22.2.1844

Sender

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sender’s Location

København

Recipient

C.F. Holbech

Recipient’s Location

Rom

Information on recipient

Udskrift: à signore / Sigre C.F. Holbeck scultore Danese / Caffé GrecoI Strade [indsat over “strade”: via] Condotti / a / Roma / Italie / Italie

Dating based on

Dateringen fremgår af brevudkastet.

Abstract

Plans for travelling from Copenhagen via Paris to Rome

Document

Kjøbenhavn d 22 februar
1844

Gode Ven!

Tak for al den Godhed De har at sørge for min ArbeiderII jeg reiser herfraIII i april elle[r] først i Mai og Gaaer over Paris men kommer snart til Rom

Oversættelse af dokument

Copenhagen, February 22nd 1844

Good friend,

Thank you for all your kindness in taking care of my works. I leave from here in April or at the beginning of May and go via Paris but will soon come to Rome


[Translated by Karen Husum]

General Comment

The draft is written on the back of the invitation from master builder J. Lytthans dated 19.2.1844.

Document Type

Egenhændigt udkast

Archival Reference

m35 IV, nr. 1b

Thiele

Ikke omtalt hos Thiele.

Subjects

Commentaries

  1. See also the article on Caffè Greco.

  2. Holbech acted as a kind of personal assistant to Thorvaldsen during the latter’s stay in Rome in 1841-1842, and he supervised Thorvaldsen’s workshops in Rome after Thorvaldsen had gone back to Denmark.

  3. Thorvaldsen died 24.3.1844, so he did “leave from here” – only in a different way. It is to be hoped that he reached his “Rome”.

Last updated 18.08.2016