12.6.1818
Sender Stanislaus de Chaudoir
Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen
Chaudoir commissions the monument to his first wife Aloisia, cf. Monument to Stanislaus Chaudoir...
13.6.1818
Sender Vincenz Rüttimann
Recipient Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen
Thorvaldsen has not yet made the promised draft of the monument to the fallen Swiss Guards, cf. D...
22.8.1818
Sender Jørgen Koch
Recipient C.F. Hansen
Thorvaldsen is pleased that his native country now acknowledges his achievements with a large com...
Antagelig 5.12.1818
Sender Heinrich Keller
Keller sends a drawing of the monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119. He fears that the...
15.12.1818
Sender Edward Everett
Everett has commissioned some copies of the bust of Lord Byron without specifying the material. A...
1.1.1819
Rüttimann informs Pfyffer von Altishofen that Heinrich Keller has spoken with Thorvaldsen about t...
6.1.1819
Keller reports that Thorvaldsen has begun work on the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf...
5.2.1819
Sender P.O. Brøndsted
Recipient Holger Halling Aagaard
Brøndsted writes that he sees Thorvaldsen every day. He praises Thorvaldsen’s latest works, Cupid...
13.2.1819
Brøndsted asks Thorvaldsen to lend him a clock. He does not want to interfere in a matter concern...
Keller regrets that work on the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, is so slow and...
20.2.1819
Keller informs Pfyffer von Altishofen that Thorvaldsen is delighted at the idea of having the mon...
6.3.1819
Brøndsted praises Thorvaldsen’s latest sculptures, Dancing Girl, A179, Cupid and the Graces, A29 ...
26.3.1819
Keller informs Pfyffer von Altishofen that Thorvaldsen has been ill and therefore has not begun w...
28.3.1819
Sender Peder Brønnum Scavenius
Recipient Peder Brønnum Scavenius
Scavenius and Brøndsted called on Thorvaldsen, but they did not speak to him as he was busy worki...
30.3.1819
Scavenius called on "Christian Carl Friedrich August":/personer/christian-carl-friedric...
31.3.1819
Scavenius visited Thorvaldsen and saw him modelling Cupid and the Graces, cf. A29. Thorvaldsen ha...
3.4.1819
Scavenius celebrated his father’s birthday at the trattoria The Ermine, where Thorvaldsen was als...
24.4.1819
Keller reports that Thorvaldsen is very busy and is about to leave for Denmark.
1.5.1819
Sender Rud Bay
Recipient Gottlieb Schønheyder
Rud Bay describes his first encounter with Thorvaldsen. He mentions a wild and drunken party on t...
5.5.1819
Recipient P.O. Brøndsted
The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.
7.5.1819
Keller writes that the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, is much admired. He is ...
8.5.1819
Recipient Jens Møller
12.5.1819
Scavenius studied Barthold Georg Niebuhr’s Römische Geschichte and visited Thorvaldsen’s workshop.
19.5.1819
Scavenius comments on Thorvaldsen’s restoration of the Aegenetes, which have inspired Goddess of ...
22.5.1819
Keller reports that the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion) , cf. cast A119, is nearly finish...
23.5.1819
Keller reports that Thorvaldsen wants to visit Lucerne in order to see the execution of the monum...
25.5.1819
Dinner at Scavenius’ house, where Thorvaldsen talked about Canova’s equestrian statue of Charles ...
28.5.1819
Recipient Andreas Christian Gierlew
Brøndsted thanks Gierlew for his letter. He is currently editing his investigations from his expe...
12.6.1819
Recipient Niels Rosenkrantz
Clemens Metternich is leaving Rome in two days and is posing for Thorvaldsen, who is modelling hi...
Keller expresses a hope that, in spite of the price, an accomplished Italian sculptor will be cho...
17.6.1819
Keller presses Thorvaldsen for the completion of the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf....
19.6.1819
Brøndsted writes about his Roman friends and about Thorvaldsen in particular. He is happy that Th...
Keller complains that it is difficult to get Thorvaldsen to complete his work on the model for Dy...
Omkring 3.7.1819
Recipient Omnes
Review of the planned monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. cast A119, in commemoration of ...
3.7.1819
Keller writes that the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, has been completed and ...
6.7.1819
Thorvaldsen’s passport for the journey from Rome to Copenhagen July-October 1819 with permissions...
10.7.1819
Recipient København Kunstakademiet
Koch is pleased to have met P.O. Brøndsted in Rome. Thorvaldsen will soon start his journey to De...
12.7.1819
Brøndsted sends his letter and a small box to Denmark with Thorvaldsen. He recommends Thorvaldsen...
13.7.1819
Brøndsted recommends places and friends that he thinks Thorvaldsen should visit on his journey to...
14.7.1819
Recipient Christian 8.
Thorvaldsen has begun his journey to Denmark with J.L. Lund and Conrad Rantzau.
24.7.1819
Sender Caroline von Humboldt
Recipient Christian Daniel Rauch
Rauch can get the latest news about Thorvaldsen from Karl Wilhelm Wach. Frances Mackenzie has bro...
28.7.1819
Recipient Marie Aagaard
Brøndsted tells Aagaard that Thorvaldsen has left Rome, which is good because there were so many ...
31.7.1819
Keller reports that the small model for the monument to the Swiss guards in Lucerne, cf. Dying Li...
5.8.1819
Keller is pleased that Thorvaldsen, contrary to expectations, has visited Lucerne on his journey ...
7.8.1819
Keller reports that both models of the monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, have be...
14.8.1819
Keller gives instructions concerning measurements and special circumstances in connection with th...
Tidligst 24.8., senest 30.8.1819
Sender Ivan Joseph de Chaudoir
Chaudoir is travelling through Frankfurt and has heard that Thorvaldsen is also in the town. He h...
2.10.1819
Brøndsted blames Thorvaldsen for not travelling to Denmark by the route recommended to him. Brønd...
16.10.1819
Sender Finnur Magnússon
Song in six stanzas written on the occasion of Thorvaldsen’s return to Denmark in 1819. Acc...
22.10.1819
Brøndsted urges his brother-in-law to make Thorvaldsen’s acquaintance and take him to his wife’s ...
8.11.1819
Sender Christian 8.
Christian Frederik has considered to interrupt his grand tour of Europe temporarily in order to g...
3.12.1819
Sender Hermann Ernst Freund
Freund tells Thorvaldsen about the progress of work in the workshop in Rome. He mentions the work...
6.12.1819
Sender J.P. Mynster
13.12.1819
Brøndsted is pleased that Thorvaldsen has arrived in Denmark and has met his family. He asks for ...
25.12.1819
The commentary for this document is not available at the moment.
Brøndsted writes that he has been busy showing the newly arrived Royal Couple from Denmark around...
27.12.1819
28.12.1819
17.1.1820
Brøndsted is happy that Thorvaldsen’s company has pleased the Aagaard family. He thanks them for ...
12.3.1820
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
1.7.1820
Brøndsted is curious to know if Aagaard has seen Thorvaldsen’s busts of the Royal Family (Frederi...
9.9.1820
Sender Karl August Böttiger
Böttiger invites Thorvaldsen to his lecture in the antique gallery in Dresden.
11.9.1820
Böttiger writes a flattering dedication to Thorvaldsen in his book Ideen zur Archäologie der Male...
17.9.1820
Chaudoir inquires whether Thorvaldsen has had time to think about the commissioned monument to hi...
19.9.1820
Sender C.F. Høyer
Høyer forwards a letter from H.E. Freund in Rome to Thorvaldsen, who is on his way through Europe...
28.9.1820
Brøndsted is pleased that Thorvaldsen has met the Aagaard family and his own children before leav...
5.10.1820
Sender Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung
Allgemeine Zeitung reports on Thorvaldsen’s visit to Berlin and Dresden, on his coming visi...
14.10.1820
Sender Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn
The newspaper Nyeste Skilderie reports on Thorvaldsen’s visit to Dresden.
Sender Redaktørerne ved Dagen
The newspaper Dagen reports on Thorvaldsen’s visit to Dresden.
11.12.1820
Recipient Ercole Consalvi
The commentary for this draft is not available at the moment.
Antagelig 20.12.1820
Thorvaldsen was with Brøndsted while he wrote the letter and sends his regards.
31.12.1820
Brøndsted is happy that Thorvaldsen has returned to Rome. The floor in one of Thorvaldsen’s studi...
2.1.1821
Dinner with Thorvaldsen and other Danes in Rome.
11.1.1821
Thorvaldsen is working on the bust of Christian (8.) Frederik, cf. A197.
24.1.1821
Brøndsted mentions four busts recently completed by Thorvaldsen.
28.1.1821
Plays host to a large company of noblemen and artists on the occasion of the Danish King Frederik...
23.2.1821
Recipient J.P. Mynster
7.4.1821
Leaves Rome after a long visit. Thorvaldsen and other artists take leave of the royal couple at L...
Tidligst 10.8.1821, senest ultimo 1822
Sender Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen
Pfyffer von Altishoffen sends Thorvaldsen some material regarding the monument Dying lion (The Lu...
20.8.1821
Recipient Jonas Collin
Thorvaldsen is modelling Christ, cf. A82, in full size. The models for the apostles Peter, cf. A8...
28.8.1821
Sender J.C. Dahl
Dahl asks Thorvaldsen to find acquaintances and work for Götzloff, who is coming to Rome to study...
15.10.1821
Brøndsted invites Thorvaldsen to accompany him on visits to collections of antiques.
25.10.1821
Sender Heinrich Hase
Article on Theodor von der Ropp’s art collection, comprising 10 works by Thorvaldsen.
2.3.1822
Recipient Conrad Hinrich Donner
19.3.1822
Sender Johan Gunder Adler
Payment of the biannual interest of 225 scudi on the loan of 9000 scudi, which Christian (8.) Fre...
6.4.1822
17.4.1822
27.4.1822
Sender Alessandro Cappi
Recipient Clemente Cardinali
24.5.1822
Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen
Recipient Hans Henrik Gunnerus
Thorvaldsen responds to Gunnerus’ letter of 16.3.1822. He feels sympathy for Gunnerus and his unh...
6.6.1822
Recipient Pietro Tenerani
7.6.1822
15.6.1822
Brøndsted describes a trip he has made in the company of Thorvaldsen and his assistant, Tenerani....
28.6.1822
Koch asks for news about Thorvaldsen’s works.
Tidligst 9.7.1822
Sender James Millingen
16.7.1822
Brøndsted cancels a reading, but he still invites Thorvaldsen to visit him and hear some recent l...
22.7.1822
Dahl asks Thorvaldsen to find work for Carl Wagner and Ernst Oehme, who are coming to Rome. He al...
14.9.1822
12.12.1822
Sender Aleksei Olenin
1823