26.5.1806 - The Thorvaldsens Museum Archives


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No. 544 of 10319

Sender	Date	Recipient
Bertel Thorvaldsen [+] Sender’s Location Rom	26.5.1806 [+] Dating based on Dateringen fremgår af kontrakten.	Johan Christian August Bielke [+] Recipient’s Location Rom
Abstract The commentary for this contract is not available at the moment.

Sender

Date

Recipient

Bertel Thorvaldsen [+]

Sender’s Location

Rom

26.5.1806 [+]

Dating based on

Dateringen fremgår af kontrakten.

Johan Christian August Bielke [+]

Recipient’s Location

Rom

Abstract

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

Jeg underskreven forpligter mig herved til H^r. Kammerjunker Bielke at udarbeide en figur af Beste Sort Cararisk marmor af sex til syv Romerske Palmer Høide, forestillende Gudinden Hebe, og at fuldende dette Arbeide i et Aars forløb efter datum nærverende, imod at benaente H^r. Kammerjunkr i tre Terminer udbetaler mig scudi sexhundrede Romani, nemlig 200 forud, 200 efter sex maaneder forløb, og 200 naar Arbejdet er ferdig.

d. 26^de May 1806.

Bertel Thorvaldsen

[verso:]

Imodtaget tohundrede scudi Romani som første Termin

Bertel Thorvaldsen

I the undersigned hereby undertake to Mr Bielke, Groom in Waiting, to complete a figure of the best quality Carrara marble to the height of seven Roman palms representing the goddess Hebe and to finish the work after a year from the present date in return for the abovementioned Sir’s pay on three dates of six hundred Roman Scudi namely 200 in advance, 200 after six months and 200 when the work has been finished.

May 26^th 1806.

Bertel Thorvaldsen

[verso:]

Received two hundred Roman Scudi as first date.

Bertel Thorvaldsen

[Translated by Karen Husum]

Archival Reference
m27, nr. 2
Document Type
Document, autograph
Thiele
Ikke omtalt hos Thiele.
Subjects
Otto Reedtz-Thott's Commission of Hebe 1806 · Statues, Classical Mythology · Thorvaldsen's Works, Payment in Instalments · Thorvaldsen's Works, Contracts
Works

Archival Reference

m27, nr. 2

Document Type

Document, autograph

Thiele

Ikke omtalt hos Thiele.

Subjects

Otto Reedtz-Thott's Commission of Hebe 1806 · Statues, Classical Mythology · Thorvaldsen's Works, Payment in Instalments · Thorvaldsen's Works, Contracts

Works