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Statues, Classical Mythology

5.1.1795

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Kunstakademiet, København

Thorvaldsen presents the relief Numa Pompilius and Egeria, A748, to the Royal Academy. He also ap...

5.1.1798

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Kunstakademiet, København

Thorvaldsen reports to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts that he has studied Rome and its sur...

30.6.1798

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Kunstakademiet, København

Thorvaldsen informs the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts that he has sent two samples of his wor...

12.10.1799

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Kunstakademiet, København

Both Thorvaldsen’s semi-annual report to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and the works he w...

3.12.1799

Nicolai Abildgaard

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Abildgaard reports that the works Thorvaldsen sent to Copenhagen have arrived safely. He complime...

3.12.1799

Cornelius Høyer, Kunstakademiet, København

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts has evaluated Thorvaldsen’s Bacchus and Ariadne, A1, and is...

4.4.1800

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Nicolai Abildgaard

Thorvaldsen has received Abildgaard’s latest letter and thanks him for everything he does to prom...

4.4.1800

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Kunstakademiet, København

Thorvaldsen is delighted that the work he has sent to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts has w...

24.10.1800

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Nicolai Abildgaard

Thorvaldsen reports that the transportation of two crates with artworks bound for the Royal Danis...

24.10.1800

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Kunstakademiet, København

Thorvaldsen regrets that his report to the Royal Academy has been delayed. He would have liked to...

22.4.1801

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Kunstakademiet, København

Thorvaldsen reports that the two crates with artworks bound for the Royal Danish Academy of Fine ...

Tidligst marts 1803, antagelig senest 1805

Patrick Moir

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Patrick Moir requests Thovaldsen’s presence the following morning in order to settle matters rega...

Tidligst 19. og senest 23.3.1803

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Thomas Hope

Transcript of Thomas Hope’s copy of his contract with Thorvaldsen regarding Jason with the Golden...

After 23.3.1803, before summer 1803

Finelli & Keller

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Thorvaldsen’s contract with the sculptors Pietro Finelli and Heinrich Keller concerning the deliv...

Omkring 1.2.1804

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Herman Schubart

Thorvaldsen thanks Schubart and his sister Charlotte Schimmelmann for the efforts they are making...

Efterår 1804

Jevdokija Ivanovna Golitsyna

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Golitsyna explains that she has written to the banker Torlonia concerning the money she owes Thor...

26.11.1804

Herman Schubart

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Schubart wants to know if Thorvaldsen will accept the commission of Baptismal Font, cf. A555,1. B...

30.11.1804

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Herman Schubart

Thorvaldsen apologizes for his late reply and informs Schubart that he is finishing Bacchus, A2. ...

7.12.1804

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Herman Schubart

Thorvaldsen apologizes for his late answer to Schubart’s letter. He thanks him for the comm...

26.12.1804

Antonio Canova

Nicolai Abildgaard, Kunstakademiet, København

Canova thanks Abildgaard for his nomination as a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts,...

4.3.1805

Herman Schubart

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Schubart writes that Charlotte Schimmelmann is satisfied with Thorvaldsen’s sketch of Bapti...

10.6.1805

Herman Schubart

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Schubart forwards the freight bill concerning The Dance of the Muses on Helicon, cf. A705, and th...

18.6.1805

C.F. Stanley

C.F.F. Stanley

Stanley Senior writes that Thorvaldsen has been appointed professor at the Academy of Fine Arts i...

1.7.1805

Herman Schubart

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Schubart has read in a newspaper that Thorvaldsen has been appointed professor at the Academy of ...

19.10.1805

Nicolai Abildgaard

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Abildgaard is sympathetic to the idea that Thorvaldsen should remain in Rome for the time being b...

6.3.1806

Nicolaus Jac. Stuhr

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Stuhr has arrived at Leghorn and informed Herman Schubart that his busts of A.P. Bernstorff, A207...

8.4.1806

Patrick Moir

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Moir informs Thorvaldsen on behalf of Thomas Hope that the fourth and last payment for Jason with...

12.4.1806

Arnold Wallick

Christian 8.

The commentary for this document is not available at the moment.

26.5.1806

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Johan Christian August Bielke

The commentary for this contract is not available at the moment.

14.6.1806

Irina Vorontsova

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Vorontsova is very impatient to receive the long-awaited artworks. Thorvaldsen has informed her a...

30.1.1807

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Herman Schubart

Thorvaldsen thanks Schubart for a bill of exchange. He has had financial problems because the war...

16.2.1807

Bertel Thorvaldsen

C.F. Hansen

Thorvaldsen suggests subjects from Greek mythology for the reliefs for the Christiansborg Palace ...

16.2.1807

Bertel Thorvaldsen

C.F. Hansen

Draft for letter: Thorvaldsen suggests motifs from Greek mythology for the reliefs for the Christ...

21.2.1807

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Herman Schubart

Thorvaldsen has received commissions from C.F. Hansen and the Building Commission for Christiansb...

9.3.1807

C.F. Hansen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

C.F. Hansen suggests that the statues of Solon and Lycurgus for the Copenhagen city hall and cour...

15.5.1807

C.F. Hansen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The building commission will forward an advance payment at 1000 scuid to Thorvaldsen. Hansen sugg...

4.2.1809

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Herman Schubart

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

22.4.1809

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

24.6.1809

Irina Vorontsova

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Countess Vorontsova has written to Thorvaldsen several times without receiving an answer, so she ...

20.8.1809

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Theodor von Hahn

Contract between Thorvaldsen and Theodor von Hahn concerning delivery of the marble statue Cupid ...

7.7.1810

Hans West

Christian 8.

The commentary for this document is not available at the moment.

13.3.1811

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Hans West

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

18.6.1811

Christian Daniel Rauch

Caroline von Humboldt

Rauch regrets that Thorvaldsen has not yet finished the statues of Cupid Holding a Butterfly to H...

23.12.1812

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Chrystian Piotr Aigner

This contract binds Thorvaldsen to execute two six-foot-tall caryatids with matching capital and ...

5.4.1813

Christian Daniel Rauch

Caroline von Humboldt

Thorvaldsen is working on two caryatids, A55 and A56, which are to flank a plaque that commemorat...

8.4.1813

Peder Malling

Christian 8.

The commentary for this document is not available at the moment.

6.7.1813

P.O. Brøndsted

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Brøndsted has been on a short trip to Leghorn to get some money. He has visited Montenero and ask...

25.2.1815

Giovanni Battista Bassi

Luigi Basiletti

Bassi has visited Thorvaldsen and seen the group Ganymede with Jupiter’s Eagle, cf. A44, which ha...

5.3.1815

Luigi Basiletti

Paolo Tosio

Basiletti asks a question on behalf of the Guarneri family, probably concerning an acquaintance o...

10.3.1815

Paolina Bergonzi

Paolo Tosio

Paolina sends news to her husband. A letter has arrived from Luigi Basiletti, which encloses anot...

16.3.1815

Luigi Basiletti

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Basiletti writes to Thorvaldsen about the sculpture Ganimede with Jupiter’s Eagle, cf. “A44...

16.3.1815

Paolina Bergonzi

Paolo Tosio

Paolina misses her husband, whose return has been delayed, but she is pleased to hear that he and...

17.10.1815

Luigi Basiletti

Paolo Tosio

Basiletti tells Tosio that he has received the sculpture Ganymede with Jupiter’s Eagle, cf. A44. ...

26.11.1815

Luigi Basiletti

Paolo Tosio

Basiletti sends news to Tosio, who is staying at Asola. He has written to one Manini in Milan reg...

1.12.1815

Paolina Bergonzi

Paolo Tosio

Paolina writes that Franz I will not come through Brescia on his journey to Milan. She tells Tosi...

8.12.1815

Paolina Bergonzi

Paolo Tosio

Paolina sends news about the positive reception in their home in Brescia of the marble version of...

10.12.1815

Luigi Basiletti

Paolo Tosio

Basiletti has completed a drawing for Tosio of Thorvaldsen’s sculpture Ganymede with Jupiter’s Ea...

10.12.1815

Paolina Bergonzi

Paolo Tosio

Paolina writes that Basiletti has completed his drawing of Thorvaldsen’s sculpture Ganymede with ...

20.6.1816

Jørgen Knudtzon

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Knudtzon has talked to the German publisher and printer Johann Friedrich Wenner about the publica...

20.6.1816

Caroline von Humboldt

Christian Daniel Rauch

Thorvaldsen har completed Venus with the Apple, A12, and at least 15 portrait busts of Britons.

20.11.1816

Hans Carl Knudtzon

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Knudtzon reminisces about his journey to Rome and hopes to see Thorvaldsen the following year dur...

23.1.1817

Guillaume Bertrand-Favre

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Bertrand-Favre cancels his commission for two bas-reliefs because they will be placed too high o...

2.3.1817

Guillaume Bertrand-Favre

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Bertrand-Favre writes to Thorvaldsen about the statue Ganymede Filling the Cup, cf. A43, which h...

10.5.1817

NN

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Workshop accounts for the second week of May 1817.

27.10.1817

Redaktørerne ved Grätzer Zeitung

Omnes

Paragraph praising Shepherd Boy, A177, and the bust of Georges Gordon Byron.

23.12.1817

Caroline von Humboldt

Christian Daniel Rauch

Thorvaldsen has completed Goddess of Hope, A47, which Caroline von Humboldt greatly admires. The ...

28.1.1818

Caroline von Humboldt

Christian Daniel Rauch

Once more, Caroline von Humboldt praises Thorvaldsen’s latest work, Goddess of Hope, A47.

3.3.1818

Caroline von Humboldt

Christian Daniel Rauch

Thorvaldsen is working hard on another group and a single figure. Caroline von Humboldt has commi...

Antagelig tidligst maj 1818

NN

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Workshop accounts concerning work on the clay bozzetto for The Graces, cf. A30, the clay model fo...

11.6.1818

Atanazy Raczyński

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Raczyński sends part of the payment for Ganymede Offering the Cup, cf. A854, expressing his hope ...

13.6.1818

Ludwig Fuhrmann

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Fuhrmann asks Thorvaldsen to inform Atanazy Raczyński about the progress of Ganymede Offering the...

13.6.1818

Jørgen Koch

Jonas Collin

Koch writes about Thorvaldsen’s works and commissions. The sculptor has completed Mercury a...

27.8.1818

Caroline von Humboldt

Christian Daniel Rauch

Thorvaldsen will not accompany Herman Schubart to Denmark but will leave in the spring in the com...

29.8.1818

NN

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Workshop accounts for the fourth week of August 1818.

26.9.1818

NN

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Workshop accounts for the fourth week of September 1818.

1.10.1818

Christian 8.

Christian 8.

The commentary for this document is not available at the moment.

After 11.10.1818

B.S. Ingemann

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Excerpt of Ingemann’s Reiselyren, which describes some of Thorvaldsen’s works.

17.10.1818

Caroline von Humboldt

Christian Daniel Rauch

Thorvaldsen has spent a month in Naples but still does not look happy and well. The clay model of...

31.10.1818

NN

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Workshop accounts for the fifth week of October 1818.

6.11.1818

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Atanazy Raczyński

Thorvaldsen acknowledges receipt of 250 scudi as part payment for Ganymede Offering the Cup, cf. ...

6.11.1818

Caroline von Humboldt

Christian Daniel Rauch

Wilhelm Schadow is working on several paintings, among them The Road to Calvary, B156. Thorvaldse...

7.11.1818

NN

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Workshop accounts for the first week of November 1818.

29.11.1818

NN

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Workshop accounts for the fourth week of November 1818.

4.12.1818

Atanazy Raczyński

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Raczyński thanks Thorvaldsen for the drawing of Ganymede and hopes to receive the statue soon, cf...

5.12.1818

NN

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Workshop accounts for the first week of December 1818.

31.12.1818

Gerhard Stub

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Stub asks Thorvaldsen to let him know if Atanazy Raczyński’s statue of Ganymede, cf. A41, is fini...

9.1.1819

Caroline von Humboldt

Christian Daniel Rauch

Rauch’s friends in Rome are deeply worried about his health and ask for news. Thorvaldsen has com...

17.1.1819

Franziska Caspers

Charlotte Thierry

Thorvaldsen has guided Caspers through the Vatican museum by torchlight. She admires his inspirin...

25.1.1819

NN

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Workshop accounts for the third week of January 1819.

5.2.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Holger Halling Aagaard

Brøndsted writes that he sees Thorvaldsen every day. He praises Thorvaldsen’s latest works, Cupid...

6.2.1819

NN

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Workshop accounts for the first week of February 1819.

13.2.1819

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Atanazy Raczyński

Thorvaldsen regrets that he cannot send Ganymede Offering the Cup, cf. A41, to Raczyński as the s...

14.2.1819

NN

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Workshop accounts for the second week of February 1819.

6.3.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Holger Halling Aagaard

Brøndsted praises Thorvaldsen’s latest sculptures, Dancing Girl, A179, Cupid and the Graces, A29 ...

21.3.1819

NN

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Workshop accounts for the third week of March 1819.

4.4.1819

NN

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Workshop accounts for the week 29.3.-4.4.1819.

6.4.1819

Thomas Hope

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Thomas Hope urges Thorvaldsen to finish and deliver Jason with the Golden Fleece, A822, commissio...

11.4.1819

NN

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Workshop accounts for the second week of April 1819.

24.4.1819

NN

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Workshop accounts for the fourth week of April 1819.

25.4.1819

NN

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Workshop accounts for the fourth week of April 1819.

8.5.1819

NN

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Workshop accounts for the first week of May 1819.

15.5.1819

Caroline von Humboldt

Christian Daniel Rauch

Caroline von Humboldt has not demanded an answer from Thorvaldsen concerning Rauch’s possible rol...

28.5.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Andreas Christian Gierlew

Brøndsted thanks Gierlew for his letter. He is currently editing his investigations from his expe...

6.6.1819

NN

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Workshop accounts for the first week of June 1819.

Presumably 9.7.1819

Luigi Chiaveri

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Chiaveri asks Thorvaldsen to speak to Giovanni Raimondo Torlonia as soon as possible regarding Ja...

24.7.1819

Caroline von Humboldt

Christian Daniel Rauch

Rauch can get the latest news about Thorvaldsen from Karl Wilhelm Wach. Frances Mackenzie has bro...

2.10.1819

P.O. Brøndsted

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Brøndsted blames Thorvaldsen for not travelling to Denmark by the route recommended to him. Brønd...

19.11.1819

John Gibson

John Crouchley

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

25.12.1819

Christian 8.

Christian 8.

The commentary for this document is not available at the moment.

29.12.1819

Christian 8.

Christian 8.

The commentary for this document is not available at the moment.

28.2.1820

Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn

Omnes

The commentary for this document is not available at the moment.

17.-23.12.1820

Christian 8.

Christian 8.

Visits Canova’s workshop and comments on the sculptor’s works. Then he visits Thorvaldsen’s works...

17.3.1821-26.12.1822

NN

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Accounts of repairs on a marble version of Cupid Triumphant, cf. A22, which had been damaged in t...

2.4.1821

Christian 8.

Christian 8.

Has visited Thorvaldsen and is pleased with the sketch, Nysø34, for the statue of Caroline Amalie...

Maj 1821

Giovanni Raimondo Torlonia

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Torlonia is disappointed that Thorvaldsen has not complied with the agreement to complete Jason w...

12.8.1821

Christian 8.

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Describes the inauguration of the monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, in Lucerne, w...

20.8.1821

Giovanni Raimondo Torlonia

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Torlonia assumes that Jason with the Golden Fleece, A822, is ready to be shipped as Thorvaldsen h...

21.8.1821

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Giovanni Raimondo Torlonia

Thorvaldsen answers Torlonia regarding Jason with the Golden Fleece, A822, which is to be deliver...

15.4.1823

Giovanni Raimondo Torlonia

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Torlonia has received several letters from Thomas Hope, who is impatient to have the statue of Ja...

9.8.1825

A. Andersen Feldborg

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Andersen Feldborg gives Thorvaldsen his book Denmark Delineated, probably @M653.He writes that Ja...

Marts 1826 - februar 1828

NN

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Workshop accounts for Cupid with his Bow, cf. A819.

12.6.1826

Giovanni Raimondo Torlonia

Bertel Thorvaldsen

On behalf of Thomas Hope, Torlonia urges Thorvaldsen to finish the statue of Jason with the Golde...

24.11.1826

C.F. Hansen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

An inquiry about Thorvaldsen’s sculptural decorations for the Church of Our Lady and Christ...

28.11.1826

Kirkebygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The Building Commission for the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen, is looking forward to receiving ...

9.12.1826

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Johan Gunder Adler

Thorvaldsen calls in the loan of 9000 scudi which Christian (8.) Frederik took from him, cf. cert...

4.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Christian 8.

Thorvaldsen sends a list of the works that can be ready for transportation to Denmark in the spri...

4.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

First draft letter dated 4.2.1827.

4.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Thorvaldsen writes which works will be ready to be sent to Denmark in the spring of 1827.

Senest 4.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Christian 8.

First and second draft letters dated 4.2.1827.

Senest 4.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Christian 8.

Third draft letter dated 4.2.1827.

Senest 4.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Christian 8.

Fifth draft letter dated 4.2.1827.

4.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Second draft letter dated 4.2.1827.

4.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Third and final draft letter dated 4.2.1827.

4.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Christian 8.

Fourth draft letter dated 4.2.1827.

7.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

C.F. Hansen

Thorvaldsen lists the works which will be ready to be sent to Denmark in the spring of 1827. Extr...

7.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

C.F. Hansen

One of three draft letters, in Thorvaldsen’s own hand, of a fourth draft letter dated 7.2.1...

7.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

C.F. Hansen

One of three draft letters, in Thorvaldsen’s own hand, of a fourth draft letter dated 7.2.1...

Senest 12.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Kirkebygningskommissionen

Draft of the letter dated 12.2.1827.

12.2.1827

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Kirkebygningskommissionen

Thorvaldsen lists the works which will be ready to be sent to Denmark in the spring of 1827 and c...

17.3.1827

Christian 8.

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The letter expresses dissatisfaction with the number of works for the Church of Our Lady and Chri...

22.3.1827

Conrad Rantzau

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Rantzau writes from Nice, where he is staying in his capacity of travelling companion to Prince F...

22.5.1827

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

In consequence of a royal ordinance, the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace ask Thorva...

6.6.1827

Kirkebygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The Building Commission for the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen seize the opportunity to have th...

13.6.1827

Giovanni Raimondo Torlonia

Bertel Thorvaldsen

On behalf of Thomas Hope, Torlonia urges Thorvaldsen to finish the statue of Jason with the Golde...

22.6.1827

J.C. Ulrich

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Ulrich lists the works of art for the Church of Our Lady and Christiansborg Palace which the merc...

27.7.1827

Johan Gunder Adler, Hermann Ernst Freund

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Adler writes to the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace, quoting a letter dated 30.6.18...

17.9.1827

C.F. Hansen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

C.F. Hansen has read a letter from Hermann Ernst Freund concerning the forthcoming transportation...

November 1827

N.C.L. Abrahams

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Abrahams sends a report from Paris. He has met the bronze caster Louis-Claude-Ferdinand Soyer, wh...

1.12.1827

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The ship owner L.N. Hvidt has informed the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace that the...

30.12.1827

Democrito Gandolfi

Rodolfo Vantini

Gandolfi describes an accident regarding a marble version of the sculpture Cupid with the Lyre, e...

19.1.1828

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Specification of Thorvaldsen’s expenses for storage, crates, and packing in connection with...

2.2.1828

Paolo Tosio

Paolo Tosio

Folder containing documents concerning, among other things, Democrito Gandolfi and his marble ver...

17.4.1828

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Michael Shaw Stewart

Thorvaldsen’s receipt for _Cupid with his Bow_in marble, cf. A819.

16.6.1828

Charles Baring Wall

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Wall has heard the the statue Ganymede Offering the Cup, A854, has been finished in marble, and t...

Presumably August 1828

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Thomas Hope

Thorvaldsen sends Hope the statue of Jason with the Golden Fleece, A822, 25 years after the contr...

Antagelig august 1828

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Thomas Hope

Thorvaldsen sends Hope the statue of Jason with the Golden Fleece, A822, 25 years after the contr...

4.10.1828

Jørgen Knudtzon

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

27.10.1828

Jørgen Knudtzon

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.

16.6.1829

Jørgen Knudtzon

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Knudtzon reports that Thorvaldsen’s statues of Venus, A853, Ganymede Offering the Cup, A85...

3.8.1829

Thomas Hope

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Hope gratefully acknowledges receipt of Jason with the Golden Fleece, A822, the portrait busts of...

16.3.1830

NN

Omnes

The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.

1831

Rembrandt Peale

Omnes

Peale describes his impression of Thorvaldsen, his works, and his studio practice. He is critical...

12.12.1831

Christian 8.

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Christian Frederik has heard that the Alexander Frieze, cf. A503, and Christ, cf. A82, and John t...

17.6.1832

C.F. Hansen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Clarification of circumstances relating to the commissions for Christiansborg Palace and the Chur...

24.10.1832

Luigi Bienaimé

Franz Erwein von Schönborn

Bienaimé has heard from the sculptor Emil Wolff that Schönborn considers having Bienaimé execute ...

Før 8.8.1833

NN

NN

List of the works by Thorvaldsen that are to be sent to Copenhagen with the corvette Galathea in ...

Før 8.8.1833

NN

NN

List of the works by Thorvaldsen that are to be sent to Copenhagen with the corvette Galathea in ...

7.11.1833

H.C. Andersen

H.C. Andersen

Andersen has visited Thorvaldsen’s workshops and seen Psyche in plaster, A26, and George Gordon B...

16.8.1834

C.F. Hansen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

At Thorvaldsen’s request, the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace and the Univers...

Tidligst 1837

Eliza Mary Shaw Stewart

Alexander Hamilton Douglas

Shaw Stewart encloses a receipt with Thorvaldsen’s signature. She invites Hamilton to come ...

16.12.1837

Friedrich Stammann

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Friedrich Stammann recommends the Austrian Count Harrach to Thorvaldsen and asks Thorvaldsen to i...

7.10.1838

Henrik Hertz

Omnes

Song by Henrik Hertz for the celebration of Thorvaldsen at the party at the Hôtel d’Angleterre in...

July-September 1839

Christine Stampe

Omnes

The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 7th part of 60 in all.

31.1.1842

Ludvig Müller

Christian 8.

Müller sends a report to Christian 8. on Danish artists in Rome. He gives a detailed description ...

28.11.1843

Jørgen Dalhoff

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Receipt for payment of clay, iron, and iron bands delivered in March, April, and May 1843 for the...

20.2.1844

Jørgen Dalhoff

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Receipt for payment of clay, iron, and iron bands delivered in March, April, and May 1843 for the...

28.6.1844

Redaktørerne ved Berlingske Tidende

Omnes

The clay model for Aesculapius, cf. the sketch A20, crashes in Thorvaldsen’s studio.

19.6.1845

Christian 8.

Christian 8.

Plays host to Friedrich Wilhelm IV, who, among other things, is shown several of Thorvaldsen’s wo...

1853

Federico Odorici

Omnes

In his guide to the town of Brescia, Odorici also describes the private collections in the town. ...