5.7.1830 - The Thorvaldsens Museum Archives


	No. 5301 of 10318

No. 5301 of 10318

Sender	Date	Recipient
Samuel Morse [+] Sender’s Location Rom Information on sender Morses romerske adresse står skrevet nederst i brevet: Via de’ Prefetti N^o. 17.	5.7.1830 [+] Dating based on Dateringen fremgår af brevet.	Bertel Thorvaldsen [+] Recipient’s Location Rom Information on recipient Ingen udskrift.
Abstract Morse informs Thorvaldsen that he is leaving for Naples but will return to Rome in September or October, at which time he wants to portay Thorvaldsen.

Sender

Date

Recipient

Samuel Morse [+]

Sender’s Location

Rom

Information on sender

Morses romerske adresse står skrevet nederst i brevet: Via de’ Prefetti N^o. 17.

5.7.1830 [+]

Dating based on

Dateringen fremgår af brevet.

Bertel Thorvaldsen [+]

Recipient’s Location

Rom

Information on recipient

Ingen udskrift.

Abstract

Morse informs Thorvaldsen that he is leaving for Naples but will return to Rome in September or October, at which time he wants to portay Thorvaldsen.

To the Cavalier Thorwaldsen,
My dear Sir,

I had hoped to have the pleasure of painting your portrait, (for which you were so good as to consent to sit,) before I left Rome for Naples, but the weather is becoming so oppressively warm, and there being a party of friends about to travel the same road, I have consented to join them, and hope to return to Rome in September or October; I, therefore, beg you will allow me, then to claim the fulfilment of your kind promise.
What a barrier, my dear Sir, is difference of language to social intercourse! I never felt the curse that befel the architects of Babel so sensibly as now, since as one of the effects of their folly I am debarred from the gratification and instruction I had promised myself in being known to you. –

With the greatest respect

July 5^th. 1830	Y. Mo. ob. serv^r.
via de’ Prefetti	Sam. F. B. Morse. –	N^o. 17.

General Comment
Morse mødte Thorvaldsen ved et middagsselskab 16.4.1831, jf. Morse, op.cit, p. 348. De to blev gode venner, og billedhuggeren lovede straks, at han ville sidde model for et portrætmaleri. Som det fremgår her, blev portrætmaleriet imidlertid først påbegyndt efter, at Morse en tid havde opholdt sig i Napoli. Helt præcist fremgår datoen af Morses dagbog, nemlig 20.9.1831, jf. Morse, op.cit, p. 400. Portrættet blev solgt, men generhvervedes senere af Morse, som forærede det til den danske kongefamilie, i hvis samlinger værket endnu befinder sig.
Archival Reference
m15 1830, nr. 105
Thiele
Ikke omtalt hos Thiele.
Other references
Samuel F. B. Morse: Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals, Boston 1914, Vol. 1, p. 348. og p. 400.
Subjects
Portraits, Depicting Thorvaldsen

General Comment

Morse mødte Thorvaldsen ved et middagsselskab 16.4.1831, jf. Morse, op.cit, p. 348. De to blev gode venner, og billedhuggeren lovede straks, at han ville sidde model for et portrætmaleri. Som det fremgår her, blev portrætmaleriet imidlertid først påbegyndt efter, at Morse en tid havde opholdt sig i Napoli. Helt præcist fremgår datoen af Morses dagbog, nemlig 20.9.1831, jf. Morse, op.cit, p. 400.
Portrættet blev solgt, men generhvervedes senere af Morse, som forærede det til den danske kongefamilie, i hvis samlinger værket endnu befinder sig.

Archival Reference

m15 1830, nr. 105

Thiele

Ikke omtalt hos Thiele.

Other references

Samuel F. B. Morse: Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals, Boston 1914, Vol. 1, p. 348. og p. 400.

Subjects

Portraits, Depicting Thorvaldsen