2.12.1815
Sender P.O. Brøndsted
Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen
Brøndsted advises Thorvaldsen to return to Denmark, at least for a year. He encloses letters for ...
1.1.1818
Sender Lauritz Kruse
Kruse encloses the prospectus in which the Danish population is invited to contribute to the acqu...
2.3.1821
Sender Christian 8.
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...
27.3.1821
Recipient C.F. Hansen
The Prince has passed on C.F. Hansen’s proposal for work that Hermann Ernst Freund can execute fo...
24.1.1823
Sender NN
Recipient Omnes
The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.
1824
Sender Just Mathias Thiele
Thiele describes Thorvaldsen’s workshops in Rome.
26.4.1824
Sender Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
3.7.1824
Sender Redaktørerne ved Nyt Aftenblad
14.8.1824
Sender Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn
The commentary for this document is not available at the moment.
27.8.1824
Sender John Gibson
Recipient John Crouchley
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
29.1.1825
1.2.1825 og medio februar 1825
Sender Redaktørerne ved Hesperus, NN
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...
22.11.1826
Sender Slotsbygningskommissionen
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
Sender Kirkebygningskommissionen
The Building Commission for the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen, is looking forward to receiving ...
4.2.1827
Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen
Recipient Slotsbygningskommissionen
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
Recipient Kirkebygningskommissionen
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...
10.4.1827
In consequence of a royal ordinance, Thorvaldsen is asked by the Building Commission for the Chur...
7.5.1827
C.F. Hansen is very disappointed about the postponement of the shipment to Denmark of Thorvaldsen...
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
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...
1.12.1827
The ship owner L.N. Hvidt has informed the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace that the...
15.1.1828
Sender Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Concerning the lading at Leghorn of Thorvaldsen’s artworks for the Academy of Fine Arts and...
19.1.1828
Specification of Thorvaldsen’s expenses for storage, crates, and packing in connection with...
17.6.1828
Thorvaldsen’s twelve apostles for the Church of Our Lady are too big for their niches, and it has...
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 ...
30.12.1828
Cancellation of the commission for two marble candelabra which Thorvaldsen was to have executed f...
12.4.1829
Sender N.C.L. Abrahams
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
22.10.1829
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...
12.12.1831
For unknown reasons, the letter has been severely damaged. See instead the draft of the letter fo...
Christian Frederik has heard that the Alexander Frieze, cf. A503, and Christ, cf. A82, and John t...
21.2.1832
The commission has learned that Thorvaldsen had completed marble versions of Baptismal Angel, cf....
12.3.1832
17.6.1832
Clarification of circumstances relating to the commissions for Christiansborg Palace and the Chur...
13.3.1834
19.6.1834
Antagelig 20.6.1835
Sender Maria Callcott
Callcott introduces her cousin, Captain Dundas, and his wife and asks Thorvaldsen to show them th...
8.4.1836
Sender Ludvig Bødtcher
Bødtcher worries that Thorvaldsen has not received his latest letter, sent through the painter Al...
16.2.1837
27.3.1837
24.10.1838
28.3.1839
Sender Redaktørerne ved Dannevirke
Dannevirke reports Berlingske Tidende’s news about the coming re-consecration of the Church of Ou...
1841
Sender Chr. K.F. Molbech
Sender Gottlieb Nicolai Sibbern
Sender Nikolaj Krossing
Poem about the life and works of Thorvaldsen.
25.10.1842
Sender Redaktørerne ved Dagen
A poem on the front page of the newspaper Dagen announces that Thorvaldsen has returned to Denmar...
6.5.1843
8.10.1843
Sender Redaktørerne ved Ny Portefeuille
Efter 30.3.1844
Sender NN, Caspar Claudius Rosenhoff
30.3.1844
8.4.1844
Sender Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung
11.4.1844
Sender E.A. Hagen
1.6.1844
Sender Alfred Reumont
29.12.1846
Sender Redaktørerne ved Berlingske Tidende