December 1817

Sender Lauritz Kruse

Recipient Omnes

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

Efter 1.1.1818

Sender Lauritz Kruse

Recipient Omnes

A prospectus in German in which Kruse invites his Danish-German fellow countrymen in Schleswig, H...

9.5.1818

Sender Herman Schubart

Recipient Christian 8.

Schubart assures the concerned Christian Frederik that the Alexander Frieze for Frederik 6.’s new...

20.6.1818

Sender C.F. Hansen

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Hansen is pleased that Frederik 6., in his letter dated 15.6.1818, has ordered the commission of ...

20.6.1818

Sender Slotsbygningskommissionen

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Frederik 6. commissions the Alexander Frieze and two caryatids for Christiansborg Palace.

10.7.1818

Sender Christian 8.

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

22.8.1818

Sender Jørgen Koch

Recipient C.F. Hansen

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

27.12.1819

Sender Slotsbygningskommissionen

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

An account of the meeting in Copenhagen on 24.11.1819, in which Thorvaldsen promised the Building...

17.6.1832

Sender C.F. Hansen

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Clarification of circumstances relating to the commissions for Christiansborg Palace and the Chur...

21.8.1832

Sender Slotsbygningskommissionen

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Frederik 6. has approved C.F. Hansen’s drawings for the great hall and two adjoining apartments o...

24.11.1832

Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient Slotsbygningskommissionen

Thorvaldsen expresses his gratitude for two letters from the Building Commission for Christiansbo...

12.1.1833

Sender C.F. Hansen

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Hansen hopes to see Thorvaldsen and his works for Christiansborg Palace and the Church of Our Lad...

26.2.1833

Sender Christian 8.

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

The corvette Galathea will arrive at Leghorn around 1.7.1833, and Thorvaldsen is asked to have th...

8.10.1833

Sender C.W. Eckersberg, Kunstakademiet, København, Just Mathias Thiele

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

The corvette Galathea arrived in Copenhagen 20.9.1833. The crates with Thorvaldsen’s works have b...

22.2.1834

Sender Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten

Recipient Omnes

The art lovers of Copenhagen are told what the reasons are why it has not yet been possible to ex...

16.4.1834

Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient C.F. Hansen

Thorvaldsen is in bed with a severe cold. The last five pieces of the Alexander Frieze are now re...

6.2.1835

Sender Hermann Ernst Freund

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Elisa Paulsen’s dowry has been arranged through Jonas Collin. Among Thorvaldsen’s artworks transp...

2.2.1843

Sender Christian 8.

Recipient Christian 8.

The Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace has been asked to commission four marble statue...