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Antagelig februar 1804

Camillo Buti

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Bill from Camillo Buti to Thorvaldsen.

10.8.1804

Anna Maria Uhden

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Anna Maria Uhden has received Thorvaldsen’s letter from J.L. Lund. She is pleased to know that Th...

14.4.1805

Gustav Stanley

C.F.F. Stanley

Gustav Stanley sends news from Copenhagen about Christiansborg Palace and the Academy of Fine Art...

13.5.1805

Antonio Capri

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Receipt for payment of Thorvaldsen’s rent for Casa Buti June-November 1805.

30.8.1805

C.F.F. Stanley

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Stanley ironically describes his amazement at having received two letters from Thorvaldsen. He al...

Antagelig medio september 1805

Camillo Buti

C.F.F. Stanley, Bertel Thorvaldsen

Bill from Camillo Buti to Thorvaldsen and C.F.F. Stanley.

8.2.1806-17.12.1809

Antonio Capri

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Receipts for payment of Thorvaldsen’s rent in Casa Buti from December 1805 until and includ...

15.4.1808

Anna Maria Buti

Bertel Thorvaldsen

A bill for 10 scudi for 40 lunches from December 1807 to April 1808.

15.6.1810

Antonio Capri

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Receipt for payment of Thorvaldsen’s rent June-November 1810.

30.11.1810

Antonio Capri, Pietro Tomati

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Receipts for payment of Thorvaldsen’s rent from December 1810 to November 1811.

25.1.1811

Caroline von Humboldt

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Humboldt recommends Wilhelm von Burgsdorff, who is visiting Rome with his wife, and asks Thorvald...

7.9.1811

Caroline von Humboldt

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Humboldt recommends the Prince of Anhalt-Pleß. She misses Rome. She writes about the development ...

8.12.1811-24.11.1813

Antonio Capri, Vincenzo Ottaviani, Pietro Tomati

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Receipts for payment of Thorvaldsen’s rent from December 1811 to May 1814.

Ca. 1812

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Herman Schubart

Thorvaldsen puts in a good word for the engagement of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and Laura Zoë...

4.9.1812

Antonio Capri

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Receipt for payment of Thorvaldsen’s rent of a storeroom at Casa Buti August-September 1812.

3.12.1812

Antonio Capri

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Receipt for payment of Thorvaldsen’s rent of a storeroom at Casa Buti for three months, pro...

10.1.1813

Christian Daniel Rauch

Caroline von Humboldt

Thorvaldsen no longer takes his meals at the Butis.

7.12.1813

Antonio Capri, Vincenzo Ottaviani

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Receipt for payment of Thorvaldsen’s rent of a storeroom at Casa Buti for six months, proba...

30.3.1814

Vincenzo Ottaviani

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Receipt for payment of rent of a storeroom at Casa Buti December 1813 to May 1814.

Sandsynligvis maj 1814

Vincenzo Ottaviani

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Receipt for payment of Thorvaldsen’s rent from June to November 1814.

8.6.1814

Vincenzo Ottaviani

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Receipt for payment of Thorvaldsen’s rent of a storeroom at Casa Buti June-November 1814.

December 1814

Vincenzo Ottaviani

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Receipt for payment of Thorvaldsen’s rent at Casa Buti and his rent of a storeroom from Dec...

7.6.1815

Vincenzo Ottaviani

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Receipt for payment of Thorvaldsen’s rent from June to November 1815.

20.12.1815

Vincenzo Ottaviani

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Receipt for payment of Thorvaldsen’s rent from December 1815 to May 1816.

2.1.1816

C.W. Eckersberg

J.F. Clemens

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

Antagelig 1.2.1816

C.W. Eckersberg

J.P. Møller

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

12.6.1816

Vincenzo Ottaviani

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Ottaviani asks Thorvaldsen to pay his rent, presumably for June-December 1816.

25.11.1816

Vincenzo Ottaviani

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Receipt for payment of Thorvaldsen’s rent from December 1816 to May 1817.

30.10.1817

Caroline von Humboldt

Wilhelm von Humboldt

Humboldt has just celebrated her son-in-law August von Hedemann’s birthday with about twenty gues...

December 1817

Lauritz Kruse

Omnes

A prospectus in which Kruse invites his fellow countrymen to contribute to the acquisition of Tho...

23.2.1818

Caroline von Humboldt

Wilhelm von Humboldt

The artists from Casa Buti have invited Caroline von Humboldt to dinner on her birthday, and she ...

5.5.1818

Jørgen Koch

Maria Koch

Koch informs his sister of his future address at Thorvaldsen’s place in Rome.

16.5.1818

Caroline von Humboldt

Wilhelm von Humboldt

It is the Humboldts’ eldest daughter Caroline’s birthday, and the residents of Palazzo Tomati, am...

23.5.1818

Jørgen Koch

G.F. Hetsch

Koch will soon move into Casa Buti. Thorvaldsen is modelling Mercury about to Kill Argus, cf. A5....

10.6.1818

Vincenzo Ottaviani

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Ottaviani asks Thorvaldsen to pay his rent for the coming 6 months. He encloses a receipt.

10.6.1818

Vincenzo Ottaviani

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Receipt for payment of Thorvaldsen’s rent from June to November 1818.

22.8.1818

Jørgen Koch

C.F. Hansen

Thorvaldsen is pleased that his native country now acknowledges his achievements with a large com...

12.12.1818

Vincenzo Ottaviani

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Receipt for payment of Thorvaldsen’s rent from December 1818 to May 1819.

9.1.1819

Caroline von Humboldt

Christian Daniel Rauch

Rauch’s friends in Rome are deeply worried about his health and ask for news. Thorvaldsen has com...

1.4.1819

Peder Brønnum Scavenius

Peder Brønnum Scavenius

Scavenius visited Thorvaldsen’s workshop together with Hermann Ernst Freund and admired some of T...

19.6.1819

Christian Daniel Rauch

Caroline von Humboldt

Rauch thanks Caroline von Humboldt for having acted wisely in connection with Rauch’s possible in...

14.8.1819

Heinrich Keller

Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller gives instructions concerning measurements and special circumstances in connection with th...

3.12.1819

Hermann Ernst Freund

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Freund tells Thorvaldsen about the progress of work in the workshop in Rome. He mentions the work...

Før 15.2.1820

Hermann Ernst Freund

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

Summer 1820

Christian Molbech

Omnes

Molbech’s account of his visit to Rome, in which he compares Thorvaldsen and Canova and describes...

1822-1826

F.C. Hillerup

Omnes

Hillerup describes Thorvaldsen’s residence and workshops in Rome.

21.7.1822

J.L. Lund

Bertel Thorvaldsen

J.L. Lund is going to send one of his paintings to Thorvaldsen. He encloses a letter from Øllegaa...

5.4.1823

P.O. Brøndsted

Holger Halling Aagaard

Brøndsted describes a shooting accident in which Thorvaldsen was injured.

1824

Just Mathias Thiele

Omnes

Thiele describes Thorvaldsen’s workshops in Rome.

20.6.1825

Moritz Oppenheim

Bertel Thorvaldsen, Emil Wolff

Oppenheim has returned safely from a journey to Northern Italy and the southern part of Germany. ...

August 1826 - Spring 1827

Carsten Hauch

Omnes

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

1826-1827 (1876)

N.C.L. Abrahams

Omnes

Abrahams’ recollections of his stay in Rome 1826-27.

March 1827

NN

Omnes

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

20.4.1827

Jacques-Ignace Hittorff

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Hittorff recommends the architect Felix Wilhelm Kubli, who brings Thorvaldsen a leaflet on his pu...

20.4.1827

Jacques-Ignace Hittorff

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Hittorff recommends the architect Felix Wilhelm Kubli, who brings Thorvaldsen a leaflet on his pu...

4.4.1829

C.H. Lorenzen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Lorenzen’s statement regarding the theft of coins, medals, and books from Thorvaldsen’s collection.

14.4.1829

Ditlev Martens

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Account of a theft in Thorvaldsen’s home at the end of February 1829. Martens describes his own m...

11.6.1829

Wilhelm von Humboldt

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Humboldt writes that his wife, Caroline, died in March. She wanted to be buried in the garden of ...

20.12.1830

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Mendelsohn writes about the enjoyable aspects of his life in Rome. These days, he does nothing af...

14.7.1831

Fritz Paulsen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

In spite of being ill, Paulsen writes to ease the pain he feels at the loss of the times he has r...

15.9.1831

Jacques-Ignace Hittorff

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Hittorff recommends the French architect Jean Pollet. He hopes to see Thorvaldsen and Rome again ...

28.11.1832

Elisa Paulsen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

An unhappy Elisa has no good news to report. She and Fritz Paulsen have got the church dispensati...

7.8.1833

Elisa Paulsen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Elisa is at Leghorn with her husband, Fritz Paulsen, and his employer, Princess Charlotte Frederi...

5.12.1833

Christian Daniel Rauch

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Rauch recommends the bearer of the letter, the German pianist and composer Otto Nicolai, who has ...

21.8.1836

Elisa Paulsen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Elisa Paulsen asks Thorvaldsen to look after Mrs. Fischer and Miss Harboe, who are coming to Rome...

Antagelig 15.5.1838

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

A crossed-out memorandum.

1839 [1837]

A.F. Elmquist

Omnes

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

1840-41

Christine Stampe

Omnes

The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 18th part of 60 in all.

September 1841

Christine Stampe

Omnes

The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 32th part of 60 in all.

March 1842

Christine Stampe

Omnes

The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 38th part of 60 in all.

Juni-oktober 1842

Christine Stampe

Omnes

The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 45th part of 60 in all.

19.12.1842

Elena Buti

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

11.4.1844

E.A. Hagen

Omnes

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

1.8.1844

Jonas Collin

Christian 8.

Collin has learned that his first letter has not arrived, so he repeats the essence of its conten...

11.9.1844

Elena Buti

Johan Bravo

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

Før 22.10.1847

Henriette Herz

Omnes

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

22.11.1850

Redaktørerne ved Fædrelandet, August Kestner

Omnes

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