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Antagelig efter 1797

? Constantin

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The painter Constantin’s visiting card.

Tidligst efteråret 1803

Wilhelm von Humboldt

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Humboldt writes that Schubart and Moltke are coming to tea that evening and invites Thorvaldsen t...

Efter 1802

Friedrich Schlegel

Franziska Caspers

Schlegel urges Caspers to return his Poetische Taschenbuch. He is going to call on the princess a...

25.7.1807

Wilhelm Friedrich Gmelin

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Gmelin has asked the publisher Domenico Artaria to send three of his engravings after Lorrain to ...

Efter 1803, før 14.10.1808

Wilhelm von Humboldt

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Humboldt is not sure whether he has invited Thorvaldsen for the right day and specifies that he w...

Presumably 1816

Stanisław Dunin-Borkowski

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Dunin-Borkowski asks Thorvaldsen to come and see him the same day as he has something important t...

29.11.1816

Catharina di Branciforte

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The Princess, who sends the letter with a Mr. Santarelli, is in good health and hopes that Thorva...

Probably April 1817

Luigi Chiaveri

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Chiaveri invites Thorvaldsen to lunch with Nicolaus Esterházy, who wants to make arrangements for...

7.4.1818

Christina Alexandra Egypta Bonaparte

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Bonaparte regrets that she has not got to know Thorvaldsen better, but she emphasizes that their ...

Mellem sommeren 1818 og 2.5.1819

Frances Mackenzie

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Mackenzie sends for a parcel. She asks Thorvaldsen to let her know when he is coming back, knowin...

Mellem sommeren 1818 og 2.5.1819

Frances Mackenzie

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Mackenzie asks where Thorvaldsen wants to have lunch, and whether he would like to come at 3 and ...

Mellem sommeren 1818 og 2.5.1819

Frances Mackenzie

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Mackenzie sends for a book and a shawl that she has forgotten at Thorvaldsen’s place. If the weat...

Mellem sommeren 1818 og 2.5.1819

Frances Mackenzie

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Mackenzie asks if Thorvaldsen could visit her a little earlier the next day as she will be engage...

Mellem sommeren 1818 og 2.5.1819

Frances Mackenzie

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Mackenzie does not know whether Thorvaldsen is going to call on her. If he is, she would not like...

Mellem sommeren 1818 og 2.5.1819

Frances Mackenzie

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Thorvaldsen is invited for a drive in the beautiful weather so that he can get a little fresh air...

August 1818

Christina Alexandra Egypta Bonaparte

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Bonaparte blames Thorvaldsen for not having written to her and reminds him of the promises of fri...

Antagelig 5.1.1819

Franziska Caspers

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Through Knudtzon, Caspers has heard that Thorvaldsen is going to the Vatican the same evening wit...

6.1.1819

Franziska Caspers

Bertel Thorvaldsen

On behalf of Princess Grassalkovich, Caspers recommends that Thorvaldsen comes to the Vatican the...

Antagelig januar 1819

Franziska Caspers

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Caspers asks Thorvaldsen to send her a letter which he put into his pocket the previous evening.

Shortly before or 9.3.1819

Caroline von Humboldt

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Caroline von Humboldt invites Thorvaldsen to come and talk to her the same day; however, she is b...

Probably April or May 1819

Franziska Caspers

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Caspers asks Thorvaldsen to come and see her for a moment just after 12 o’clock.

21.5.1819

Franziska Caspers

Bertel Thorvaldsen

A note of remembrance with a short text and three different dried flowers.

Probably 8.10.1819

Friederike Brun

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Friederike Brun invites Thorvaldsen for a visit.

10.8.1820

Bertel Thorvaldsen

NN

Farewell greeting from Thorvaldsen to an unknown recipient.

10.8.1820

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Christian Horneman

Thorvaldsen’s greeting in Christian Horneman’s album.

16.10.1820

Wiktor Maksymilian Ossolinski

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Ossolinski comes to accompany Thorvaldsen to a gallery but does not meet him.

26.11.1820

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Joseph Ferdinand Sonnleithner

The commentary for this document is not available at the moment.

Antagelig 1822

? (Fru) Butler Claxton

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Mrs. Claxton has visited Thorvaldsen’s workshop and wants to knpw the price of a bust of Lo...

Antagelig 5.1.1822

? (Fru) Butler Claxton

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Mrs. Claxton invites Thorvaldsen to spend the evening at her house in the Corso.

11.8.1824

J.C. Dahl

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Dahl sends a greeting through Johan Christian Fick and promises Thorvaldsen a painting.

Antagelig 1828-29

Létizia Wyse

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Wyse cancels her visit to Thorvaldsen’s workshop and hopes that the visit can be moved to a...

24.12.1828

Dudley Coutts Stuart

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Stuart asks Thorvaldsen to give him some prints.

Probably early 1829

Louise von Panhuys

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Panhuys invites Thorvaldsen to have dinner and to accompany her and her party on their torchlight...

21.2.1830

Augusta Amalia von Leuchtenberg

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Thorvaldsen is invited to dinner by Auguste of Bavaria.

16.5.1831

? Webber

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Dr. Webber asks if he and his family may visit Thorvaldsen’s workshop in order to see the m...

Tidligst 1832, senest 1835

Charles Lees

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Lees asks Thorvaldsen for a meeting at 9 a.m. next Sunday, probably in order to make a portrait o...

Antagelig 1835

Helena Ponińska

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Ponińska regrets that an earlier appointment could not be kept. She proposes that Thorvaldsen com...

21.4.1835

Helena Ponińska

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Ponińska has returned from Naples and is soon leaving Rome. Therefore she asks Thorvaldsen to set...

Presumably after 4.6.1839

Bertel Thorvaldsen

NN

Thorvaldsen is feeling better.

11.2.1840

Bertel Thorvaldsen

NN

Short greeting from Thorvaldsen to an unknown person.

9.6.1841

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Atanazy Raczyński

Thorvaldsen regrets that he did not meet with Raczyński during his stay in Berlin.

Probably 25.10.1842

Frederikke Wallick

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Frederikke Wallick thanks Thorvaldsen for offering to make a drawing in her album and will send i...

19.7.1843

Horace Vernet

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

5.11.1843

J.L. Heiberg

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Thorvaldsen is invited to a party at the Heiberg family.