23.8.1843

Sender

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sender’s Location

København

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Recipient

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Recipient’s Location

København

Information on recipient

Tilskrift: Til den Kongelige Slotsbygnings Commission

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Abstract

A bill for the execution of four colossal statues for Christiansborg Palace.

Document

Til at bestride de Udgifter, som forefalde med Udførelsen af Statuerne^I til Portalet paa Christiansborg Slot, udbeder jeg mig anviist en Summa af 2000^rbdII.

Kiøbenhavn, d. 23 Aug 1843
ærbødigst

Albert Thorvaldsen

Indbenævnte To Tusende Rbd. Sedler anviste d. 25. og betalte d. 26: aug. 1843

Oversættelse af dokument

To defray the expenses in connection with the execution of the statues for the portal at Christiansborg Palace I beg to have assigned a sum of 2,000 rbd.

Copenhagen, August 23^rd 1843
Yours faithfully

Albert Thorvaldsen

The mentioned two thousand Rbd notes assigned August the 25^th and paid August the 26^th 1843.

[Translated by Karen Husum]

Document Type

Amanuensis

Jonas Collin

Archival Reference

Subjects

• Commission for Christiansborg
• Bills from Thorvaldsen

Works

	Herkules, august 1843 - november 1843, inv.nr. A14
	Minerva, 1843, inv.nr. A17
	Nemesis, 1843, inv.nr. A19
	Æskulap, 1843, inv.nr. A20

Commentaries

1. I.e. Thorvaldsen’s personifications of Strength, Health, Justice, and Wisdom, four colossal statues, which were originally placed in niches in the portal of the then Christiansborg Palace, and which are now in Prins Jørgens Gård:

   • Hercules, bronze, 1843, Christiansborg Palace, cf. A14.
   • Aesculapius, bronze, 1843, Christiansborg Palace, cf. A20.
   • Nemesis, bronze, 1843, Christiansborg Palace, cf. A19.
   • Minerva, bronze, 1843, Christiansborg Palace, cf. A17.

2. I.e. rix-dollars, cf. the article Monetary Units.

Last updated 02.09.2016