19.8.1797 - The Thorvaldsens Museum Archives


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No. 114 of 10319

Sender	Date	Recipient
Bertel Thorvaldsen [+] Sender’s Location Rom	19.8.1797 [+] Dating based on Dateringen fremgår af brevet.	Kunstakademiet, København [+] Recipient’s Location København Information on recipient Ingen udskrift. Tilskrift: Til Det Kongelige Maler Billedhugger og Bygnings Academie
Abstract Thorvaldsen reports to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts that he arrived in Rome on March 8, 1797. He was not in time to see all the statues in the Vatican which were taken away by the French.

Sender

Date

Recipient

Bertel Thorvaldsen [+]

Sender’s Location

Rom

19.8.1797 [+]

Dating based on

Dateringen fremgår af brevet.

Kunstakademiet, København [+]

Recipient’s Location

København

Information on recipient

Ingen udskrift.
Tilskrift: Til Det Kongelige Maler Billedhugger og Bygnings Academie

Abstract

Thorvaldsen reports to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts that he arrived in Rome on March 8, 1797. He was not in time to see all the statues in the Vatican which were taken away by the French.

Underdanigst Pro Memoria

Jeg giver mig herved den Ære at melde det Kongelige Academie for Kunsterne: at ieg kom fra Neapel til Rom den 8 Martius hvor di alt havde begynt at enpakke statuerne, saa jeg ikke fik dem alle at see føren de kom bort. ieg er nu kent med de ypperlige Kunstverker som er til bage, og Arbejder, og saaledet at giøre mit ophold her saa nyttig som muelig

Rom d 19 August
1797

Underdanigst
B.Thorvaldsen

Most humble Pro Memoria.

Hereby I have the honour of informing the Academy of Fine Arts: that I came from Naples to Rome on March 8^th when they already had begun to pack up the statues so that I did not see all of them before they were sent away. I am now familiar with the excellent works of art which are left, and I work so I can make my stay here as useful as possible.

Rome, August 19^th
1797

Most humbly,
B. Thorvaldsen

[Translated by Karen Husum]

General Comment
Regarding receipt of this letter, the journal of the Academy of Fine Arts (The Danish National Archives, Rigsarkivet, Kunstakademiets arkiv, Akademiforsamlingen) reads: “From the student and sculptor Thorvaldsen a letter has arrived in which he informs the Academy that he has left Naples and arrived in Rome on March 8 this year.”
Archival Reference
Rigsarkivet, Kunstakademiets arkiv, Akademiforsamlingen, journalsager, 1797, nr. 13.
Document Type
Document, autograph
Thiele
Gengivet hos Thiele I, p. 119.
Subjects
Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Reports For · Museums and Art Collections in Rome · Journey to Italy, 1796-1797 · French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars · Thorvaldsen's Roman Birthday 8.3.

General Comment

Regarding receipt of this letter, the journal of the Academy of Fine Arts (The Danish National Archives, Rigsarkivet, Kunstakademiets arkiv, Akademiforsamlingen) reads: “From the student and sculptor Thorvaldsen a letter has arrived in which he informs the Academy that he has left Naples and arrived in Rome on March 8 this year.”

Archival Reference

Rigsarkivet, Kunstakademiets arkiv, Akademiforsamlingen, journalsager, 1797, nr. 13.

Document Type

Document, autograph

Thiele

Gengivet hos Thiele I, p. 119.

Subjects

Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Reports For · Museums and Art Collections in Rome · Journey to Italy, 1796-1797 · French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars · Thorvaldsen's Roman Birthday 8.3.