C.W. Eckersberg
Rom
Herman Schubart
Montenero
Dateringen fremgår af udkastet.
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Deres Exelence Herr Baron de Schubart.
Deres ærede Skrivelse af 6 har jeg havt den fornøyelse at imodtage den 13. d.M. af Hrr Baron Brown. Jeg kan ey noksom takke Deres Exelence for den mig saa høyst vigtige Tjeneste, De har havt den Godhed at beviise mig, med at tilstille mig den Vexel af 100 Romerske Scudi, hvilken Hrr Baron Brown har paataget sig at besørge, og hvorpaa denne har havt den Godhed igaar at udbetale mig 20 Scudi Romersk, derved er jeg nu hiulpet ud af min Forlegenhed, hvorfore jeg hierteligen takker Deres Exelence, og end meere maae jeg takke Dem, at de selv i forlegenhed, foraarsaget ved de ulykkelige Tider for vort kjære Dannemark strax saa beredvilligen, har beviist mig denne Faderlige Tjeneste, jeg skal vidst aldrig ophøre at være Erkjendelig.
Den Nød hvor kjære Fædreneland saa uforskyldt har maattet lide ved den ulyksalige Krig, har naturligt været lige føelsom for enhver saavel høye som lave, men Hiemlen være takket, at man alt meer og meer har Haab og Udsigt til en all mindelig velgjørende Fred. Det er meeget trøstende, da vil man dobbelt nyde Frugterne af en lyksalig Fred, efter at være befriet for Krigens tunge Byrder.
Vores agtværdige Thorwaldsen hilser Deres Exelence, han er ifærd med at lægge sidste Haand paa det skjøne Basrelief til Deres afdøde frue Gemalindes MonumentI og som mig synes er noget af det hældigste dennes Mesterhaand har frembragt.
Hr. Capt.v.Huth og Malling hilser meeget, vil selv have den Ære at skrive Deres Exelence neste Postdag.
I nogen Tid har jeg beskæftiget mig med at giøre Studier efter de skjøneste af de mange fortreffelige Maleriske Partier, hvoraf der findes saa stor Rigdom i Rom, og især af de Antike Monumenter, jeg ønskede at forsyne mig saa meeget som mueligt med Studier af alle muelige Ting, og hvortil man her har saa herlig Leilighed, iblant fleere Compositioner har jeg begyndt at udføre tvende, det ene tagen af Ovid, og forestiller Cecrops DøttereII, der oplukker Kurven og opdager Minervas hemmelighed, og det andet Ulysses der slaaes med FrierneIII, men jeg maa nu lade disse Ting staae indtil jeg engang faaer Raad til at holde Modellerne dertil, som vil være Nødvendig til deres Udførelse.
Endelig ønsker jeg at Deres Exelence stedse maa nyde bedste Helbred og Velgaaende, og Gientager end min bedste Taksigelse, for den Godhed De har beviist mig med at hjælpe mig ud af min Forlegenhed.
Afsendt til Schubart d. 16. Juni 1814.
Baron de Schubart, Your Excellency,
I have had the pleasure to receive your favour of the 6th and get it the 13th this month from Baron Brown. I cannot thank Your Excellency sufficiently for the very important favour you have been so good to show me by sending me a bill of 100 Roman Scudi, which Baron Brown has taken upon himself to attend to and after which he has been so kind as to pay me 20 Roman Scudi yesterday. By this I have been helped out of my difficulty, for which I sincerely thank Your Excellency, and I must thank you all the more since you who are in difficulties yourself because of the sad times for our dear Denmark, so readily have shown me this fatherly favour, I shall certainly never cease to show my gratitude.
The troubles our dear, native country has had to suffer so undeserved by the disastrous was have been sensitive to anybody high and low, but thank Heaven that increasingly there are hope and prospects of an amicable and beneficent peace. It is very comforting, then the fruits of a happy peace will be enjoyed twofold, after we have been freed from the heavy burdens of war.
Our estimable Thorvaldsen sends his regards to Your Excellency, he is applying the finishing touches to the beautiful bas-relief for your late consort’s monument, which to me seems to be one of the most successful works produced by his master hand.
Captain von Huth and Malling send their regards, they want themselves to have the honour to write to Your Excellency next mail day.
For some time I have been occupied with making studies after the most beautiful of the many excellent picturesque objects of which there is such a great wealth in Rome and particularly of the antique monuments. I wanted to provide myself as much as possible with studies of all sorts of objects, for which there is ample opportunity here. From several possible compositions I have begun to carry out two. The one is taken from Ovid and represents Cecrops’ daughters opening the basket and discovering Minerva’s secret and the other Ulysses who is fighting with the suitors, but I now have to leave these things until some day I can afford to pay the models for them, as will be necessary for their execution.
Finally, I wish Your Excellency may ever enjoy good health and well-being, and again repeat my deepest thanks for the kindness you have shown me by helping me out of my difficulty.
Sent to Schubart the 16th of June 1814
[Translated by Karen Husum]
Dette er et udkast til et afsendt brev. Udkastet er skrevet af efter den trykte afskrift i Bramsen & Ragn Jensen, op. cit.
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Gravmæle over Jacqueline Schubart, Tidligst 13. april 1814, inv.nr. A618 |
Sidst opdateret 28.09.2016
Thorvaldsens relief Gravmæle over Jacqueline Schubart, A618, i marmor A704.
Dvs. Eckersbergs maleri Cecrops døtre opdager Minervas hemmelighed, jf. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, inv. nr. MIN 0877.
Dvs. Eckersbergs maleri Ulysses’ hævn på frierne, 1814, Den Hirschsprungske Samling, inv. nr. 96.