The Thorvaldsens Museum Archives

		An Open Archive of Written Sources Explore 9982 documents – from contracts to love letters – by and about the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844). Scans and transcripts of all the documents are available, as well as other texts about Thorvaldsen’s work, life, and international context. Use the Archives as you see fit. Read more here
	Open-Source Software The software used to publish the Archives’ documents online was developed by Thorvaldsens Museum. We offer it to colleague institutions for free. Mail us		By the Numbers 9.982 Documents total 8.240 In Thorvaldsens Museum 1.742 In other archives 1771-72 Oldest 1896 (1841-42) Youngest 759 From Thorvaldsen 5.828 To Thorvaldsen 3.395 To and from others 3.332 In Italian 4.121 In Danish 1.731 In German 652 In French 93 In English 53 Other languages 39.583 Commentaries 445 Related Articles 413 Subjects 3.140 Persons
Find Thorvaldsen's Sculptures in the Archives		Hand-Picked Articles Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Exhibitions Christian 8.'s Loan from Thorvaldsen Christian 8.'s Table Decoration More
Selected Documents 15.7.1816 Testa’s receipt for a total of 23 scudi f... Presumably April 1802 Text fragments not meant for a letter or even a...	From Thorvaldsen's Network Angelika Kauffmann Bolette Puggaard Johann Joachim Winckelmann Al-Husayn II ibn Mahmud More		Aug 20 On this Day 20.8.1820 Goes in the evening from Søholt to Pederstrup Manor to visit Christian Ditlev Reventlow for a cou... More