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| Afsender | Dato | Modtager |
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John Gibson
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AfsenderstedInnsbruck |
26.7.1842
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DateringsbegrundelseDateringen fremgår af brevet. |
Margaret Sandbach
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ModtagerstedAntagelig Hafodunos, Llangernyw |
ResuméKommentarerne til dette brev er under udarbejdelse. |
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26th July 1842 Innsbruck
[...] We were much delighted with the lake of Como and we turned our boat to the Villa Sommariva which contains many works of modern artists, painters and sculptors. The Triumph of Alexander in marble by Thorvaldsen is here but lost for a want of light. Sculpture loses all its form and expression when there is a want of good light. [...]
| Generel kommentar | |
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Af brevet citeres kun de dele, som vedrører/omhandler Thorvaldsen. Brevet er afskrevet med enkelte ortografiske rettelser og venligt stillet til rådighed af Eric Forster. | |
| Arkivplacering | |
| Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales, MS 20566E-30. | |
| Emneord | |
| Kritik af Thorvaldsens værker, positiv | |
| Personer | |
| Bertel Thorvaldsen | |
| Værker | |
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