3.2.1818 - The Thorvaldsens Museum Archives


	No. 1837 of 10319

No. 1837 of 10319

Sender	Date	Recipient
Spiridion Naranzi [+] Sender’s Location Venedig Information on sender Poststemplet: REGNO LOMBARDO VENETO, 9 FEV[xxx] samt VENEZIA	3.2.1818 [+] Dating based on Dateringen fremgår af brevet.	Bertel Thorvaldsen [+] Recipient’s Location Rom Information on recipient Udskrift: Al Chiarissimo / S:^r Alberto Thorvaldson / Professore di / Scultura / in Roma.
Abstract Naranzi has apparently received a letter from Thorvaldsen which has crossed his own letter to the sculptor. He hopes that Thorvaldsen has received both his letter, a drawing which is to serve as a model for the commssioned relief, cf. Minerva, Truth and Lie, A600, and the promised cast of a bust of Thomas Maitland, cf. G342. He asks for a receipt for the withdrawal of 250 sequins from the banker Torlonia.

Sender

Date

Recipient

Spiridion Naranzi [+]

Sender’s Location

Venedig

Information on sender

Poststemplet: REGNO LOMBARDO VENETO, 9 FEV[xxx] samt VENEZIA

3.2.1818 [+]

Dating based on

Dateringen fremgår af brevet.

Bertel Thorvaldsen [+]

Recipient’s Location

Rom

Information on recipient

Udskrift: Al Chiarissimo / S:^r Alberto Thorvaldson / Professore di / Scultura / in Roma.

Abstract

Naranzi has apparently received a letter from Thorvaldsen which has crossed his own letter to the sculptor. He hopes that Thorvaldsen has received both his letter, a drawing which is to serve as a model for the commssioned relief, cf. Minerva, Truth and Lie, A600, and the promised cast of a bust of Thomas Maitland, cf. G342. He asks for a receipt for the withdrawal of 250 sequins from the banker Torlonia.

Ven’.^a li 3. Feb:^o 1818

Chiaris:^o S:^r Proffessore

In replica alla cara sua del 28. dello scorso Gen:^o, voglio sperare che Lei si trovi di già in possesso del pachetto che le hò inoltrato per consegna; ed inoltre del Calco che per mezzo delli Sg:^ri Fr[a]tt[ell]i Buratti di Bologna le hò spedito ben condizionato in una Casetta.
La mia Lettera per Consegna le portava anco il dissegno del bassorilievo, ed ogni altro schiarimento a quello relativo. Sento con piacere che Lei abbia incassati li Zechⁱ: 250 che le hò rimessi sopra Torlonia, e quindi col desiderio di un suo riscontro accolga S:^r Proff:^e le proteste della sentita mia stima.

de^o Serv:^e

S. Naranzi.

General Comment
Thorvaldsen udførte modellerne til et monument over den britiske generalguvernør Thomas Maitland i 1818. Dette brev er en del af korrespondancen vedr. monumentet, se evt. hele korrespondancen her. Monumentet bestod af en portrætbuste i bronze af Maitland, jf. A258, og bronzerelieffet Minerva, sandheden og løgnen, jf. A600, opsat på en høj marmorsokkel. Monumentet blev opstillet på øen Zante i 1820. Læs mere om bestillingen i referenceartiklen om sagen.
Archival Reference
m5 1818, nr. 10
Thiele
Bestillingen omtalt Thiele II, p. 318-319, samt p. 382-384.
Other references
Else Kai Sass: Thorvaldsens Portrætbuster, København 1963-65, vol. I, p. 417 (Sass skriver dog fejlagtigt, at Thorvaldsen i sit brev af 28.1.1818, har bekræftet modtagelsen af de 250 zecchiner, men det kan ikke være tilfældet, jf. Naranzis ønske om en kvittering ovenfor).
Subjects
Commission for the Monument of Thomas Maitland · Plaster Casts, Other · Monuments, Comtemporary Figures · Portrait Busts, Contemporary Persons · Reliefs, Allegories · Reliefs, Classical Mythology · Sculptures by Other Artists · Reply from Thorvaldsen Requested · Thorvaldsen's Works, Payment · Thorvaldsen's Works, Models · Thorvaldsen's Works, not at Thorvaldsens Museum
Persons
Thomas Maitland · Giovanni Raimondo Torlonia
Works

General Comment

Thorvaldsen udførte modellerne til et monument over den britiske generalguvernør Thomas Maitland i 1818. Dette brev er en del af korrespondancen vedr. monumentet, se evt. hele korrespondancen her.
Monumentet bestod af en portrætbuste i bronze af Maitland, jf. A258, og bronzerelieffet Minerva, sandheden og løgnen, jf. A600, opsat på en høj marmorsokkel. Monumentet blev opstillet på øen Zante i 1820. Læs mere om bestillingen i referenceartiklen om sagen.

Archival Reference

m5 1818, nr. 10

Thiele

Bestillingen omtalt Thiele II, p. 318-319, samt p. 382-384.

Other references

Else Kai Sass: Thorvaldsens Portrætbuster, København 1963-65, vol. I, p. 417 (Sass skriver dog fejlagtigt, at Thorvaldsen i sit brev af 28.1.1818, har bekræftet modtagelsen af de 250 zecchiner, men det kan ikke være tilfældet, jf. Naranzis ønske om en kvittering ovenfor).

Subjects

Commission for the Monument of Thomas Maitland · Plaster Casts, Other · Monuments, Comtemporary Figures · Portrait Busts, Contemporary Persons · Reliefs, Allegories · Reliefs, Classical Mythology · Sculptures by Other Artists · Reply from Thorvaldsen Requested · Thorvaldsen's Works, Payment · Thorvaldsen's Works, Models · Thorvaldsen's Works, not at Thorvaldsens Museum

Persons

Thomas Maitland · Giovanni Raimondo Torlonia

Works