Documents from/to Wilhelm von Humboldt to/from others than Thorvaldsen
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
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Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Having no portrait of her husband, Caroline von Humboldt and the couple’s children often visit Th...
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Caroline von Humboldt
Like his wife, Caroline von Humboldt, Wilhelm von Humboldt is not entirely pleased with Thorvalds...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Caroline von Humboldt tells her husband about the presents that she was given by the couple’s art...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
In Thorvaldsen’s workshop, Caroline von Humboldt has again viewed the bust of her husband. She ap...
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Caroline von Humboldt
Humboldt has just opened a letter from Friedrich Wilhelm 3., who asks him to obtain sketches (dra...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Humboldt calls Thorvaldsen’s frieze Alexander the Great’s Entry into Babylon “the most perf...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
In the afternoon, Caroline von Humboldt is to view the Aeginetes together with Thorvaldsen.
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Humboldt has viewed the Aeginetes, most of which are finished, and calls them “something complete...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Caroline von Humboldt wants to buy the reliefs Night, Day and Nessus and Deianira. She praises Ni...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Humboldt praises Thorvaldsen for his hard work and creativity in the execution of Alexander the G...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Humboldt calls Thorvaldsen’s restoration of the Aeginetes a “wonder”. On the other ha...
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Caroline von Humboldt
Through his contacts, Humboldt tries to persuade the British Prince Regent to commission Alexande...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Humboldt has just celebrated her son-in-law August von Hedemann’s birthday with about twenty gues...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
On the top of the sacred Monte Cavo in the Alban Hills, Humboldt, Thorvaldsen, and others have en...
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Caroline von Humboldt
In Humboldt’s opinion, the history of Christianity is not an appropriate topic for sculpture; he ...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Caroline von Humboldt is enchanted with the “young female figure”, Goddess of Hope, w...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Count Sommariva has commissioned the frieze Alexander the Great’s Entry into Babylon in marble fr...
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt wants Caroline to have Goddess of Hope in marble. He compares Thorvaldsen wi...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
During transportation to Berlin, the bust of Wilhelm von Humboldt has been damaged. Caroline von ...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
The artists from Casa Buti have invited Caroline von Humboldt to dinner on her birthday, and she ...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Thorvaldsen has shown Humboldt, Brandenburg, and Roeder a wealth of beautiful figures in his five...
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Caroline von Humboldt
Humboldt remarks jokingly that the fact that his bust has been miscoloured must be the punishment...
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt is pleased that Caroline has commissioned Goddess of Hope from Thorvaldsen. ...
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Caroline von Humboldt
Humbolt thinks that Thorvaldsen’s workshop forms a whole of rich and great figures. He thinks tha...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Caroline von Humboldt has been pleased to read a beautiful and personal letter to her husband fro...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Caroline von Humboldt thinks that her husband will like her latest buy. She calls Goddess of Hope...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
It is the Humboldts’ eldest daughter Caroline’s birthday, and the residents of Palazzo Tomati, am...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Humboldt is annoyed that Thorvaldsen only started modelling a new bust of her just before her dep...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Caroline von Humboldt has returned from Rome with a bust that, in her eyes, is still unfinished. ...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
It was a sad, rainy morning when Caroline von Humboldt left Rome on May 2, 1819. The Buti family ...
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Caroline von Humboldt
Thing have become quiet at Schloss Tegel: The hall has been furnished, and Wilhelm is making the ...
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Caroline von Humboldt den yngre
Humboldt is against his children’s proposal to place Goddess of Hope at the top of the monument t...
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
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