7.4.1818
Sender Dionisio Bulzo
Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen
At Thorvaldsen’s request, Bulzo explains the meaning of the subject for the relief which is...
10.4.1818
Sender Carlo Pregor
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
18.4.1818
Sender Peder Friis
Peder Friis, a friend of Thorvaldsen’s youth, sends a greeting to Thorvaldsen. His son, Frederik ...
22.4.1818
Sender Vincenz Rüttimann
Recipient Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen
Rüttimann reports that he has been in contact with Thorvaldsen regarding the monument in Lucerne ...
23.4.1818
Sender Peder Hjort
Recipient Omnes
The commentary for this article is not available at the moment.
27.4.1818
Sender Spiridion Naranzi
Naranzi has forwarded Thorvaldsen’s questions about the monument to Thomas Maitland, cf. t...
4.5.1818
Sender Frederik Schmidt
Recipient Frederik Schmidt
The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.
5.5.1818
Sender Hermann Ernst Freund, Jørgen Koch
Recipient København Kunstakademiet
Koch and Freund report that they have arrived safely in Rome, where they have been well received ...
Sender Jørgen Koch
Recipient C.F. Hansen
Koch has not yet had time to talk to Thorvaldsen about The Alexander Frieze for Christiansborg Pa...
9.5.1818
Sender Herman Schubart
Recipient Christian 8.
Schubart assures the concerned Christian Frederik that the Alexander Frieze for Frederik 6.’s new...
Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen
Thorvaldsen assures the concerned Christian Frederik that the Alexander Frieze for Christiansborg...
Draft of a letter dated 9.5.1818.
13.5.1818
Sender Henrik Stampe
Recipient Just Mathias Thiele
16.5.1818
Despite the prospect of only a modest payment, Thorvaldsen has agreed to execute a model for the ...
Antagelig 23. eller 28.5.1818
Sender Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen
Description of the rock wall in Lucerne where the monument to the Swiss Guard is to be placed, Dy...
30.5.1818
Sender Slotsbygningskommissionen
The commission asks for the four marble reliefs for Christiansborg Palace, cf. A317, A318, A319, ...
Mellem sommeren 1818 og 2.5.1819
Sender Frances Mackenzie
Mackenzie sends for a book and a shawl that she has forgotten at Thorvaldsen’s place. If the weat...
10.6.1818
Sender J.F. Schouw
Recipient J.P. With
12.6.1818 (1894)
Recipient F.C. Sibbern
13.6.1818
Recipient Jonas Collin
Koch writes about Thorvaldsen’s works and commissions. The sculptor has completed Mercury a...
20.6.1818
Sender C.F. Hansen
Hansen is pleased that Frederik 6., in his letter dated 15.6.1818, has ordered the commission of ...
Frederik 6. commissions the Alexander Frieze and two caryatids for Christiansborg Palace.
Naranzi presses Thorvaldsen for an answer to his letter of 27.4.1818 and repeats the contents of...
Copy of the letter dated 20.6.1818.
8.7.1818
Sender Leon Potocki
Preliminary contract regarding the equestrian statue of Józef Poniatowski, cf. A123. Thorvaldsen ...
23.7.1818
Sender Caroline von Humboldt
Recipient Christian Daniel Rauch
Caroline von Humboldt has heard that Thorvaldsen is ill, and she fears that Hermen Schubart’s imp...
August 1818
Sender Christina Alexandra Egypta Bonaparte
Bonaparte blames Thorvaldsen for not having written to her and reminds him of the promises of fri...
1.8.1818
Thorvaldsen looks forward to embracing C.F. Hansen in Copenhagen soon. He characterizes the sculp...
Recipient Slotsbygningskommissionen
Thorvaldsen is grateful for the commission for the Alexander Frieze and two caryatids for Christi...
Draft letter dated 1.8.1818.
Second draft of letter dated 1.8.1818.
First draft of letter dated 1.8.1818.
Third draft of letter dated 1.8.1818.
2.8.1818
Before leaving Rome, Rüttimann wants to visit Thorvaldsen in order to discuss the monument Dying ...
Antagelig 6.8.1818
Sender Giuseppina Appiani
11.8.1818
Recipient Wilhelm von Humboldt
Caroline von Humboldt has returned from Rome with a bust that, in her eyes, is still unfinished. ...
22.8.1818
Thorvaldsen is pleased that his native country now acknowledges his achievements with a large com...
24.8.1818
Sender Christian 8.
Sender Edward Collins
Collins recommends the bearer of the letter, Mr. Pendarves.
27.8.1818
Thorvaldsen will not accompany Herman Schubart to Denmark but will leave in the spring in the com...
28.8.1818
7.9.1818
Rüttimann is grateful that Thorvaldsen has agreed to execute a model of Dying Lion (The Lucerne ...
13.9.1818
Sender Accademia di Carrara
Thorvaldsen is elected member of the Accademia di Carrara.
Information about Hermann Ernst Freund’s work in progress Innocence Feeding a Lamb.
16.9.1818
Sender Adam Wilhelm Moltke
1.10.1818
The commentary for this document is not available at the moment.
10.10.1818
Sender B.S. Ingemann
Ingemann describes his first meeting with Thorvaldsen in Rome.
Efter 11.10.1818
Excerpt of Ingemann’s Reiselyren, which describes some of Thorvaldsen’s works.
11.10.1818
23.10.1818
Sender Veronica Zauli Guarini
Veronica Zauli Guarini has called in vain on Thorvaldsen to hear whether he will execute her bust...
Senest 23.10.1818
Two poems to Night, A901, and Day, A902. In “Night”, the stars, the moon, and a landscape are evo...
28.10.1818
Sender Frederik Julius Kaas, J.D.T. Manthey, København Ordenskapitlet
The College of Arms reminds Thorvaldsen that he has to send them his biography.
November 1818
Sender Lauritz Kruse
19.11.1818
Rüttimann reiterates some questions that he wants Thorvaldsen to answer concerning the monument D...
21.11.1818
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...
9.12.1818
24.12.1818 (1894)
Recipient Olivia Catharine Rasbech
24.12.1818
29.12.1818
Sender C.F. Høyer
Enten 1819-20 eller efter 1838
Sender O. Colbiørnsen
Antagelig 1819
Sender Jens Baggesen
In this stanza, Baggesen compares his own poetry with Thorvaldsen’s sculpture; the art of b...
Efter 1819
Sender NN
August 1819
Sender Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn
Thorvaldsen makes preparations for the monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119.
Sandsynligvis 5.1.1819
Sender Katherine Sophie de Bray
Katherine Sophie de Bray invites Thorvaldsen to dinner on Friday at 6:30 pm.
6.1.1819
Schubart writes that Christian Carl Friedrich August and Friedrich August Emil of Augustenborg ar...
Keller reports that Thorvaldsen has begun work on the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf...
7.1.1819
9.1.1819
Recipient Stanisław Mokronowski
Thorvaldsen has postponed answering Mokronowski’s letter because he has been waiting to get vario...
16.1.1819
Sender Agnete Marie Rosencrone
Agnete Rosencrone asks Thorvaldsen to send the bust of Henrik Hielmstierne, cf. A210, to Denmark....
17.1.1819
Sender Franziska Caspers
Recipient Charlotte Thierry
Thorvaldsen has guided Caspers through the Vatican museum by torchlight. She admires his inspirin...
20.1.1819
The commentary to this poem is not available at the moment.
28.1.1819
Sender Skydeselskabet
The commentary for this song is not available at the moment.
The commentary for this poem is not available at the moment.
Antagelig februar 1819
8.2.1819
13.2.1819
Sender P.O. Brøndsted
Brøndsted asks Thorvaldsen to lend him a clock. He does not want to interfere in a matter concern...
20.2.1819
Keller informs Pfyffer von Altishofen that Thorvaldsen is delighted at the idea of having the mon...
26.3.1819
Keller informs Pfyffer von Altishofen that Thorvaldsen has been ill and therefore has not begun w...
3.4.1819
Sender Clemens Metternich
Recipient Eleonore von Kaunitz
Metternich is sightseeing in Rome and visits Thorvaldsen’s and Canova’s workshops. Canova reminds...
8.4.1819
Sender Narcyz Makowiecki
Recipient Pierre Jullien
Makowiecki asks the banker Jullien to pay Thorvaldsen 50 ecus after the bust of Józef Poniatowski...
10.4.1819
Sender Rud Bay
Recipient Gottlieb Schønheyder
19.4.1819
Recipient Peder Malling
Information that Thorvaldsen is preparing his journey to Denmark.
24.4.1819
Keller reports that Thorvaldsen is very busy and is about to leave for Denmark.
1.5.1819
Rud Bay describes his first encounter with Thorvaldsen. He mentions a wild and drunken party on t...
8.5.1819
Recipient Jens Møller
11.5.1819
Sender N.C.L. Abrahams, N.C. Møhl, Lorens Thortsen
23.5.1819
Keller reports that Thorvaldsen wants to visit Lucerne in order to see the execution of the monum...
25.5.1819
Naranzi presses Thorvaldsen for an answer concerning the monument to Thomas Maitland, cf. A258 an...
27.5.1819
Rud Bay describes his frequent visits to Thorvaldsen’s studio and his fascination when watching h...
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....
Thorvaldsen has modelled Metternich’s bust, cf. A234. The artist will pass through Vienna before ...
19.6.1819
Sender Luigi Chiaveri
Chiaveri reminds Thorvaldsen that Nicolaus Esterházy’s commission has to be sent off. Esterházy’s...