Patriarch of the Bas-Relief
See also: Idolizing Thorvaldsen
Carl Gotthard Grass
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Christian Erdmann Gottlieb Prestel
Franz Erwein von Schönborn
Prestel recommends Thorvaldsen both as a man and as an artist and gives examples of the sculptor’...
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In the report of the state of the arts in Italy in 1813-15, Thorvaldsen is awarded the leading po...
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...
Redaktørerne ved Lemberger Zeitung
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Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn
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Karl August Nicander
Hugo Hamilton
Nicander refers to Thorvaldsen in very flattering terms.
Rembrandt Peale
Omnes
Peale describes his impression of Thorvaldsen, his works, and his studio practice. He is critical...
Pierre-Jean David d'Angers
Omnes
An assessment of Thorvaldsen’s art on the occasion of his recent death. D’Angers writes that, as ...
Francesco Hayez
Omnes
Two passages from the famous Italian painter Francesco Hayez’s autobiography, in which Thor...