Documents in which Kunstakademiet, København is mentioned
Johan Hendrich Bärens
Omnes
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Gotskalk Thorvaldsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Thanking his son for his letter, Thorvaldsen’s father writes about the hard winter, his work, and...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Nicolai Abildgaard
Thorvaldsen thanks Abildgaard for his support. He tells him that many of the Roman art collection...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Nicolai Abildgaard
Thorvaldsen reports that the transportation of two crates with artworks bound for the Royal Danis...
Georg Zoëga
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Georg Zoëga attests to the authorities that Bertel Thorvaldsen is a Danish sculptor, supported by...
J.C. Ulrich
Bertel Thorvaldsen
In continuation of his earlier letters, Ulrich reports that he is not able to redeem Thorvaldsen’...
Gotskalk Thorvaldsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Gotskalk Thorvaldsen is happy to have received a letter from Thorvaldsen as rumours in Copenhagen...
C.F.F. Stanley
Herman Schubart
Stanley thanks Schubart for recommending him to people in Denmark. He feels almost cured after tw...
Gustav Stanley
C.F.F. Stanley
Gustav Stanley sends news from Copenhagen about Christiansborg Palace and the Academy of Fine Art...
Christian 7.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christian 7. appoints Thorvaldsen professor of sculpture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts...
Herman Schubart
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Schubart has read in a newspaper that Thorvaldsen has been appointed professor at the Academy of ...
Herman Schubart
C.F.F. Stanley
Schubart thanks Stanley for his letter and asks him to tell Thorvaldsen that he will soon receive...
C.F.F. Stanley
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Stanley teases Thorvaldsen because he has not heard from him for a long time, but suddenly a lett...
Herman Schubart
C.F.F. Stanley
Schubart has made some emendations in Stanley’s letter to the Academy of Fine Arts in Copen...
Herman Schubart
C.F.F. Stanley
Schubart writes that he has forwarded Stanley’s letter to the Academy of Fine Arts in Copen...
Herman Schubart
Nicolai Abildgaard
Schubart tells Abildgaard about C.F.F. Stanley’s death. He encloses Henrik Vilhelm Lundbye&...
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Omnes
Thorvaldsen competes with Antonio Canova for the commission for a colossal statue of Liberty to t...
C.F. Høyer
Nicolai Abildgaard
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Bertel Thorvaldsen
Herman Schubart
Thorvaldsen apologizes for his long silence, blaming his poor ability to write letters. He has so...
Christian 8.
Hans West
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Christian 8.
Hans West
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Hans West
Bertel Thorvaldsen
West writes about political and economic conditions in Denmark and the rest of Europe. He describ...
Herman Schubart
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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J.L. Lund
Bertel Thorvaldsen
An attempt to persuade Thorvaldsen to visit Denmark. Information about life at home and greetings...
Peder Malling
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...
Herman Schubart
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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C.W. Eckersberg
J.F. Clemens
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Lauritz Kruse
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Kruse encloses the prospectus in which the Danish population is invited to contribute to the acqu...
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
For a long time, the Academy of Fine Arts has wished to possess plaster casts of Thorvaldsen’s wo...
Peder Friis
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Peder Friis, a friend of Thorvaldsen’s youth, sends a greeting to Thorvaldsen. His son, Frederik ...
Herman Schubart
Christian 8.
Schubart assures the concerned Christian Frederik that the Alexander Frieze for Frederik 6.’s new...
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The commission asks for the four marble reliefs for Christiansborg Palace, cf. A317, A318, A319, ...
Jørgen Koch
Kunstakademiet, København
Koch is pleased to have met P.O. Brøndsted in Rome. Thorvaldsen will soon start his journey to De...
Christian 8.
Christian 8.
Has given up the thought of interrupting his Grand Tour in order to go to Denmark and meet Thorva...
Christian 8.
C.F. Hansen
Christian Frederik has considered to interrupt his grand tour of Europe temporarily in order to g...
Hermann Ernst Freund
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Freund tells Thorvaldsen about the progress of work in the workshop in Rome. He mentions the work...
Christian 8.
Christian 8.
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Slotsbygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
An account of the meeting in Copenhagen on 24.11.1819, in which Thorvaldsen promised the Building...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Frederik 6.
Thorvaldsen suggests a drastic restructuring and relocation of the Royal Collection of Paintings,...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Thorvaldsen firmly declines the proposal of the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace tha...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Thorvaldsen’s copy of the letter dated 25.5.1820, see the comments there.
Rasmus Bruun Bojesen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Peder Horrebow Haste
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Haste regrets that he is unable to write a poem to express his love for Thorvaldsen, the man. He ...
Jørgen Koch
Johan Gunder Adler
Thorvaldsen intends to travel via Poland to Italy in the company of the Danish architect Simon Ch...
Christian 8.
Christian 8.
Visits Thorvaldsen, who gets the idea of enlarging his professorial residence at the Academy of F...
Christian 8.
C.F. Hansen
The Prince has passed on C.F. Hansen’s proposal for work that Hermann Ernst Freund can execute fo...
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Describes the inauguration of the monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, in Lucerne, w...
J.L. Lund
Bertel Thorvaldsen
J.L. Lund is going to send one of his paintings to Thorvaldsen. He encloses a letter from Øllegaa...
J.L. Lund
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The letter is a repetition of the letter dated 21.7.1822, which Thorvaldsen has not answered. Lun...
P.O. Brøndsted
Holger Halling Aagaard
Brøndsted complains about having been assigned the “less than amusing” task for Christian (8.) Fr...
Johan Gunder Adler
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Ernst Schimmelmann, Udenrigsdepartementet, København
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Frederik VI has ordered the brig St. Croix to go to the Mediterranean on its way back from the Da...
Johan Gunder Adler
Hermann Ernst Freund
Freund is put in charge of the packing of those of Thorvaldsen’s artworks which are to be ...
Christian 8.
Just Mathias Thiele
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Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christian (8.) Frederik sends a list of those of Thorvaldsen’s artworks that he wants to be...
Hermann Ernst Freund
Bertel Thorvaldsen
List of those of Thorvaldsen’s artworks which were put on board the brig St. Croix in order...
Johan Gunder Adler
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Most of Thorvaldsen’s artworks have arrived safely in Copenhagen though some of the plaster...
H.F.J. Estrup
Ordenskapitlet, København
The historian Estrup’s biography of Thorvaldsen for the Chapter of the Royal Orders of Chiv...
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christian (8.) Frederik wants to know which of Thorvaldsen’s works wil be sent home in the ...
Johan Gunder Adler
Hermann Ernst Freund
The Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen wants more casts of Thorvaldsen’s works.
Johan Gunder Adler
Hermann Ernst Freund
Freund is informed that the frigate which was to transport several of Thorvaldsen’s works t...
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The letter expresses dissatisfaction with the number of works for the Church of Our Lady and Chri...
J.C. Ulrich
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Report on the estimated arrival of the merchant ship Therese at Leghorn.
Johan Gunder Adler
Hermann Ernst Freund
The merchant ship Therese arrived in Tunis on 28.10.1827 and may soon be expected at Leghorn. As ...
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Omnes
Concerning the lading at Leghorn of Thorvaldsen’s artworks for the Academy of Fine Arts and...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Specification of Thorvaldsen’s expenses for storage, crates, and packing in connection with...
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Omnes
Thorvaldsen’s marble reliefs for the facade of Christiansborg Palace will now be cast in plaster ...
N.C.L. Abrahams
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Abrahams makes sarcastic remarks about the lack of real news from Copenhagen; the marriage betwee...
Christian Horneman
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Hornemann reports the latest gossip from the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and about their m...
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Omnes
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Omnes
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C.F. Hansen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Clarification of circumstances relating to the commissions for Christiansborg Palace and the Chur...
C.F. Hansen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Hansen hopes to see Thorvaldsen and his works for Christiansborg Palace and the Church of Our Lad...
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Omnes
The King has given orders to prepare the corvette Galathea to sail to Leghorn in the spring of 18...
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The corvette Galathea will arrive at Leghorn around 1.7.1833, and Thorvaldsen is asked to have th...
Danske Kancelli, Frederik 6.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Frederik 6. grants Thorvaldsen permission to adopt his daughter Elisa so that she gets the same r...
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Thorvaldsen has been unanimously elected director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, and ...
Redaktørerne ved Dagen
Omnes
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Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christian 8.
An accident with the marble for the portrait statue of Caroline Amalie makes it impossible for Th...
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christian (8.) Frederik is looking forward to seeing Thorvaldsen again in Copenhagen in the autum...
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Omnes
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Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.F. Hansen
Thorvaldsen thanks Hansen for his letters in which he mentions the pleasure, expressed by many pe...
Christian 8.
C.F. Hansen
Thorvaldsen should only send plaster casts to the Academy of Fine Arts and not works in marble un...
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Omnes
A list of the artworks by Thorvaldsen that have come to Copenhagen with the corvette Galathea.
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Thorvaldsen has been awarded the Silver Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog, and Christian Freder...
H.C. Andersen
H.C. Andersen
Andersen describes Pope Leo XII’s visit to Thorvaldsen’s workshops in Piazza Barberini on St. Luk...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Just Mathias Thiele
Thorvaldsen acknowledges receipt of the report on the arrival of his works of art in Copenhagen w...
Just Mathias Thiele
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The three works that had been delivered to the Church of Our Lady even though they belonged to Th...
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Omnes
The art lovers of Copenhagen are told what the reasons are why it has not yet been possible to ex...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christian 8.
By mistake, the Roman postal services have delayed delivery of some of Thorvaldsen’s letters. The...
Bernhard von Beskow
Omnes
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Hermann Ernst Freund
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Elisa Paulsen’s dowry has been arranged through Jonas Collin. Among Thorvaldsen’s artworks transp...
Redaktørerne ved Dagen, Peder Malling
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Dagen
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Dansk Kunstblad
Omnes
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Pauline Horneman
Christian Horneman
A whimsical stanza, written by Pauline Horneman in her father’s, Christian Horneman’s...
Pauline Horneman
Christian Horneman
A whimsical stanza, written by Pauline Horneman in her father’s, Christian Horneman’s...
Jonas Collin
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Omnes
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Just Mathias Thiele
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Redaktørerne ved Aftonbladet
Omnes
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Frederik 6.
Omnes
Royal confirmation of Thorvaldsen’s deed of gift and testament dated 5.12.1838.
Johan Bravo
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Det Kongelige Overhoffmarchalat
Bertel Thorvaldsen
An envelope addressed to Thorvaldsen. The letter itself, in which Thorvaldsen is invited to atten...
Christian 8.
Just Mathias Thiele
Has asked Thorvaldsen not to go to Rome this autumn. If he insists, the sculptor Wilhelm Matthiä,...
Just Mathias Thiele
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Thiele writes about H.W. Bissen’s appointment as professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenha...
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Omnes
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Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 45th part of 60 in all.
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Wishes to see Thorvaldsen’s collection of paintings at Charlottenborg in connection with th...
Christian 8.
Christian 8.
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Omnes
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