Criticism of Thorvaldsen's Works, Positive
See Related Article on this subject: Reception of Thorvaldsen's Works
See also: Patriarch of the Bas-Relief · Idolizing Thorvaldsen · Criticism of Thorvaldsen's Works, Negative · Contemporary Reproductions of Thorvaldsen's Works · Thorvaldsen as Phidias or Praxiteles
Johan Hendrich Bärens
Omnes
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Fonden ad usus publicos
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The foundation ad usus publicos grants Thorvaldsen 300 Danish rix-dollars due to his progress in ...
Herman Schubart
C.F.F. Stanley
Thorvaldsen is at Montenero, and Schubart writes enthusiastically about The Dance of the Muses on...
Herman Schubart
C.F.F. Stanley
Schubart thanks Stanley for his letter and asks him to tell Thorvaldsen that he will soon receive...
Arnold Wallick
Christian 8.
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P.O. Brøndsted
P.O. Brøndsted
Brøndsted has met August Wilhelm Schlegel, who has stated that Thorvaldsen is one of the best con...
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
Charlotte Schimmelmann
Thorvaldsen is grateful for Schimmelmann’s praise of the baptismal font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555...
Giuseppe Antonio Guattàni
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Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
In Thorvaldsen’s workshop, Caroline von Humboldt has again viewed the bust of her husband. She ap...
Hans West
Bertel Thorvaldsen
This cutting is from a newspaper describes Hans West’s art collection in Copenhagen as a meeting ...
Antagelig tidligst december 1811, antagelig senest februar 1815
Conrad Rantzau
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Rantzau asks Thorvaldsen to assist him in listing the works which he commissioned from Thorvaldse...
Christian Daniel Rauch
Caroline von Humboldt
Thorvaldsen is working on two caryatids, A55 and A56, which are to flank a plaque that commemorat...
Tønnes Christian Bruun de Neergaard
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Friedrich Karl Ludwig Sickler
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Giovanni Battista Bassi
Luigi Basiletti
Bassi has visited Thorvaldsen and seen the group Ganymede with Jupiter’s Eagle, cf. A44, which ha...
Luigi Basiletti
Paolo Tosio
Basiletti asks a question on behalf of the Guarneri family, probably concerning an acquaintance o...
Luigi Basiletti
Paolo Tosio
Basiletti tells Tosio that he has received the sculpture Ganymede with Jupiter’s Eagle, cf. A44. ...
Paolina Bergonzi
Paolo Tosio
Paolina writes that Franz I will not come through Brescia on his journey to Milan. She tells Tosi...
P.O. Brøndsted
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Brøndsted advises Thorvaldsen to return to Denmark, at least for a year. He encloses letters for ...
Paolina Bergonzi
Paolo Tosio
Paolina sends news about the positive reception in their home in Brescia of the marble version of...
Caroline von Humboldt
Christian Daniel Rauch
Thorvaldsen har completed Venus with the Apple, A12, and at least 15 portrait busts of Britons.
Paolo Prossalendi
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Prossalendi forwards a commission for a monument to the British governor-general Thomas Maitland,...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Humboldt calls Thorvaldsen’s frieze Alexander the Great’s Entry into Babylon “the most perf...
Caroline von Humboldt
Christian Daniel Rauch
Many young artists in Rome are ill, and Thorvaldsen is not feeling very well either. He has compl...
Redaktørerne ved Grätzer Zeitung
Omnes
Paragraph praising Shepherd Boy, A177, and the bust of Georges Gordon Byron.
B.S. Ingemann, Børge Henrik Knap
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Caroline von Humboldt
Christian Daniel Rauch
Thorvaldsen has completed Goddess of Hope, A47, which Caroline von Humboldt greatly admires. The ...
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In the report of the state of the arts in Italy in 1813-15, Thorvaldsen is awarded the leading po...
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt wants Caroline to have Goddess of Hope in marble. He compares Thorvaldsen wi...
Caroline von Humboldt
Christian Daniel Rauch
Once more, Caroline von Humboldt praises Thorvaldsen’s latest work, Goddess of Hope, A47.
Giovanni Battista Sommariva
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Sommariva writes about his travels and the obstacles along the way that have delayed his return t...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Caroline von Humboldt thinks that her husband will like her latest buy. She calls Goddess of Hope...
Vincenz Rüttimann
Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen
Thorvaldsen has not yet made the promised draft of the monument to the fallen Swiss Guards, cf. D...
Christina Alexandra Egypta Bonaparte
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bonaparte blames Thorvaldsen for not having written to her and reminds him of the promises of fri...
Caroline von Humboldt
Christian Daniel Rauch
Wilhelm Schadow is working on several paintings, among them The Road to Calvary, B156. Thorvaldse...
Franziska Caspers
Charlotte Thierry
Thorvaldsen has guided Caspers through the Vatican museum by torchlight. She admires his inspirin...
P.O. Brøndsted
Holger Halling Aagaard
Brøndsted writes that he sees Thorvaldsen every day. He praises Thorvaldsen’s latest works, Cupid...
Heinrich Keller
Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen
Keller regrets that work on the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, is so slow and...
P.O. Brøndsted
Holger Halling Aagaard
Brøndsted praises Thorvaldsen’s latest sculptures, Dancing Girl, A179, Cupid and the Graces, A29 ...
Peder Brønnum Scavenius
Peder Brønnum Scavenius
Scavenius visited Canova’s workshop. He criticises a number of his works and compares him unfavou...
Elisabeth Chitrowo
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Elizabeth Chitrowo writes to Thorvaldsen in order to persuade him to execute a bas-relief for a f...
Heinrich Keller
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Review of the planned monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. cast A119, in commemoration of ...
Heinrich Keller
Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen
Keller reports that the small model for the monument to the Swiss guards in Lucerne, cf. Dying Li...
Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn
Omnes
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John Gibson
John Crouchley
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James Elmes
Omnes
A description of the sculpture gallery at Woburn Abbey, including three works by Thorvaldsen, Pri...
Friederike Brun, Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
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Christian Molbech
Omnes
Molbech’s account of his visit to Rome, in which he compares Thorvaldsen and Canova and describes...
Friederike Brun, Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Christian 8.
Christian 8.
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Tidligst 10.8.1821, senest ultimo 1822
Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Pfyffer von Altishoffen sends Thorvaldsen some material regarding the monument Dying lion (The Lu...
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound
The Earl of Minto describes a visit to Thorvaldsen’s and Canova’s workshops and compa...
Rudolf Emanuel Wettstein
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Wettstein asks Thorvaldsen for a recommendation of the Swiss painter Hieronimus Hess. He has hear...
Jørgen Conrad de Falsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Falsen reminds Thorvaldsen that he has commissioned a monument to his late wife. However, the mem...
Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
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Omnes
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Thomas Hope
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Hope gratefully acknowledges receipt of Jason with the Golden Fleece, A822, the portrait busts of...
Ludwig Schorn
Franz Erwein von Schönborn
Schorn has complied with Schönborn’s wish and sends Thorvaldsen’s response regarding the progress...
Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn
Omnes
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J.C. Dahl
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Thorvaldsen’s bust of Dahl, A229, has finally arrived in Dresden. Dahl writes that a crate with t...
Rembrandt Peale
Omnes
Peale describes his impression of Thorvaldsen, his works, and his studio practice. He is critical...
Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Mendelssohn has seen George Gordon Byron, cf. A130, in clay during a visit to Thorvaldsen’s works...
Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Dansk Litteratur-Tidende
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Anselmo Ronchetti
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Ronchetti thanks Thorvaldsen warmly for the bust of Lord Byron, who will now live on not only thr...
Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung, Georg von Reinbeck
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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 Allgemeine Zeitung
Omnes
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Wilhelm Marstrand
M. Raffenberg
Marstrand writes that Thorvaldsen will probably soon return to Denmark, and he praises his work. ...
Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten, F.C. Olsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Omnes
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Wilhelm Fredric A. Dalman
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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.
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Redaktørerne ved Dansk Folkeblad
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Redaktørerne ved Dansk Folkeblad
Omnes
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Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 44th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 45th part of 60 in all.
Marie Lehmann
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Marie Puggaard is impatient for news from Thorvaldsen and hopes that he will remain in Rome until...
John Gibson
Margaret Sandbach
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Redaktørerne ved Fædrelandet
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Federico Odorici
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In his guide to the town of Brescia, Odorici also describes the private collections in the town. ...
Redaktørerne ved Fædrelandet, NN
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Francesco Hayez
Omnes
Two passages from the famous Italian painter Francesco Hayez’s autobiography, in which Thor...