sommariva’s last letter to Thorvaldsen. He writes that he has been seriously i...