Documents in which Antonio Canova is mentioned
Georg Zoëga
Arveprins Frederik
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Johan David Åkerblad
Johan David Åkerblad
Åkerblad’s list of artists in Rome 1798-99.
Carl Ludwig Fernow
Omnes
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Johann Gottfried Schadow
Omnes
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Jacqueline Schubart
NN
A fragment of a letter presumably from Jacqueline Schubart, suggesting support for Thorvaldsen. T...
Herman Schubart
Frederik 6.
Schubart tries to persuade Crown Prince Frederik (6.) to commission works from Thorvaldsen for th...
Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn
Omnes
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Laurits Engelstoft
Rasmus Nyerup
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Jevdokija Ivanovna Golitsyna
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Golitsyna explains that she has written to the banker Torlonia concerning the money she owes Thor...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Herman Schubart
Thorvaldsen apologizes for his late reply and informs Schubart that he is finishing Bacchus, A2. ...
Herman Schubart
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Schubart and his wife have moved from Montenero to Pisa, where they have to spend the winter beca...
August von Kotzebue
Omnes
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Gustav Stanley
C.F.F. Stanley
Gustav Stanley sends news from Copenhagen about Christiansborg Palace and the Academy of Fine Art...
August Wilhelm Schlegel
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Omnes
Schlegel reports to Goethe on the art scene in Rome, summer 1805.The commentary to this document ...
Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Dagen
Omnes
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Arnold Wallick
Christian 8.
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Herman Schubart
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Schubart is pleased with Thorvaldsen’s appointment as professor at the Academy of Fine Arts...
Filippo Mazzei
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Mazzei contacts Thorvaldsen to clarify a misunderstanding about the size of the sculpture which t...
Gotskalk Thorvaldsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Gotskalk Thorvaldsen takes leave of his son and apologizes for his last letter. He writes that he...
Giuseppe Grandi
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Arnold Wallick
Christian 8.
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Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn
Omnes
Thorvaldsen competes with Antonio Canova for the commission for a colossal statue of Liberty to t...
C.F. Høyer
Nicolai Abildgaard
Høyer suggests that commissions for Christiansborg Palace should soon be given to Thorvaldsen bef...
Herman Schubart
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Schubart urges Thorvaldsen to come to Montenero. He is pleased that the busts of Herman Schubart,...
C.F. Høyer
Nicolai Abildgaard
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C.F. Høyer
Nicolai Abildgaard
Høyer writes that Thorvaldsen has received an instalment of 100 rix-dollars for the portrait bust...
Herman Schubart
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Schubart thanks Thorvaldsen for his birthday present, the drawing Mary with Jesus and John. He h...
C.F. Høyer
Nicolai Abildgaard
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Redaktørerne ved Dagen
Omnes
Thorvaldsen’s fame is growing; he is now mentioned in the French newspaper Le Moniteur Universel....
J.L. Lund
Carl Anton Graff
Greetings and reports from mainly the Danish-German art society in Rome.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Herman Schubart
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Adam Oehlenschläger
Omnes
The commentary for this poem is not available at the moment.
Madame de Staël
Omnes
Madame de Staël sees Thorvaldsen as the exception that confirms the rule when it comes to the abi...
Christian Daniel Rauch
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Friederike Brun
Bertel Thorvaldsen
A list of the objects that Friederike Brun leaves in storage with Thorvaldsen.
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Caroline von Humboldt
Humboldt has just opened a letter from Friedrich Wilhelm 3., who asks him to obtain sketches (dra...
Christian Daniel Rauch
Caroline von Humboldt
Rauch writes that Thorvaldsen has finished Cupid Holding a Butterfly to Hurt it with an Arrow and...
Christian Daniel Rauch
Caroline von Humboldt
Rauch writes about the choice of marble. He finds it offensive that Thorvaldsen publishes his wor...
Christian Daniel Rauch
Caroline von Humboldt
Rauch writes that Wilhelm Schadow and Gottlieb Schick have left Rome. Rudolf Schadow is ill and r...
Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung
Omnes
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Herman Schubart
Christian 8.
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Herman Schubart
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Schubart sends a picture as a model for the portrait bust of Henrik Hielmstierne, cf. A210. Agnet...
Peder Malling
Christian 8.
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C.W. Eckersberg
J.F. Clemens
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Tønnes Christian Bruun de Neergaard
Omnes
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Friedrich Karl Ludwig Sickler
Omnes
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Roms præfekt
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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C.W. Eckersberg
J.F. Clemens
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C.W. Eckersberg
J.F. Clemens
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Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Athene, Rasmus Emil Bruun
Christian Molbech, NN
The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.
Franziska Caspers
Charlotte Thierry
Caspers had originally obtained a seat in a coach to go and visit her mother, but to her great an...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Humboldt calls Thorvaldsen’s frieze Alexander the Great’s Entry into Babylon “the most perf...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Humboldt praises Thorvaldsen for his hard work and creativity in the execution of Alexander the G...
Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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NN
NN
In the report of the state of the arts in Italy in 1813-15, Thorvaldsen is awarded the leading po...
Accademia di San Luca
Omnes
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Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom
Erik Gustaf Geijer
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Herman Schubart
Christian 8.
Schubart assures the concerned Christian Frederik that the Alexander Frieze for Frederik 6.’s new...
Redaktørerne ved Mährisch-Ständische Brünner Zeitung
Omnes
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Vincenz Rüttimann
Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen
Thorvaldsen has not yet made the promised draft of the monument to the fallen Swiss Guards, cf. D...
Richard Bingham
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Christian 8.
Christian 8.
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Redaktørerne ved Oesterreichischer Beobachter
Omnes
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John Parker
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Luigi Basiletti
Paolo Tosio
Basiletti sends some engravings to Tosio, among them reproductions of works by Canova and Thorval...
Vincenz Rüttimann
Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen
Rüttimann informs Pfyffer von Altishofen that Heinrich Keller has spoken with Thorvaldsen about t...
Redaktørerne ved Janus
Omnes
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Peder Brønnum Scavenius
Peder Brønnum Scavenius
Scavenius and Brøndsted called on Thorvaldsen, but they did not speak to him as he was busy worki...
Clemens Metternich
Eleonore von Kaunitz
Metternich is sightseeing in Rome and visits Thorvaldsen’s and Canova’s workshops. Canova reminds...
Franz Grillparzer
Omnes
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Peder Brønnum Scavenius
Peder Brønnum Scavenius
Scavenius visited Canova’s workshop. He criticises a number of his works and compares him unfavou...
Heinrich Keller
Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen
Keller writes that the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, is much admired. He is ...
Redaktørerne ved Leipziger Zeitung
Omnes
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Peder Brønnum Scavenius
Peder Brønnum Scavenius
Dinner at Scavenius’ house, where Thorvaldsen talked about Canova’s equestrian statue of Charles ...
Redaktørerne ved Wiener Zeitung
Omnes
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P.O. Brøndsted
Holger Halling Aagaard
Brøndsted writes about his Roman friends and about Thorvaldsen in particular. He is happy that Th...
Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Gazzetta di Milano
Omnes
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Heinrich Keller
Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen
Keller reports that the small model for the monument to the Swiss guards in Lucerne, cf. Dying Li...
Redaktørerne ved Lemberger Zeitung
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Fyens Stiftstidende
Omnes
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M.F. Liebenberg, Adam Oehlenschläger, Knud Lyne Rahbek
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Adam Oehlenschläger
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The commentary for this song is not available at the moment.
Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn
Omnes
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John Gibson
John Crouchley
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Christian 8.
Christian 8.
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James Elmes
Omnes
A description of the sculpture gallery at Woburn Abbey, including three works by Thorvaldsen, Pri...
Christian 8.
Christian 8.
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Christian Molbech
Omnes
Molbech’s account of his visit to Rome, in which he compares Thorvaldsen and Canova and describes...
Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
A notice about the collection of sculptures at Woburn Abbey with, among other works, Canova’s The...
Christian 8.
Christian 8.
Visits Canova’s workshop and comments on the sculptor’s works. Then he visits Thorvaldsen’s works...
Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom
Erik Gustaf Geijer
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Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt, Ludwig Schorn
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt, Ludwig Schorn
Omnes
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Franziska Caspers
Charlotte Thierry
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound
The Earl of Minto describes a visit to Thorvaldsen’s and Canova’s workshops and compa...
Jørgen Knudtzon
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Josef von Hormayr
Omnes
A description of the sculpture gallery in Prince Nicolaus Esterházy’s art collection in Vie...
Accademia di Belle Arti, Perugia
Accademia di Belle Arti, Perugia
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Girolamo Scaccia
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
G. Piccolomini
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Girolamo Scaccia
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Giovanni Battista Sommariva
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Sommarive has heard about the accidental shot that has wounded Thorvaldsen. In Florence, he has t...
Redaktørerne ved Le Moniteur Universel
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung
Omnes
The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.
Giovanni Battista Sommariva
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Karl August Böttiger
Omnes
The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.
Joseph Saunders
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn
Omnes
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Friederike Brun
Bertel Thorvaldsen
On Frances Mackenzie’s behalf, Brun asks Thorvaldsen to return her letters. Brun refers to her ar...
Hans Henrik Gunnerus
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Gunnerus informs Thorvaldsen that he has handed over his deed of gift of 24.5.1822 and the owners...
Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Nyt Aftenblad
Omnes
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1.2.1825 and mid-February 1825
Redaktørerne ved Hesperus, NN
Omnes
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Johan Frederik Bardenfleth
Bertel Thorvaldsen
A greeting from the Danish West Indies, where Governor Bardenfleth (worn out by official duties) ...
Carsten Hauch
Omnes
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H.F.J. Estrup
Ordenskapitlet, København
The historian Estrup’s biography of Thorvaldsen for the Chapter of the Royal Orders of Chiv...
Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Børge Thorlacius
Johan Gunder Adler
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Democrito Gandolfi
Rodolfo Vantini
Gandolfi describes an accident regarding a marble version of the sculpture Cupid with the Lyre, e...
Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten, Friedrich von Raumer
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
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Rembrandt Peale
Omnes
Peale describes his impression of Thorvaldsen, his works, and his studio practice. He is critical...
Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Dansk Litteratur-Tidende
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Dagen
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
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Friederike Brun
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Brun is suffering, she has no hope of recovery and wants to die, but she looks forward to seeing ...
Karl Grüneisen, Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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H.C. Andersen
H.C. Andersen
H.C. Andersen describes his visit to the marble quarries at Carrara.
H.C. Andersen
H.C. Andersen
Andersen has visited St. Peter’s Basilica, where he saw Thorvaldsen’s monument to Pius 7., cf. A1...
Sala Alessandro
Omnes
In his guide to works of art in the town of Brescia, Alessandro Sala mentions Thorvaldsen’s...
Redaktørerne ved Wiener Zeitschrift
Omnes
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H.C. Andersen
H.C. Andersen
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Bernhard von Beskow
Omnes
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Pierre-Jean David d'Angers
Omnes
D’Angers has visited the Glyptothek in Munich, which he finds beautiful, simple, and well arrange...
Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Fyens Stiftstidende
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Dagen, NN
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Dagen, NN
Omnes
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Wilhelm Fredric A. Dalman
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Nyt Magasin for Natur og Menneskekundskab
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 3rd part of 60 in all.
H.C. Andersen
H.C. Andersen
The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.
Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 45th part of 60 in all.
Gustav Gardthausen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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N.L. Høyen
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung
Omnes
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Pierre-Jean David d'Angers
Omnes
An assessment of Thorvaldsen’s art on the occasion of his recent death. D’Angers writes that, as ...
Redaktørerne ved Dansk Ugeskrift, N.L. Høyen
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Ny Portefeuille, J.C. Schythe
Omnes
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H.C. Andersen
Omnes
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NN
Omnes
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B.S. Ingemann
Just Mathias Thiele
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Francesco Hayez
Omnes
Two passages from the famous Italian painter Francesco Hayez’s autobiography, in which Thor...
Wilhelm August Rudolf Lehmann
Omnes
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