Norse Mythology
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Herman Schubart
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Schubart and his wife have moved from Montenero to Pisa, where they have to spend the winter beca...
Herman Schubart
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Schubart writes that Charlotte Schimmelmann is satisfied with Thorvaldsen’s sketch of Bapti...
G.L. Lahde, Adam Oehlenschläger
Omnes
The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.
C.W. Eckersberg
J.F. Clemens
The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.
Adam Oehlenschläger
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The commentary for this speech is not available at the moment.
Finnur Magnússon
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Song in six stanzas written on the occasion of Thorvaldsen’s return to Denmark in 1819. Acc...
Adam Oehlenschläger
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The commentary for this song is not available at the moment.
Redaktørerne ved Fyens Stiftstidende
Omnes
The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.
N.T. Bruun
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Song to Thorvaldsen on the occasion of his approaching departure from Copenhagen.
Emil Aarestrup
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Poem to Thorvaldsen before his departure from Denmark.
Torkel Baden, Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn
Omnes
The commentary for this document is not available at the moment.
C.F. Høyer
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Høyer sends Thorvaldsen a selection of his own writings related to the ongoing dispute about Nors...
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Describes the inauguration of the monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, in Lucerne, w...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christian 8.
Draft letter dated 29.4.1823. Thorvaldsen relates news of the busts of Frederik 6., A859, Marie S...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Fonden ad usus publicos
Thorvaldsen recommends the history painter Andreas Ludvig Koop.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Fonden ad usus publicos
Thorvaldsen recommends the history painter Andreas Ludvig Koop.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Thorvaldsen recommends the history painter Andreas Ludvig Koop.
Malthe Conrad Bruun
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bruun recommends a young French chemist and botanist to Thorvaldsen. He expresses his admiration ...
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christian (8.) Frederik wants to know which of Thorvaldsen’s works wil be sent home in the ...
Johan Gunder Adler
Hermann Ernst Freund
The Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen wants more casts of Thorvaldsen’s works.
Karl August Nicander
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Nicander praises Thorvaldsen and his art as a union of the Nordic and the Greek.
Redaktørerne ved Le Moniteur Universel
Omnes
The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.
Finnur Magnússon
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Magnússon, who is recuperating from an illness, writes that he presumes that Thorvaldsen has not ...
N.F.S. Grundtvig
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Poem by Grundtvig to Thorvaldsen sung at the party 7.10.1838 at the Hôtel d’Angleterre in Copenha...
Redaktørerne ved Dagen, Finnur Magnússon
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Dannevirke
Omnes
The commentary for this document is not available at the moment.
Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 5th part of 60 in all.
B.S. Ingemann
Omnes
Song to Thorvaldsen in seven stanzas, written the year after his return to Denmark. The song cele...
N.F.S. Grundtvig
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Through the Icelandic legendary figure of Vølund in the song, Grundtvig establishes a connection ...
N.F.S. Grundtvig
Omnes
Grundtvig’s prologue explains the occasion of the following song. He sees the prologue as a key t...
Adam Oehlenschläger
Bertel Thorvaldsen
A poem to Thorvaldsen on the occasion of his Roman birthday.
Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Hans Ferdinand Massmann
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The commentary for this poem is not available at the moment.