Statues, Christian Mythology
See also: Thorvaldsen and Christianity
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Herman Schubart
Thorvaldsen apologizes for his late answer to Schubart’s letter. He thanks him for the comm...
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...
Herman Schubart
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Schubart writes that The Dance of the Muses on Helicon, cf. A705, and the portrait busts of himse...
Herman Schubart
C.F.F. Stanley
Schubart thanks Stanley for his letter and asks him to tell Thorvaldsen that he will soon receive...
Herman Schubart
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Schubart summarizes to Thorvaldsen their mutual financial status and tells him to inform him if h...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Herman Schubart
Thorvaldsen thanks Schubart for a bill of exchange. He has had financial problems because the war...
B.S. Ingemann, Børge Henrik Knap
Omnes
The commentary for this document 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...
Christian 8.
Christian 8.
Visits Canova’s workshop and comments on the sculptor’s works. Then he visits Thorvaldsen’s works...
Christian 8.
Christian 8.
Christian (8.) Frederik visits Thorvaldsen with an offer of a commission for Hermann Ernst Freund...
Christian 8.
Christian 8.
Thorvaldsen has modelled Christ, cf. A82 and the apostles Peter, cf. A86 and Paul, cf. A103 in clay.
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
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...
Kirkebygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
In consequence of a royal ordinance, Thorvaldsen is asked by the Building Commission for the Chur...
G. Petrozzani
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
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...
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...
Conrad Rantzau
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Rantzau asks Thorvaldsen for help in connection with Prince Frederik’s (7.) impending visit to Ro...
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
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Pietro Antonio Bienaimé
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bienaimé states that the sculptor Andrea Bardi has worked for 47 days on the marble version of Th...
Kirkebygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Cancellation of the commission for two marble candelabra which Thorvaldsen was to have executed f...
Adam Oehlenschläger
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Adam Oehlenschläger recommends the composer J.F. Frøhlich to Thorvaldsen. He is pleased that the ...
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....
C.F. Hansen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Clarification of circumstances relating to the commissions for Christiansborg Palace and the Chur...
Dorota Barbara Czartoryska
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Czartoryska asks Thorvaldsen to take the opportunity to write to Zofia Potocka while she is in Vi...
Teresa Lubomirska
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Teresa Lubomirska tells Thorvaldsen that Zofia Potocka has written to her several times to ask Th...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Thorvaldsen expresses his gratitude for two letters from the Building Commission for Christiansbo...
C.F. Hansen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Hansen hopes to see Thorvaldsen and his works for Christiansborg Palace and the Church of Our Lad...
Pietro Antonio Bienaimé
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bienaimé is at Carrara, where the marble statue of Crist, cf. A82, has been ready for shipment to...
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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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List of the works by Thorvaldsen that are to be sent to Copenhagen with the corvette Galathea in ...
H.C. Andersen
H.C. Andersen
Andersen has visited St. Peter’s Basilica, where he saw Thorvaldsen’s monument to Pius 7., cf. A1...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.F. Hansen
Thorvaldsen is in bed with a severe cold. The last five pieces of the Alexander Frieze are now re...
C.F. Hansen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
At Thorvaldsen’s request, the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace and the Univers...
Ludvig Bødtcher
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bødtcher worries that Thorvaldsen has not received his latest letter, sent through the painter Al...
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...
Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 60th 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 ...