Characterizations of Thorvaldsen
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Hans Hansen
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Hansen has read a review of Thorvaldsen’s prize-winning relief Peter and John Healing a Lame Man,...
Friederike Brun
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Friederike and Ida Brun meet Thorvaldsen in the Villa Borghese gardens:/kronologi/vis/1255. Thorv...
Friederike Brun
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Brun’s poem to Thorvaldsen’s Jason begins with a rhetorical question: Can it really be true that ...
Adam Gottlob Detlef Moltke
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Ode to Thorvaldsen’s vitality and creativity. Thorvaldsen is described as one who receives the ne...
Herman Schubart
C.F.F. Stanley
Thorvaldsen is at Montenero, and Schubart writes enthusiastically about The Dance of the Muses on...
C.F. Stanley
C.F.F. Stanley
Stanley Senior writes that Thorvaldsen has been appointed professor at the Academy of Fine Arts i...
Herman Schubart
Nicolai Abildgaard
Schubart tells Abildgaard about C.F.F. Stanley’s death. He encloses Henrik Vilhelm Lundbye&...
Christian Daniel Rauch
Caroline von Humboldt
Rauch writes that Thorvaldsen is feverish and has gone to Ariccia to get better. He is in a very ...
Christian Daniel Rauch
Caroline von Humboldt
Thorvaldsen looks well in spite of his severe pains. He is working on the frieze Alexander the Gr...
Christian Erdmann Gottlieb Prestel
Franz Erwein von Schönborn
Prestel recommends Thorvaldsen both as a man and as an artist and gives examples of the sculptor’...
Presumably between October 1817 and September 1819
John Gibson
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Gibson retells an anecdote about Thorvaldsen, the painter Peter von Cornelius, and a number of sc...
John Cam Hobhouse
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Hobhouse has asked the banking firm of Schultheiss to send a crate to Leghorn. They have been tol...
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt wants Caroline to have Goddess of Hope in marble. He compares Thorvaldsen wi...
Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom
Erik Gustaf Geijer
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Giovanni Battista Sommariva
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Sommariva writes about his travels and the obstacles along the way that have delayed his return t...
Jørgen Koch
Maria Koch
Koch has moved into Casa Buti after having spent two weeks in the Alban Hills.
Heinrich Keller
Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen
Keller informs Pfyffer von Altishofen that Thorvaldsen has been ill and therefore has not begun w...
Rud Bay
Gottlieb Schønheyder
Rud Bay describes his first encounter with Thorvaldsen. He mentions a wild and drunken party on t...
Caroline von Humboldt
Christian Daniel Rauch
Caroline von Humboldt has not demanded an answer from Thorvaldsen concerning Rauch’s possible rol...
Heinrich Keller
Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen
Keller reports that Thorvaldsen wants to visit Lucerne in order to see the execution of the monum...
Clemens Metternich
Eleonore von Kaunitz
Thorvaldsen has modelled Metternich’s bust, cf. A234. The artist will pass through Vienna before ...
Heinrich Keller
Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen
Keller complains that it is difficult to get Thorvaldsen to complete his work on the model for Dy...
Christian Daniel Rauch
Caroline von Humboldt
Rauch thanks Caroline von Humboldt for having acted wisely in connection with Rauch’s possible in...
Heinrich Keller
Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen
Keller writes that the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, has been completed and ...
Caroline von Humboldt
Christian Daniel Rauch
Rauch can get the latest news about Thorvaldsen from Karl Wilhelm Wach. Frances Mackenzie has bro...
Heinrich Keller
Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen
Keller reports that the small model for the monument to the Swiss guards in Lucerne, cf. Dying Li...
Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom
Erik Gustaf Geijer
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John Cam Hobhouse
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Hobhouse introduces a Mr. Harris, who is going to study in Rome. Hobhouse expresses an ardent wis...
Redaktørerne ved Fyens Stiftstidende
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Peder Horrebow Haste, J.C. Riise
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Haste sends additions and corrections to Nicolay Fürst’s biography of Thorvaldsen. Haste writes a...
Friederike Brun
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Thorvaldsen has shown loving magnanimity towards Ida Brun by always having time for her. He playe...
Gaetano Buzzi
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Buzzi recommends the young sculptor Ranieri Bartolini, who is coming to Rome to study sculpture. ...
Redaktørerne ved Nyt Aftenblad
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Jens Baggesen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
After a long silence, Jens Baggesen hopes that Thorvaldsen still remembers him. Baggesen has been...
Carsten Hauch
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Ludvig Bødtcher
Ludvig Bødtcher
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Bianca Milesi Mojon
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Milesi Mojon recommends the recently arrived Scottish sculptor Alexander Ritchie to Thorvaldsen. ...
Boris Orlovsky
Bertel Thorvaldsen
An emotional Orlovsky laments parting from Thorvaldsen, whom he sees as his father, his teacher, ...
Ditlev Martens
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Account of a theft in Thorvaldsen’s home at the end of February 1829. Martens describes his own m...
John Cam Hobhouse
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Thorvaldsen’s July letter has been delayed, and Hobhouse has not been able to present his proposa...
Luigi Chiaveri
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Chiaveri has received a letter from Hobhouse regarding the monument to Lord Byron, and he has the...
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Mendelsohn writes about the enjoyable aspects of his life in Rome. These days, he does nothing af...
Antagelig tidligst 14.8., senest omkring 1.12.1831
Giuseppe Mugnoz
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Mugnoz asks Thorvaldsen for financial assistance as he is ill and cannot support himself. In retu...
Redaktørerne ved Dansk Litteratur-Tidende
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Ignazio Francia
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Francia thanks Thorvaldsen for having admitted his son Alessandro Francia to the Accademia del Nu...
H.C. Andersen
H.C. Andersen
Andersen reads aloud from Agnete and the Merman to Thorvaldsen and other artists. Thorvaldsen, wh...
Andrew Jameson
Andrew Jameson
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H.C. Andersen
H.C. Andersen
Andersen describes the contrast between Schlick’s and Thorvaldsen’s appearance and habits.
H.C. Andersen
H.C. Andersen
The architect Benjamin Schlick has maligned Thorvaldsen, his meanness, and his way of treating yo...
H.C. Andersen
H.C. Andersen
Thorvaldsen has been for a walk with Andersen, holding his hand.
Pierre-Jean David d'Angers
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D’Angers has visited the Glyptothek in Munich, which he finds beautiful, simple, and well arrange...
Marie Lehmann
Marie Lehmann
Marie Puggaard describes her and her parents’ first visit to Thorvaldsen. He surpasses all their ...
Marie Lehmann
Marie Lehmann
Marie Puggaard writes about an excursion in the company of Danish artists to Tivoli east of Rome....
Marie Lehmann
Marie Lehmann
Marie Puggaard describes a merry pre-Christmas party for artists in Rome, where she tries to make...
Marie Lehmann
Marie Lehmann
Marie Puggaard describes a merry Christmas party in the company of Thorvaldsen and other Danes in...
Presumably after 1836, before 1841
F. Alleyne McGeachy
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Alleyne McGeachy recommends his wife’s younger brother to Thorvaldsen, hoping that the sculptor w...
Wilhelm Marstrand
M. Raffenberg
Marstrand writes that Thorvaldsen will probably soon return to Denmark, and he praises his work. ...
Wilhelm Fredric A. Dalman
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Redaktørerne ved Den Frisindede, NN
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The poem links Thorvaldsens return to Denmark and the plans for a Thorvaldsens Museum with the fi...
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 1st part of 60 in all.
N.C.L. Abrahams
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Song in five stanzas, in which Thorvaldsen is addressed, characterized, and honoured as a childli...
B.S. Ingemann
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Dedication to Thorvaldsen in Salomons Ring. Dramatisk Eventyr med lyrisk Forspil (1839).
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 2nd part of 60 in all.
Summer 1839, Christmas 1841 & 1844
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 17th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 7th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 59th part of 60 in all.
Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
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Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 6th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 11th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 58th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 12th part of 60 in all.
Johanne Luise Heiberg
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Heiberg discusses Thorvaldsen’s mental faculties and opposes the widespread idea that he is a naï...
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 13th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 15th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 19th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 21th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 23th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 24th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 22th part of 60 in all.
Redaktørerne ved Dansk Folkeblad
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Heinrich Brockhaus
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The commentary to this diary entry is not available at the moment.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 28th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 29th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 30th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 31th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 32th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 33th part of 60 in all.
John Gibson
Margaret Sandbach
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 34th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 35th part of 60 in all.
John Gibson
Margaret Sandbach
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 36th part of 60 in all.
John Gibson
Margaret Sandbach
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 37th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 38th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 39th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 40th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 42th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 43th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 41th part of 60 in all.
John Gibson
Margaret Sandbach
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
J.V. Gertner
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Gertner tells Thorvaldsen about his participation in the competition for the gold medal of the Ac...
Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 44th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 45th part of 60 in all.
Frederikke Wallick
Just Mathias Thiele
Frederikke Wallick’s report on her and Thorvaldsen’s journey through Europe in October 1842.
Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 47th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 46th part of 60 in all.
Johanna Steinheim
Raphael Hanno
Johanna Steinheim writes enthusiastically about her meeting with Thorvaldsen.
Salomon Ludwig Steinheim
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Salomon Ludwig Steinheim describes a chance meeting with Thorvaldsen and praises him in grandiloq...
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 48th part of 60 in all.
Lars Peter Robert
Bertel Thorvaldsen
An old, sick and blind sailor asks Thorvaldsen for charity.
Anna Helene Hall
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Anne Helene Hall, who knows Thorvaldsen from her youth, asks the sculptor to donate a baptismal f...
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 49th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 50th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 51th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 53th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 52th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 54th part of 60 in all.
Redaktørerne ved Aftonbladet, Carl Anton Wetterbergh
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The commentary to this newspaper article is not available at the moment.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 55th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 56th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 57th part of 60 in all.
B.S. Ingemann
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Commemorative poem about Thorvaldsen. He is praised as a victorious poet, to whom work was play, ...
Timothy Shay Arthur
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Description of Thorvaldsen’s visit to the sculptor Hiram Powers’ workshop in Florence...
Redaktørerne ved Fædrelandet, August Kestner
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Francesco Hayez
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Two passages from the famous Italian painter Francesco Hayez’s autobiography, in which Thor...