25.5.1818
Sender Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Recipient Omnes
The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.
29.10.1819
Sender Jens Baggesen
Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen
Baggesen urges Thorvaldsen to be present at a party in the literary society Clio, which he will a...
8.11.1819
Sender Christian 8.
Recipient C.F. Hansen
Christian Frederik has considered to interrupt his grand tour of Europe temporarily in order to g...
27.12.1819
Sender Slotsbygningskommissionen
An account of the meeting in Copenhagen on 24.11.1819, in which Thorvaldsen promised the Building...
6.1.1820
Sender Kirkebygningskommissionen
Recipient Kirkebygningskommissionen
1.4.1820
Sender Jørgen Koch
Recipient Jonas Collin
Koch congratulates C.F. Hansen because Thorvaldsen is to decorate the Church of Our Lady in Copen...
25.5.1820
Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen
Recipient Slotsbygningskommissionen
Thorvaldsen’s copy of the letter dated 25.5.1820, see the comments there.
Thorvaldsen firmly declines the proposal of the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace tha...
Tidligst 1821
Sender NN
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
2.3.1821
Recipient Christian 8.
Christian (8.) Frederik visits Thorvaldsen with an offer of a commission for Hermann Ernst Freund...
Sender Johan Gunder Adler
C.F. Hansen’s proposal for the assignments that Hermann Ernst Freund may be given by the Building...
19.3.1821
Thorvaldsen has modelled Christ, cf. A82 and the apostles Peter, cf. A86 and Paul, cf. A103 in clay.
27.3.1821
The Prince has passed on C.F. Hansen’s proposal for work that Hermann Ernst Freund can execute fo...
Juli 1821 - februar 1822
Accounts of expenses for live models at Thorvaldsen’s studio.
20.8.1821
Thorvaldsen is modelling Christ, cf. A82, in full size. The models for the apostles Peter, cf. A8...
1.2.1822
2.2.1822
Sender Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld
Recipient Johann Gottlob von Quandt
6.2.1822
13.2.1822
Recipient Christian Carl Friedrich August
30.5.1822
Recipient Sulpiz Boisserée
Thorvaldsen apologizes for his late answer. He acknowledges receipt of the first four deliveries ...
2.11.1822
The commentary for this document is not available at the moment.
24.1.1823
27.-29.7.1823
Sender P.O. Brøndsted
Brøndsted writes about his journey from Rome to Geneva. He gives details about the political situ...
1824
Sender Just Mathias Thiele
Thiele describes Thorvaldsen’s workshops in Rome.
26.4.1824
29.4.1824
3.7.1824
Sender Redaktørerne ved Nyt Aftenblad
10.7.1824
Sender C.W. Eckersberg
A warm greeting from Copenhagen, which Thorvaldsen acknowledges by sending Eckersberg’s bust, A78...
14.8.1824
Sender Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn
27.8.1824
Sender John Gibson
Recipient John Crouchley
29.1.1825
1.2.1825 og medio februar 1825
Sender Redaktørerne ved Hesperus, NN
5.2.1825
26.2.1825
Recipient Hermann Ernst Freund
List of those of Thorvaldsen’s artworks which Christian (8.) Frederik wants to be sent to D...
Christian (8.) Frederik sends a list of those of Thorvaldsen’s artworks that he wants to be...
4.6.1825
Sender Martinus Christian de Klauman
Pirates in the waters of the Danish West Indies have been defeated, but they have caused the dela...
25.7.1825
In Copenhagen, news has been received that the brig St. Croix is now underway with Thorvaldsen...
1826-1827 (1876)
Sender N.C.L. Abrahams
Abrahams’ recollections of his stay in Rome 1826-27.
22.11.1826
The Building Commission for Christainsborg Palace wants to know which works will be ready to be s...
24.11.1826
Sender C.F. Hansen
An inquiry about Thorvaldsen’s sculptural decorations for the Church of Our Lady and Christ...
25.11.1826
Christian (8.) Frederik wants to know which of Thorvaldsen’s works wil be sent home in the ...
28.11.1826
The Building Commission for the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen, is looking forward to receiving ...
5.1.1827
Sender Børge Thorlacius
Recipient Johan Gunder Adler
4.2.1827
Thorvaldsen writes which works will be ready to be sent to Denmark in the spring of 1827.
Senest 4.2.1827
Third draft letter dated 4.2.1827.
First draft letter dated 4.2.1827.
Thorvaldsen sends a list of the works that can be ready for transportation to Denmark in the spri...
Second draft letter dated 4.2.1827.
First and second draft letters dated 4.2.1827.
Third and final draft letter dated 4.2.1827.
7.2.1827
Thorvaldsen lists the works which will be ready to be sent to Denmark in the spring of 1827. Extr...
One of three draft letters, in Thorvaldsen’s own hand, of a fourth draft letter dated 7.2.1...
Senest 12.2.1827
Draft of the letter dated 12.2.1827.
12.2.1827
Thorvaldsen lists the works which will be ready to be sent to Denmark in the spring of 1827 and c...
Marts 1827
17.3.1827
The letter expresses dissatisfaction with the number of works for the Church of Our Lady and Chri...
Freund is informed that the frigate which was to transport several of Thorvaldsen’s works t...
Concerning the way in which Thorvaldsen’s loan to Christian (8.) Frederik is to be paid bac...
10.4.1827
In consequence of a royal ordinance, Thorvaldsen is asked by the Building Commission for the Chur...
27.4.1827
Recipient Gaspare Landi, Bertel Thorvaldsen
2.5.1827
Sender G. Petrozzani
7.5.1827
C.F. Hansen is very disappointed about the postponement of the shipment to Denmark of Thorvaldsen...
8.5.1827
22.5.1827
In consequence of a royal ordinance, the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace ask Thorva...
6.6.1827
The Building Commission for the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen seize the opportunity to have th...
9.6.1827
13.6.1827
22.6.1827
Sender J.C. Ulrich
Ulrich lists the works of art for the Church of Our Lady and Christiansborg Palace which the merc...
27.7.1827
Sender Johan Gunder Adler, Hermann Ernst Freund
Adler writes to the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace, quoting a letter dated 30.6.18...
17.9.1827
C.F. Hansen has read a letter from Hermann Ernst Freund concerning the forthcoming transportation...
Antagelig omkring 1828
Sender Nicolò Marchetti
Sandsynligvis 1828
Sender Johann Heinrich von Dannecker
A dedication from Dannecker to Thorvaldsen.
11.1.1828
Sender Hermann Ernst Freund
The crates with Thorvaldsens art works has arrived in Leghorn. They have been reloaded on a Danis...
19.1.1828
Specification of Thorvaldsen’s expenses for storage, crates, and packing in connection with...
22.1.1828
2.2.1828
Thorvaldsen requests information about the execution of the figure of Christ in Carrara. Freund i...
12.2.1828
8.3.1828
Sender Ludvig Bødtcher
Song in six stanzas in the honour of Thorvaldsen’s Roman birthday. Evan, the god of wine, is invo...
20.3.1828
Sender Conrad Rantzau
Rantzau asks Thorvaldsen for help in connection with Prince Frederik’s (7.) impending visit to Ro...
Antagelig 26.6.1828
Sender H.W. Bissen
Bissen recounts his journey on foot to Florence and mentions that he has seen Thorvaldsen’s Chris...
8.7.1828
The commission thanks Thorvaldsen for Christ, cf. A82, and the twelve apostles for the Church of ...
21.8.1828
Sender Pietro Antonio Bienaimé
22.9.1828
Bienaimé states that the sculptor Andrea Bardi has worked for 47 days on the marble version of Th...
30.12.1828
Cancellation of the commission for two marble candelabra which Thorvaldsen was to have executed f...
1829
Sender Pietro Sterbini
The commentary to this dedication and poem is not available at the moment.
5.2.1829
12.4.1829
Abrahams makes sarcastic remarks about the lack of real news from Copenhagen; the marriage betwee...
21.5.1829
Sender Adam Oehlenschläger
Adam Oehlenschläger recommends the composer J.F. Frøhlich to Thorvaldsen. He is pleased that the ...
14.7.1829
Sender F.C. Hillerup
27.5.1830
26.6.1830
28.6.1830
29.6.1830
30.6.1830
2.7.1830
1831
Sender Rembrandt Peale
Peale describes his impression of Thorvaldsen, his works, and his studio practice. He is critical...
24. - 27. juni 1831
Sender Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
12.12.1831
For unknown reasons, the letter has been severely damaged. See instead the draft of the letter fo...