Commission for Christiansborg
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See also: Alexander Frieze, Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen · Commission for the Copenhagen Town Hall and Courthouse · Commission for the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen · Christiansborg Palace, Great Portal · Christiansborg Palace, Main Staircases · Christiansborg Palace, Dining Room · Christiansborg Palace, Middle Room (Thorvaldsen’s Apartment) · Christiansborg Palace, Great Hall · Christiansborg Palace, Great Hall, H.W. Bissen’s Frieze · Christiansborg Palace, Throne Room
Nicolai Abildgaard
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Abildgaard is happy about Thorvaldsen’s success in Rome. He has received the busts Thorvaldsen se...
Herman Schubart
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Schubart reports on his efforts to obtain commissions for Thorvaldsen from Denmark. Through her h...
Herman Schubart
C.F. Hansen
Schubart proposes that C.F. Hansen should commission works by Thorvaldsen for the rebuilding of C...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Nicolai Abildgaard
Thorvaldsen apologizes for his long silence due to an illness which has left him incapable of wor...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Nicolai Abildgaard
Third draft of a letter: Thorvaldsen apologizes for his long silence due to an illness which has ...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Nicolai Abildgaard
First draft of a letter: Thorvaldsen apologizes for his long silence due to an illness which has ...
Herman Schubart
Frederik 6.
Schubart tries to persuade Crown Prince Frederik (6.) to commission works from Thorvaldsen for th...
C.F. Hansen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Hansen is going to commission works for Christiansborg from Thorvaldsen, but as the rebuilding of...
Christian 8.
Christian 8.
Prime Minister Christian Ditlev Reventlow is considering having sculptures for the new Christians...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.F. Hansen
Thorvaldsen thanks Hansen for his invitation to contribute to the decoration of Christiansborg. H...
Herman Schubart
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Schubart and his wife have moved from Montenero to Pisa, where they have to spend the winter beca...
Nicolai Abildgaard
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Abildgaard discusses the payment for the transportation of the crates Thorvaldsen has sent to Cop...
Herman Schubart
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Schubart writes that Charlotte Schimmelmann is satisfied with Thorvaldsen’s sketch of Bapti...
J.F. Clemens
J.L. Lund
Several messages concerning, among other things, Johan Bülow’s interset in a marble copy of...
Gustav Stanley
C.F.F. Stanley
Gustav Stanley sends news from Copenhagen about Christiansborg Palace and the Academy of Fine Art...
Herman Schubart
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Schubart is pleased with Thorvaldsen’s appointment as professor at the Academy of Fine Arts...
Herman Schubart
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Schubart hopes that Thorvaldsen has arrived safely in Rome. He mentions the mortally ill Caspar B...
Nicolai Abildgaard
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Abildgaard is sympathetic to the idea that Thorvaldsen should remain in Rome for the time being b...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Nicolai Abildgaard
Thorvaldsen thanks Abildgaard for helping Gotskalk Thorvaldsen. The war has given Thorvaldsen fin...
C.F. Høyer
Nicolai Abildgaard
Høyer suggests that commissions for Christiansborg Palace should soon be given to Thorvaldsen bef...
C.F. Hansen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.F. Hansen commissions works from Thorvaldsen. For the façade of Christiansborg Palace, he wants...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.F. Hansen
Thorvaldsen suggests subjects from Greek mythology for the reliefs for the Christiansborg Palace ...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.F. Hansen
Draft for letter: Thorvaldsen suggests motifs from Greek mythology for the reliefs for the Christ...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Herman Schubart
Thorvaldsen has received commissions from C.F. Hansen and the Building Commission for Christiansb...
C.F. Hansen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.F. Hansen suggests that the statues of Solon and Lycurgus for the Copenhagen city hall and cour...
Herman Schubart
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Schubart is pleased that Thorvaldsen has received commissions from Denmark. He is going to ask Ch...
C.F. Hansen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The building commission will forward an advance payment at 1000 scuid to Thorvaldsen. Hansen sugg...
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace informs Thorvaldsen that he will receive an adv...
Det kongelige bankkontor, Altona
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The bank informs Thorvaldsen that 1,000 scudi will be transferred to him through J.C. Ulrich at L...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Herman Schubart
Thorvaldsen is unable to come to Montenero because of too much work. He has put off sending casts...
J.C. Ulrich
Bertel Thorvaldsen
J.C. Ulrich sends Thorvaldsen two bills of exchange for a total of 1000 scudi. He asks Thorvaldse...
J.C. Ulrich
Bertel Thorvaldsen
J.C. Ulrich sends a copy of his letter of 15.6.1807 and asks Thorvaldsen to acknowledge receipt o...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Thorvaldsen acknowledges receipt of the advance payment for the works for Christiansborg Palace a...
Georg Zoëga
Herman Schubart
Zoëga writes that Thorvaldsen has returned to Rome and is very depressed about the bombardment of...
Charlotte Schimmelmann
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Schimmelmann is happy that the baptismal font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555,3, A555,4 is finished. Sh...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
The commentary for this draft is not available at the moment.
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Hans West
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Christian Daniel Rauch
Caroline von Humboldt
Rauch writes about the choice of marble. He finds it offensive that Thorvaldsen publishes his wor...
J.L. Lund
Bertel Thorvaldsen
An attempt to persuade Thorvaldsen to visit Denmark. Information about life at home and greetings...
Christian Daniel Rauch
Caroline von Humboldt
Rauch has heard rumours about Thorvaldsen’s accident and fears it will mean that he will also lea...
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Christian 8.
The commentary for this document is not available at the moment.
P.O. Brøndsted
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Brøndsted advises Thorvaldsen to return to Denmark, at least for a year. He encloses letters for ...
C.F. Hansen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.F. Hansen is delighted to inform Thorvaldsen that Frederik VI has invited him to Copenhagen, an...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.F. Hansen
Thorvaldsen is grateful for the letters he has received from C.F. Hansen and Prince Christian, wh...
C.F. Hansen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.F. Hansen wants to know when Thorvaldsen is leaving Rome. He thinks that a visit like this woul...
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Thorvaldsen has to postpone his trip to Denmark because he has to finish John Russell’s com...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.F. Hansen
Thorvaldsen answers C.F.Hansen’s letter of 24.8.1816. He explains that his trip to Denmark has be...
Lauritz Kruse
Omnes
A prospectus in which Kruse invites his fellow countrymen to contribute to the acquisition of Tho...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The commentary for this list is not available at the moment.
Lauritz Kruse
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Kruse encloses the prospectus in which the Danish population is invited to contribute to the acqu...
Lauritz Kruse
Omnes
A prospectus in German in which Kruse invites his Danish-German fellow countrymen in Schleswig, H...
C.W. Eckersberg
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Eckersberg takes advantage of the departure of the Nymph from Copenhagen to send greetings to Tho...
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
For a long time, the Academy of Fine Arts has wished to possess plaster casts of Thorvaldsen’s wo...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christian 8.
Thorvaldsen assures the concerned Christian Frederik that the Alexander Frieze for Christiansborg...
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The commission asks for the four marble reliefs for Christiansborg Palace, cf. A317, A318, A319, ...
C.F. Hansen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Hansen is pleased that Frederik 6., in his letter dated 15.6.1818, has ordered the commission of ...
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Frederik 6. commissions the Alexander Frieze and two caryatids for Christiansborg Palace.
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.F. Hansen
Thorvaldsen looks forward to embracing C.F. Hansen in Copenhagen soon. He characterizes the sculp...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Thorvaldsen is grateful for the commission for the Alexander Frieze and two caryatids for Christi...
Jørgen Koch
C.F. Hansen
Thorvaldsen is pleased that his native country now acknowledges his achievements with a large com...
Caroline von Humboldt
Christian Daniel Rauch
Thorvaldsen will not accompany Herman Schubart to Denmark but will leave in the spring in the com...
Giovanni Battista Sommariva
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Sommariva has arrived in Italy. He has read in the French press that Frederik 6. has commissioned...
Peder Brønnum Scavenius
Peder Brønnum Scavenius
Scavenius visited Thorvaldsen’s workshop together with Hermann Ernst Freund and admired some of T...
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
A.W. Hauch would like to meet with Thorvaldsen and discuss some suggestions for decorating some r...
Christian 8.
Christian 8.
The commentary for this document is not available at the moment.
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
An account of the meeting in Copenhagen on 24.11.1819, in which Thorvaldsen promised the Building...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christian 8.
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
C.F. Høyer
Hermann Ernst Freund
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Thorvaldsen firmly declines the proposal of the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace tha...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Thorvaldsen’s copy of the letter dated 25.5.1820, see the comments there.
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung
Omnes
Allgemeine Zeitung reports on Thorvaldsen’s visit to Berlin and Dresden, on his coming visi...
Johan Gunder Adler
Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.F. Hansen’s proposal for the assignments that Hermann Ernst Freund may be given by the Building...
Johan Gunder Adler
Hermann Ernst Freund
C.F. Hansen’s proposal for the assignments that Hermann Ernst Freund may be given by the Buildin...
Peder Malling
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Ernst Schimmelmann, Udenrigsdepartementet, København
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Frederik VI has ordered the brig St. Croix to go to the Mediterranean on its way back from the Da...
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Completed works of art for Christiansborg Palace are to be sent to Leghorn, from where the brig ...
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christian (8.) Frederik sends a list of those of Thorvaldsen’s artworks that he wants to be...
Hermann Ernst Freund, Bertel Thorvaldsen
Frederik 6.
Extra bill for water-resistant burlap to cover the marbles so that they could be placed on the de...
Martinus Christian de Klauman
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Pirates in the waters of the Danish West Indies have been defeated, but they have caused the dela...
Hermann Ernst Freund
Bertel Thorvaldsen
List of those of Thorvaldsen’s artworks which were put on board the brig St. Croix in order...
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The Building Commission for Christainsborg Palace wants to know which works will be ready to be s...
C.F. Hansen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
An inquiry about Thorvaldsen’s sculptural decorations for the Church of Our Lady and Christ...
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christian (8.) Frederik wants to know which of Thorvaldsen’s works wil be sent home in the ...
Kirkebygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The Building Commission for the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen, is looking forward to receiving ...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christian 8.
Thorvaldsen sends a list of the works that can be ready for transportation to Denmark in the spri...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Thorvaldsen writes which works will be ready to be sent to Denmark in the spring of 1827.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.F. Hansen
Thorvaldsen lists the works which will be ready to be sent to Denmark in the spring of 1827. Extr...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.F. Hansen
One of three draft letters, in Thorvaldsen’s own hand, of a fourth draft letter dated 7.2.1...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.F. Hansen
One of three draft letters, in Thorvaldsen’s own hand, of a fourth draft letter dated 7.2.1...
Johan Gunder Adler
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Concerning the way in which Thorvaldsen’s loan to Christian (8.) Frederik is to be paid bac...
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The letter expresses dissatisfaction with the number of works for the Church of Our Lady and Chri...
Johan Gunder Adler
Hermann Ernst Freund
Freund is informed that the frigate which was to transport several of Thorvaldsen’s works t...
Kirkebygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
In consequence of a royal ordinance, Thorvaldsen is asked by the Building Commission for the Chur...
C.F. Hansen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.F. Hansen is very disappointed about the postponement of the shipment to Denmark of Thorvaldsen...
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
In consequence of a royal ordinance, the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace ask Thorva...
Kirkebygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The Building Commission for the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen seize the opportunity to have th...
J.C. Ulrich
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Ulrich lists the works of art for the Church of Our Lady and Christiansborg Palace which the merc...
Johan Gunder Adler, Hermann Ernst Freund
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Adler writes to the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace, quoting a letter dated 30.6.18...
C.F. Hansen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.F. Hansen has read a letter from Hermann Ernst Freund concerning the forthcoming transportation...
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The ship owner L.N. Hvidt has informed the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace that the...
Johan Gunder Adler
Hermann Ernst Freund
The merchant ship Therese arrived in Tunis on 28.10.1827 and may soon be expected at Leghorn. As ...
J.C. Ulrich
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Ulrich confirms receipt of Thorvaldsen’s message that 64 crates with works of art are on their wa...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Specification of Thorvaldsen’s expenses for storage, crates, and packing in connection with...
Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
Thorvaldsen’s marble reliefs for the facade of Christiansborg Palace will now be cast in plaster ...
Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
Thorvaldsen’s four marble reliefs for the main portal of Christiansborg Palace have just been ins...
Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn
Omnes
The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.
Hermann Ernst Freund
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
For unknown reasons, the letter has been severely damaged. See instead the draft of the letter fo...
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christian Frederik has heard that the Alexander Frieze, cf. A503, and Christ, cf. A82, and John t...
C.F. Hansen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Clarification of circumstances relating to the commissions for Christiansborg Palace and the Chur...
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Frederik 6. has approved C.F. Hansen’s drawings for the great hall and two adjoining apartments o...
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
A follow-up to the letter of 21.8.1832, in which the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palac...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Thorvaldsen expresses his gratitude for two letters from the Building Commission for Christiansbo...
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Admiralitets- og Commissariats Collegiet
In connection with Thorvaldsen’s information about the completion of several works, the Building ...
C.F. Hansen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Hansen hopes to see Thorvaldsen and his works for Christiansborg Palace and the Church of Our Lad...
Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
The King has given orders to prepare the corvette Galathea to sail to Leghorn in the spring of 18...
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The corvette Galathea will arrive at Leghorn around 1.7.1833, and Thorvaldsen is asked to have th...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Thorvaldsen confirms receipt of the letter announcing that a naval vessel will arrive at Leghorn ...
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The corvette Galathea under the command of Johan Wilhelm Cornelius Krieger left Copenhagen 1.5.18...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.F. Hansen
Thorvaldsen thanks Hansen for his letters in which he mentions the pleasure, expressed by many pe...
Christian 8.
C.F. Hansen
Thorvaldsen should only send plaster casts to the Academy of Fine Arts and not works in marble un...
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List of the works by Thorvaldsen that are to be sent to Copenhagen with the corvette Galathea in ...
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Second part of a list of the works by Thorvaldsen that are to be sent to Copenhagen with the corv...
Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
A list of the artworks by Thorvaldsen that have come to Copenhagen with the corvette Galathea.
Redaktørerne ved Dagen
Omnes
A list of the works by Thorvaldsen that have come to Copenhagen with the corvette Galathea.
C.W. Eckersberg, Kunstakademiet, København, Just Mathias Thiele
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The corvette Galathea arrived in Copenhagen 20.9.1833. The crates with Thorvaldsen’s works have b...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Jonas Collin
Thorvaldsen asks Collin to help him deposit a sum of 20,000 species [40,000 rix-dollars] in the N...
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Thorvaldsen has been awarded the Silver Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog, and Christian Freder...
Friederike Brun
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Brun is eager to have the crates with Thorvaldsen’s marble works opened. Hermann Ernst Freund is ...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Just Mathias Thiele
Thorvaldsen acknowledges receipt of the report on the arrival of his works of art in Copenhagen w...
Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.
Just Mathias Thiele
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The three works that had been delivered to the Church of Our Lady even though they belonged to Th...
Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
The art lovers of Copenhagen are told what the reasons are why it has not yet been possible to ex...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.F. Hansen
Thorvaldsen is in bed with a severe cold. The last five pieces of the Alexander Frieze are now re...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Jonas Collin
Thorvaldsen itemizes his bill for works for Christiansborg Palace and the Church of Our Lady and ...
Jonas Collin
Københavns Universitet, Slotsbygningskommissionen
Draft of letters to Copenhagen University and to the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palac...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christian 8.
By mistake, the Roman postal services have delayed delivery of some of Thorvaldsen’s letters. The...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Hermann Ernst Freund
Thorvaldsen’s departure for Denmark is delayed, so he asks Freund to give him a detailed report o...
C.F. Hansen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
At Thorvaldsen’s request, the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace and the Univers...
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Hermann Ernst Freund
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Elisa Paulsen’s dowry has been arranged through Jonas Collin. Among Thorvaldsen’s artworks transp...
Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
The commentary for this document is not available at the moment.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Redaktørerne ved Nyt Magasin for Natur og Menneskekundskab
Omnes
The commentary for this document is not available at the moment.
Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Thorvaldsen asks for 500 species [1,000 rix-dollars] as partial payment for the works that he is ...
Redaktørerne ved Dansk Folkeblad, F.C. Olsen
Omnes
The commentary to this article is not available at the moment.
Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 15th part of 60 in all.
Ludvig Müller
Christian 8.
Müller sends a report to Christian 8. on Danish artists in Rome. He gives a detailed description ...
After 1.2.1842, before 15.2.1842
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christian 8.
Sixth draft of the letter dated 15.2.1842. The draft is considerably longer than the final letter.
Christian 8.
Christian 8.
The Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace has been asked to commission four marble statue...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
A bill for the execution of four colossal statues for Christiansborg Palace.
Jørgen Dalhoff
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Receipt for payment of clay, iron, and iron bands delivered in March, April, and May 1843 for the...
Redaktørerne ved Berlingske Tidende
Omnes
The commentary for this document is not available at the moment.
Jørgen Dalhoff
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Receipt for payment of clay, iron, and iron bands delivered in March, April, and May 1843 for the...
Redaktørerne ved Berlingske Tidende
Omnes
The clay model for Aesculapius, cf. the sketch A20, crashes in Thorvaldsen’s studio.