Commission for the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen
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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...
P.O. Brøndsted
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Brøndsted advises Thorvaldsen to return to Denmark, at least for a year. He encloses letters for ...
Lauritz Kruse
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Kruse encloses the prospectus in which the Danish population is invited to contribute to the acqu...
Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Jørgen Koch
C.F. Hansen
Thorvaldsen is pleased that his native country now acknowledges his achievements with a large com...
Jørgen Koch
Kunstakademiet, København
Koch is pleased to have met P.O. Brøndsted in Rome. Thorvaldsen will soon start his journey to De...
Kirkebygningskommissionen
Kirkebygningskommissionen
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Kirkebygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Slotsbygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
An account of the meeting in Copenhagen on 24.11.1819, in which Thorvaldsen promised the Building...
Friedrich von Warnstedt
Omnes
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Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Kirkebygningskommissionen
Kirkebygningskommissionen
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Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christian 8.
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Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Friederike Brun, Redaktørerne ved Tilskueren
Omnes
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C.F. Høyer
Hermann Ernst Freund
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Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Jørgen Koch
Jonas Collin
Koch congratulates C.F. Hansen because Thorvaldsen is to decorate the Church of Our Lady in Copen...
Nicolai Holten, Adam Wilhelm Moltke
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Moltke writes that 4000 species have been collected for carving marble versions of the two bas-re...
Kirkebygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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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.
Friedrich von Warnstedt
Omnes
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Slotsbygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Friederike Brun, Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Sulpiz Boisserée
Bertel Thorvaldsen
On the occasion of Goethe’s seventieth birthday, Boisserée told Thorvaldsen about his plans for a...
Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Christian 8.
Christian 8.
Visits Canova’s workshop and comments on the sculptor’s works. Then he visits Thorvaldsen’s works...
Johan Gunder Adler
Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.F. Hansen’s proposal for the assignments that Hermann Ernst Freund may be given by the Building...
Christian 8.
Christian 8.
Christian (8.) Frederik visits Thorvaldsen with an offer of a commission for Hermann Ernst Freund...
Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn
Omnes
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Christian 8.
Christian 8.
Thorvaldsen has modelled Christ, cf. A82 and the apostles Peter, cf. A86 and Paul, cf. A103 in clay.
Christian 8.
C.F. Hansen
The Prince has passed on C.F. Hansen’s proposal for work that Hermann Ernst Freund can execute fo...
Jørgen Koch
Jonas Collin
Thorvaldsen is modelling Christ, cf. A82, in full size. The models for the apostles Peter, cf. A8...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Stanisław Grabowski
Thorvaldsen expresses his grief at the death of Stanisław Mokronowski. He regrets that several pr...
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld
Johann Gottlob von Quandt
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Bertel Thorvaldsen
Sulpiz Boisserée
Thorvaldsen apologizes for his late answer. He acknowledges receipt of the first four deliveries ...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Sulpiz Boisserée
Thorvaldsen apologizes for his late answer. He acknowledges receipt of the first four deliveries ...
Peder Malling
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Johan Gunder Adler
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Payment of the biannual interest of 225 scudi on the loan of 9000 scudi, which Christian (8.) Fre...
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld
Johann Gottlob von Quandt
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Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Nyt Aftenblad
Omnes
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C.W. Eckersberg
Bertel Thorvaldsen
A warm greeting from Copenhagen, which Thorvaldsen acknowledges by sending Eckersberg’s bust, A78...
Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn
Omnes
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Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christian (8.) Frederik sends a list of those of Thorvaldsen’s artworks that he wants to be...
Martinus Christian de Klauman
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Pirates in the waters of the Danish West Indies have been defeated, but they have caused the dela...
Ludvig Bødtcher
Ludvig Bødtcher
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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...
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
Kirkebygningskommissionen
Thorvaldsen lists the works which will be ready to be sent to Denmark in the spring of 1827 and c...
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...
G. Petrozzani
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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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...
Hermann Ernst Freund
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The crates with Thorvaldsens art works has arrived in Leghorn. They have been reloaded on a Danis...
Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
Concerning the lading at Leghorn of Thorvaldsen’s artworks for the Academy of Fine Arts and...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Specification of Thorvaldsen’s expenses for storage, crates, and packing in connection with...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Hermann Ernst Freund
Thorvaldsen requests information about the execution of the figure of Christ in Carrara. Freund i...
Carsten Hauch
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Hauch is grateful to Thorvaldsen for his friendship in Rome. He has written a drama which he is g...
Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
Thorvaldsen’s twelve apostles for the Church of Our Lady are too big for their niches, and it has...
H.W. Bissen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bissen recounts his journey on foot to Florence and mentions that he has seen Thorvaldsen’s Chris...
Kirkebygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The commission thanks Thorvaldsen for Christ, cf. A82, and the twelve apostles for the Church of ...
Pietro Antonio Bienaimé
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Kirkebygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Cancellation of the commission for two marble candelabra which Thorvaldsen was to have executed f...
Ove Malling
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Bertel Thorvaldsen
Ove Malling
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Bertel Thorvaldsen
Kirkebygningskommissionen
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Hermann Ernst Freund
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Adam Oehlenschläger
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Adam Oehlenschläger recommends the composer J.F. Frøhlich to Thorvaldsen. He is pleased that the ...
Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Rembrandt Peale
Omnes
Peale describes his impression of Thorvaldsen, his works, and his studio practice. He is critical...
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...
Kirkebygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The commission has learned that Thorvaldsen had completed marble versions of Baptismal Angel, cf....
Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
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C.F. Hansen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Clarification of circumstances relating to the commissions for Christiansborg Palace and the Chur...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Thorvaldsen expresses his gratitude for two letters from the Building Commission for Christiansbo...
Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung
Omnes
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Slotsbygningskommissionen
Admiralitets- og Commissariats Collegiet
In connection with Thorvaldsen’s information about the completion of several works, the Building ...
Just Mathias Thiele
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
The King has given orders to prepare the corvette Galathea to sail to Leghorn in the spring of 18...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Thorvaldsen confirms receipt of the letter announcing that a naval vessel will arrive at Leghorn ...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christian 8.
An accident with the marble for the portrait statue of Caroline Amalie makes it impossible for Th...
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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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
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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...
C.F. Høyer, Redaktørerne ved Raketten
Omnes
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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...
Københavns Universitet
Jonas Collin
Collin is asked to provide a formal bill for 8,000 rix-dollars in silver for the works Thorvaldse...
Jonas Collin
Københavns Universitet
Draft letter in which Collin confirms that he will provide a formal bill for the works that Thorv...
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...
Jørgen Knudtzon
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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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...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Universitetsdirektionen
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Maria Callcott
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Callcott introduces her cousin, Captain Dundas, and his wife and asks Thorvaldsen to show them th...
Ludvig Bødtcher
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bødtcher worries that Thorvaldsen has not received his latest letter, sent through the painter Al...
Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
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Københavns Universitet
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
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Københavns Universitet
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Redaktørerne ved Aarhus Stiftstidende
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Dagen
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Le Moniteur Universel
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Berlingske Tidende
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Dansk Kunstblad
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Dagen
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Berlingske Tidende
Omnes
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Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
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Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
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Redaktørerne ved Dansk Folkeblad, F.C. Olsen
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Nyt Magasin for Natur og Menneskekundskab
Omnes
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Bertel Thorvaldsen
Adam Wilhelm Moltke
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Bertel Thorvaldsen
Adam Wilhelm Moltke
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Redaktørerne ved Berlingske Tidende
Omnes
Berlingske Tidende reports from the re-consecration of the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen.
Redaktørerne ved Dannevirke
Omnes
Dannevirke reports Berlingske Tidende’s news about the coming re-consecration of the Church of Ou...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Finansdeputationen
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Redaktørerne ved Le Moniteur Universel
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Otto Ferdinand Bræmer, Redaktørerne ved Ribe Stifts Adresse-Avis
Omnes
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Summer 1839, Christmas 1841 & 1844
Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 17th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 8th part of 60 in all.
H.C. Andersen
Jonas Collin
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H.C. Andersen
Henriette Collin
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Bertel Thorvaldsen
Johan Christian Fick
Thorvaldsen declines a dinner invitation in Copenhagen on 19.11.1839 because he is busy working o...
Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 60th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 11th part of 60 in all.
Redaktørerne ved Dansk Folkeblad, F.C. Olsen
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Den Frisindede
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavns Morgenblad
Omnes
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Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 16th 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.
John Gibson
Margaret Sandbach
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Redaktørerne ved Berlingske Tidende
Omnes
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