4.2.1809

Sender

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sender’s Location

Rom

Recipient

Charlotte Schimmelmann

Recipient’s Location

København

Dating based on

Dateringen fremgår af udkastet.

Abstract

Thorvaldsen is grateful for the precious agraffe that he has received from Charlotte Schimmelmann through her brother Herman Schubart.

Document

Rom den 4de Februari 1809.

Naadigste Grevinde!

Ved Deres fortræffelige Broder Kammerherre de SchubartI har jeg fra Deres Excellence med sand Fornøyelse modtaget en Brystnaal med BrillanterII, hvilken

Oversættelse af dokument

Rome, February 4th 1809

Most Gracious Countess,

Through your excellent brother Schubart, chamberlain, I have from Your Excellency with true pleasure received an agraffe with brilliants, which

[Translated by Karen Husum]

General Comment

This draft exists in more finished versions, see 4.2.1809 and 4.2.1809

The draft was an answer to Charlotte Schimmelmann’s letter of 17.11.1808, with news from her in her brother Herman Schubart’s letters to Thorvaldsen of 26.12.1808 and 13.1.1809. The precious pin itself was sent to Thorvalsen separately. See the above-mentioned letter of 17.11.1808 from Schimmelmann for more about this.

Document Type

Egenhændigt udkast

Archival Reference

Håndskriftafdelingen, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Accession 2004/29, kasse 3

Thiele

Ikke omtalt hos Thiele, men tilsvarende koncepter er gengivet hos Thiele II, p. 113-14.

Subjects

Persons

Commentaries

  1. I.e. Baron Herman Schubart.

  2. This precious agraffe (i.e. a pin or a clasp for clothing) is referred to as a “trifle” in Schimmelmann’s letter of 17.11.1808 and was a manifestation of Schimmelmann’s gratitude that Thorvaldsen would accept no other payment for the baptismal font, A555,1, A555,2, A555,3, A555,4, than the cost of the materials, wages, and transport, see Thorvaldsen’s draft of 22.10.1808.
    That it was an agraffe appears from Schubart’s letter of 26.12.1808, in which he reports Schimmelmann’s reaction to Thorvaldsen’s letter of 22.10.1808. The pin is also mentioned in Schubart’s letter of 13.1.1809. See also the general comment.

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