6.6.1807
Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen
Recipient Herman Schubart
Draft: Thorvaldsen is unable to come to Montenero because of too much work. The Dance of the Muse...
Efter 6.6.1807
Recipient J.L. Thrane
A reminder to Thrane to pay for his marble bust, Dep.36.
8.6.1807
Sender Adam Gottlob Detlef Moltke
Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen
A.G.D. Moltke transfers 200 piastres for his bust, cf. A212, regretting the delay. He would like ...
Efter 15.6.1807
Recipient C.F. Hansen
Draft: Thorvaldsen refuses to execute the statues of Solon and Lycurgus for the town hall and cou...
Thorvaldsen has received his advance for the works for Christiansborg Palace and Copenhagen town ...
15.6.1807
Sender J.C. Ulrich
J.C. Ulrich sends Thorvaldsen two bills of exchange for a total of 1000 scudi. He asks Thorvaldse...
4.7.1807
Sender C.F. Høyer
Recipient Nicolai Abildgaard
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
20.7.1807
J.C. Ulrich sends a copy of his letter of 15.6.1807 and asks Thorvaldsen to acknowledge receipt o...
6.8.1807
Recipient Slotsbygningskommissionen
Thorvaldsen acknowledges receipt of the advance payment for the works for Christiansborg Palace a...
Tidligst september 1807, senest august 1810
Recipient Conrad Rantzau
Thorvaldsen tells Conrad Rantzau that his bust, cf. A211, is ready to be shipped, and that the re...
23.9.1807
Sender Georg Zoëga
Zoëga writes that Thorvaldsen has returned to Rome and is very depressed about the bombardment of...
2.10.1807
Sender Herman Schubart
Schubart urges Thorvaldsen to come to Montenero.
Kort efter 31.10.1807
Sender Johan Georg Wahl
Wahl relates his journey from Rome to Pisa via Florence. He writes that the Schubarts are very di...
23.12.1807
Sender Laurits Engelstoft
Engelstoft writes that Marcus Gerhard Rosencrone will soon send the pictorial material that Thorv...
27.12.1807
18.1.1808
Schubart thanks Thorvaldsen for his birthday present, the drawing Mary with Jesus and John. He h...
21.5.1808
The commentary for this document is not available at the moment.
31.5.1808
Sender Redaktørerne ved Dagen
Recipient Omnes
Thorvaldsen’s fame is growing; he is now mentioned in the French newspaper Le Moniteur Universel....
3.6.1808
Schubart invites Thorvaldsen to travel to Montenero, hopefully in the company of Ernst Gottlob Ma...
12.8.1808
Schubart invites Thorvaldsen to come to Montenero and then accompany him, Jacqueline Schubart, an...
5.9.1808
Sender Christian 8.
Recipient København Kunstakademiet
22.10.1808
Recipient Charlotte Schimmelmann
Thorvaldsen informs Schimmelmann that the baptismal font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555,3, A555,4, whi...
17.11.1808
Sender Charlotte Schimmelmann
Schimmelmann is happy that the baptismal font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555,3, A555,4 is finished. Sh...
23.11.1808
Sender Poul Scheel
Scheel assures Thorvaldsen that he has not been forgotten in Copenhagen and asks him to remember ...
Efter 23.11.1808
Recipient Poul Scheel
Draft of a letter in which Thorvaldsen explains to Doctor Poul Scheel that the bust he commission...
28.11.1808
Sender Christian Ditlev Reventlow
4.12.1808
4.2.1809
Thorvaldsen is grateful for Schimmelmann’s praise of the baptismal font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555...
The commentary for this draft is not available at the moment.
Recipient Christian Ditlev Reventlow
Thorvaldsen is grateful for the precious agraffe that Schimmelmann has sent him through her broth...
Thorvaldsen is grateful for the precious agraffe that he has received from Charlotte Schimmelmann...
18.2.1809
28.3.1809
22.4.1809
Sender Slotsbygningskommissionen
24.6.1809
Sender Irina Vorontsova
Countess Vorontsova has written to Thorvaldsen several times without receiving an answer, so she ...
Senest 22.7.1809
Thorvaldsen apologizes for his long silence, blaming his poor ability to write letters. He has so...
25.7.1809
Sender Camillo Landini
After a few weeks in Florence, Landini has reached Carrara. He tells Thorvaldsen that he is grate...
Efteråret 1809
Sender Adam Oehlenschläger
The commentary for this poem is not available at the moment.
Udgivet 1810
Sender Madame de Staël
Madame de Staël sees Thorvaldsen as the exception that confirms the rule when it comes to the abi...
29.1.1810
Sender J.D.T. Manthey, København Ordenskapitlet
Thorvaldsen is awarded the Danish Order of Dannebrog. He is requested to return a signed oath and...
2.3.1810
2.5.1810
Sender Hans West
West contacts Thorvaldsen in Rome. He complains of loneliness and lack of knowledge about the cit...
5.5.1810
8.5.1810
Recipient Christian 8.
12.5.1810
Sender Johan Jacob Ekman
Ekman sends his letter with the Swedish sculptor Byström, whom he recommends. He requests news fr...
26.5.1810
Wahl gives a cheerful description of his journey to Montenero via Pisa. His health has improved a...
Antagelig 7.6.1810
Recipient Hans West
3.7.1810
Thorvaldsen writes a receipt for payment of a self-portrait bust commissioned by Hans West, Berte...
5.7.1810
Sender Baron Brown
7.7.1810
18.7.1810
28.7.1810
Scheel has heard that Thorvaldsen has not yet begun work on the bust he has commissioned. For thi...
Efter 28.7.1810
Thorvaldsen responds to Poul Scheel’s cancellation of the commission for the bust of the Doctor S...
8.8.1810
Sender Friederike Brun
A list of the objects that Friederike Brun leaves in storage with Thorvaldsen.
11.8.1810
Sender Elisa von der Recke
Elisa von der Recke asks to have the crate with two of the four busts she has commissioned sent t...
Efter 11.8.1810
Antagelig 30.8.1810
Recipient Anna Maria Uhden
Thorvaldsen has arrived safely at Montenero, but the journey took a long time due to bad weather....
Antagelig september 1810
Scheel is pleased that the bust of Doctor Mathias Saxtorph has been completed in plaster. Therefo...
4.9.1810
Sender J.L. Lund
Lund’s travel experiences on his return to Denmark after eight years in Rome. He asks Thorv...
Antagelig oktober 1810
Lund writes that he has arrived safely in Copenhagen. He explains that a written authorization is...
4.10.1810
30.11.1810
Scheel has heard from Friederike Brun that the bust he has commissioned has been completed. Since...
8.12.1810
Høyer writes to West appealing for help in a case involving the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts...
Antagelig 15.12.1810
17.12.1810
West writes about political and economic conditions in Denmark and the rest of Europe. He describ...
5.3.1811
This cutting is from a newspaper describes Hans West’s art collection in Copenhagen as a meeting ...
13.3.1811
15.3.1811
17.4.1811
19.4.1811
Sender C.A. Lorentzen
Recipient Juliane Marie Abildgaard
20.4.1811
Sender G. Angeletti
19.7.1811
Sender Christian Daniel Rauch
Recipient Caroline von Humboldt
Rauch writes that Thorvaldsen has finished Cupid Holding a Butterfly to Hurt it with an Arrow and...
31.8.1811
Sender Niels Rosenkrantz
30.9.1811
Recipient Niels Rosenkrantz
16.11.1811
Antagelig tidligst december 1811, antagelig senest februar 1815
Sender Conrad Rantzau
Rantzau asks Thorvaldsen to assist him in listing the works which he commissioned from Thorvaldse...
18.12.1811
Friederike Brun informs Thorvaldsen that Herman Schubart has sent a letter and a poem to him and ...
20.12.1811
1812
Sender Friederike Brun, Adam Oehlenschläger
13.1.1812
Sender Caroline von Humboldt
Recipient Friederike Brun
Humboldt mentions Thorvaldsen’s illness in 1811 and the death of his little son. She fears ...
17.1.1812
Sender Conrad Christian Bøhndel
Recipient Tjarko Meyer Cramer
19.1.1812
An attempt to persuade Thorvaldsen to visit Denmark. Information about life at home and greetings...
23.1.1812
Sender C.G. Kratzenstein Stub
24.1.1812
Sender Gottfried Schmidten
28.2.1812
Antagelig tidligst forår 1812
Recipient NN
Thorvaldsen admits that the addressee has every reason to be angry with him.
16.3.1812
20.3.1812
Sender Peder Malling
24.3.1812
27.3.1812