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4.4.1818

Lauritz Kruse

Bertel Thorvaldsen

For the Royal Academy in Copenhagen, Christian Frederik commissions “a copy in plaster of all [Th...

7.4.1818

Christian 8.

Bertel Thorvaldsen

For a long time, the Academy of Fine Arts has wished to possess plaster casts of Thorvaldsen’s wo...

7.4.1818

Dionisio Bulzo

Bertel Thorvaldsen

At Thorvaldsen’s request, Bulzo explains the meaning of the subject for the relief which is...

10.4.1818

Carlo Pregor

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

18.4.1818

Peder Friis

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Peder Friis, a friend of Thorvaldsen’s youth, sends a greeting to Thorvaldsen. His son, Frederik ...

22.4.1818

Vincenz Rüttimann

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Rüttimann reports that he has been in contact with Thorvaldsen regarding the monument in Lucerne ...

23.4.1818

Peder Hjort

Omnes

The commentary for this article is not available at the moment.

27.4.1818

Spiridion Naranzi

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Naranzi has forwarded Thorvaldsen’s questions about the monument to Thomas Maitland, cf. t...

4.5.1818

Frederik Schmidt

Frederik Schmidt

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

5.5.1818

Hermann Ernst Freund, Jørgen Koch

København Kunstakademiet

Koch and Freund report that they have arrived safely in Rome, where they have been well received ...

5.5.1818

Jørgen Koch

C.F. Hansen

Koch has not yet had time to talk to Thorvaldsen about The Alexander Frieze for Christiansborg Pa...

9.5.1818

Herman Schubart

Christian 8.

Schubart assures the concerned Christian Frederik that the Alexander Frieze for Frederik 6.’s new...

9.5.1818

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Christian 8.

Thorvaldsen assures the concerned Christian Frederik that the Alexander Frieze for Christiansborg...

9.5.1818

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Christian 8.

Draft of a letter dated 9.5.1818.

13.5.1818

Henrik Stampe

Just Mathias Thiele

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

16.5.1818

Vincenz Rüttimann

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Despite the prospect of only a modest payment, Thorvaldsen has agreed to execute a model for the ...

Antagelig 23. eller 28.5.1818

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Description of the rock wall in Lucerne where the monument to the Swiss Guard is to be placed, Dy...

30.5.1818

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commission asks for the four marble reliefs for Christiansborg Palace, cf. A317, A318, A319, ...

Mellem sommeren 1818 og 2.5.1819

Frances Mackenzie

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Mackenzie sends for a book and a shawl that she has forgotten at Thorvaldsen’s place. If the weat...

10.6.1818

J.F. Schouw

J.P. With

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

12.6.1818 (1894)

Peder Hjort

F.C. Sibbern

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

13.6.1818

Jørgen Koch

Jonas Collin

Koch writes about Thorvaldsen’s works and commissions. The sculptor has completed Mercury a...

20.6.1818

C.F. Hansen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Hansen is pleased that Frederik 6., in his letter dated 15.6.1818, has ordered the commission of ...

20.6.1818

Spiridion Naranzi

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Naranzi presses Thorvaldsen for an answer to his letter of 27.4.1818 and repeats the contents of...

20.6.1818

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Frederik 6. commissions the Alexander Frieze and two caryatids for Christiansborg Palace.

20.6.1818

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Copy of the letter dated 20.6.1818.

8.7.1818

Leon Potocki

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Preliminary contract regarding the equestrian statue of Józef Poniatowski, cf. A123. Thorvaldsen ...

23.7.1818

Caroline von Humboldt

Christian Daniel Rauch

Caroline von Humboldt has heard that Thorvaldsen is ill, and she fears that Hermen Schubart’s imp...

August 1818

Christina Alexandra Egypta Bonaparte

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Bonaparte blames Thorvaldsen for not having written to her and reminds him of the promises of fri...

1.8.1818

Bertel Thorvaldsen

C.F. Hansen

Thorvaldsen looks forward to embracing C.F. Hansen in Copenhagen soon. He characterizes the sculp...

1.8.1818

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Thorvaldsen is grateful for the commission for the Alexander Frieze and two caryatids for Christi...

1.8.1818

Bertel Thorvaldsen

C.F. Hansen

Draft letter dated 1.8.1818.

1.8.1818

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Second draft of letter dated 1.8.1818.

1.8.1818

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

First draft of letter dated 1.8.1818.

1.8.1818

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Third draft of letter dated 1.8.1818.

2.8.1818

Vincenz Rüttimann

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Before leaving Rome, Rüttimann wants to visit Thorvaldsen in order to discuss the monument Dying ...

Antagelig 6.8.1818

Giuseppina Appiani

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

11.8.1818

Caroline von Humboldt

Wilhelm von Humboldt

Caroline von Humboldt has returned from Rome with a bust that, in her eyes, is still unfinished. ...

22.8.1818

Jørgen Koch

C.F. Hansen

Thorvaldsen is pleased that his native country now acknowledges his achievements with a large com...

24.8.1818

Christian 8.

C.F. Hansen

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

24.8.1818

Edward Collins

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Collins recommends the bearer of the letter, Mr. Pendarves.

27.8.1818

Caroline von Humboldt

Christian Daniel Rauch

Thorvaldsen will not accompany Herman Schubart to Denmark but will leave in the spring in the com...

28.8.1818

Christian 8.

C.F. Hansen

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

7.9.1818

Vincenz Rüttimann

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Rüttimann is grateful that Thorvaldsen has agreed to execute a model of Dying Lion (The Lucerne ...

13.9.1818

Jørgen Koch

København Kunstakademiet

Information about Hermann Ernst Freund’s work in progress Innocence Feeding a Lamb.

13.9.1818

Accademia di Carrara

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Thorvaldsen is elected member of the Accademia di Carrara.

16.9.1818

Adam Wilhelm Moltke

C.F. Hansen

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

1.10.1818

Christian 8.

Christian 8.

The commentary for this document is not available at the moment.

10.10.1818

B.S. Ingemann

Omnes

Ingemann describes his first meeting with Thorvaldsen in Rome.

10.10.1818

Frederik Schmidt

Frederik Schmidt

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

Efter 11.10.1818

B.S. Ingemann

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Excerpt of Ingemann’s Reiselyren, which describes some of Thorvaldsen’s works.

11.10.1818

Frederik Schmidt

Frederik Schmidt

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

23.10.1818

Veronica Zauli Guarini

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Veronica Zauli Guarini has called in vain on Thorvaldsen to hear whether he will execute her bust...

Senest 23.10.1818

B.S. Ingemann

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Two poems to Night, A901, and Day, A902. In “Night”, the stars, the moon, and a landscape are evo...

28.10.1818

Frederik Julius Kaas, J.D.T. Manthey, København Ordenskapitlet

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The College of Arms reminds Thorvaldsen that he has to send them his biography.

November 1818

Lauritz Kruse

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

19.11.1818

Vincenz Rüttimann

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Rüttimann reiterates some questions that he wants Thorvaldsen to answer concerning the monument D...

21.11.1818

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

Antagelig 5.12.1818

Heinrich Keller

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller sends a drawing of the monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119. He fears that the...

9.12.1818

Christian 8.

C.F. Hansen

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

24.12.1818 (1894)

Peder Hjort

Olivia Catharine Rasbech

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

24.12.1818

B.S. Ingemann

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

24.12.1818

Frederik Schmidt

Frederik Schmidt

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

29.12.1818

C.F. Høyer

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

Enten 1819-20 eller efter 1838

O. Colbiørnsen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

Antagelig 1819

Jens Baggesen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

In this stanza, Baggesen compares his own poetry with Thorvaldsen’s sculpture; the art of b...

Efter 1819

NN

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

August 1819

Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn

Omnes

Thorvaldsen makes preparations for the monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119.

Sandsynligvis 5.1.1819

Katherine Sophie de Bray

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Katherine Sophie de Bray invites Thorvaldsen to dinner on Friday at 6:30 pm.

6.1.1819

Herman Schubart

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Schubart writes that Christian Carl Friedrich August and Friedrich August Emil of Augustenborg ar...

6.1.1819

Heinrich Keller

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller reports that Thorvaldsen has begun work on the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf...

7.1.1819

Christian 8.

C.F. Hansen

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

9.1.1819

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Stanisław Mokronowski

Thorvaldsen has postponed answering Mokronowski’s letter because he has been waiting to get vario...

16.1.1819

Agnete Marie Rosencrone

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Agnete Rosencrone asks Thorvaldsen to send the bust of Henrik Hielmstierne, cf. A210, to Denmark....

17.1.1819

Franziska Caspers

Charlotte Thierry

Thorvaldsen has guided Caspers through the Vatican museum by torchlight. She admires his inspirin...

20.1.1819

Frederik Schmidt

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commentary to this poem is not available at the moment.

20.1.1819

Frederik Schmidt

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commentary to this poem is not available at the moment.

28.1.1819

Skydeselskabet

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

28.1.1819

Frederik Schmidt

Omnes

The commentary for this song is not available at the moment.

28.1.1819

B.S. Ingemann

Omnes

The commentary for this poem is not available at the moment.

Antagelig februar 1819

Frances Mackenzie

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

8.2.1819

Jørgen Koch

C.F. Hansen

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

13.2.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Brøndsted asks Thorvaldsen to lend him a clock. He does not want to interfere in a matter concern...

20.2.1819

Heinrich Keller

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller informs Pfyffer von Altishofen that Thorvaldsen is delighted at the idea of having the mon...

26.3.1819

Heinrich Keller

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller informs Pfyffer von Altishofen that Thorvaldsen has been ill and therefore has not begun w...

3.4.1819

Clemens Metternich

Eleonore von Kaunitz

Metternich is sightseeing in Rome and visits Thorvaldsen’s and Canova’s workshops. Canova reminds...

8.4.1819

Narcyz Makowiecki

Pierre Jullien

Makowiecki asks the banker Jullien to pay Thorvaldsen 50 ecus after the bust of Józef Poniatowski...

10.4.1819

Rud Bay

Gottlieb Schønheyder

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

19.4.1819

Jørgen Koch

Peder Malling

Information that Thorvaldsen is preparing his journey to Denmark.

24.4.1819

Heinrich Keller

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller reports that Thorvaldsen is very busy and is about to leave for Denmark.

1.5.1819

Rud Bay

Gottlieb Schønheyder

Rud Bay describes his first encounter with Thorvaldsen. He mentions a wild and drunken party on t...

8.5.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Jens Møller

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

11.5.1819

N.C.L. Abrahams, N.C. Møhl, Lorens Thortsen

Just Mathias Thiele

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

23.5.1819

Heinrich Keller

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller reports that Thorvaldsen wants to visit Lucerne in order to see the execution of the monum...

25.5.1819

Spiridion Naranzi

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Naranzi presses Thorvaldsen for an answer concerning the monument to Thomas Maitland, cf. A258 an...

27.5.1819

Rud Bay

Gottlieb Schønheyder

Rud Bay describes his frequent visits to Thorvaldsen’s studio and his fascination when watching h...

28.5.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Andreas Christian Gierlew

Brøndsted thanks Gierlew for his letter. He is currently editing his investigations from his expe...

12.6.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Niels Rosenkrantz

Clemens Metternich is leaving Rome in two days and is posing for Thorvaldsen, who is modelling hi...

12.6.1819

Heinrich Keller

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller expresses a hope that, in spite of the price, an accomplished Italian sculptor will be cho...

17.6.1819

Heinrich Keller

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Keller presses Thorvaldsen for the completion of the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf....