17.12.1842

Sender

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sender’s Location

Rom

Information on sender

Poststempler: DIREZIONE [X] ROMA / 17 [DEC] 42

Recipient

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient’s Location

Rom

Information on recipient

Udskrift: Monsieur le Conseiller de Conference / Albert de Thorwaldsen / Grand

Dating based on

Dateringen fremgår af brevet.

Abstract

Small fragment of a stamped letter on which Thorvaldsen has made some notes in pencil.

Document

Venus Amor blesert af
BienI, Ferdig Hol]beckII
Hebe og H[ercules]III
[M]inerve og
[Pr]ometeus som staaerIV

Oversættelse af dokument

Venus Cupid wounded by the bee, Finished Holbeck
Hebe and Hercules
Minerva and
Prometheus who stand


[Translated by Karen Husum]

Document Type

Egenhændigt udkast

Archival Reference

m35 IV, nr. 19

Thiele

Ikke omtalt hos Thiele.

Subjects

Persons

Works

A418 Amor klager til Venus over et bistik, Tidligst 1809, inv.nr. A418
A780 Amor klager til Venus over et bistik, Tidligst 1809 - Senest 19. juli 1811, inv.nr. A780
A317 Hebe skænker Herkules udødelighedens drik, Antagelig november 1808, inv.nr. A317
A319 Minerva giver sjæl til menneske skabt af Prometheus, 1807 - 1808, inv.nr. A319

Commentaries

  1. Cupid Complains to Venus about a Bee Sting, cf. A780 or A418.

    The subject is taken from an anacreotic verse which describes how, one day, Cupid is stung by a bee as he is going to pick a rose, but when he runs to his mother Venus and cries, she just asks him: “ If the bee’s sting hurts you so much, how much do you think those who are hit by your arrows suffer?”

  2. Probably the Danish sculptor C.F. Holbech.

  3. Hercules and Hebe, cf. A317.

  4. Minerva and Prometheus, cf. A319.

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