Alexander Frieze, Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen
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Peder Malling
Christian 8.
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Peder Malling
Christian 8.
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Peder Malling
Christian 8.
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Lauritz Kruse
Omnes
A prospectus in which Kruse invites his fellow countrymen to contribute to the acquisition of Tho...
Lauritz Kruse
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Kruse encloses the prospectus in which the Danish population is invited to contribute to the acqu...
Lauritz Kruse
Omnes
A prospectus in German in which Kruse invites his Danish-German fellow countrymen in Schleswig, H...
Lauritz Kruse
Bertel Thorvaldsen
For the Royal Academy in Copenhagen, Christian Frederik commissions “a copy in plaster of all [Th...
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
For a long time, the Academy of Fine Arts has wished to possess plaster casts of Thorvaldsen’s wo...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christian 8.
Thorvaldsen assures the concerned Christian Frederik that the Alexander Frieze for Christiansborg...
Herman Schubart
Christian 8.
Schubart assures the concerned Christian Frederik that the Alexander Frieze for Frederik 6.’s new...
C.F. Hansen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Hansen is pleased that Frederik 6., in his letter dated 15.6.1818, has ordered the commission of ...
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Frederik 6. commissions the Alexander Frieze and two caryatids for Christiansborg Palace.
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Thorvaldsen is grateful for the commission for the Alexander Frieze and two caryatids for Christi...
Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung
Omnes
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Jørgen Koch
C.F. Hansen
Thorvaldsen is pleased that his native country now acknowledges his achievements with a large com...
Redaktørerne ved Wiener Zeitung
Omnes
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Caroline von Humboldt
Christian Daniel Rauch
Thorvaldsen will not accompany Herman Schubart to Denmark but will leave in the spring in the com...
Giovanni Battista Sommariva
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Sommariva has arrived in Italy. He has read in the French press that Frederik 6. has commissioned...
Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung
Omnes
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Christian 8.
Christian 8.
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Slotsbygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
An account of the meeting in Copenhagen on 24.11.1819, in which Thorvaldsen promised the Building...
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...
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...
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...
Johan Gunder Adler, Hermann Ernst Freund
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Adler writes to the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace, quoting a letter dated 30.6.18...
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Mendelssohn has seen George Gordon Byron, cf. A130, in clay during a visit to Thorvaldsen’s works...
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...
C.F. Hansen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Clarification of circumstances relating to the commissions for Christiansborg Palace and the Chur...
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Frederik 6. has approved C.F. Hansen’s drawings for the great hall and two adjoining apartments o...
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
A follow-up to the letter of 21.8.1832, in which the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palac...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Slotsbygningskommissionen
Thorvaldsen expresses his gratitude for two letters from the Building Commission for Christiansbo...
Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung
Omnes
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Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christian (8.) Frederik Is pleased that Thorvaldsen intends to come to Copenhagen in the spring o...
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The corvette Galathea will arrive at Leghorn around 1.7.1833, and Thorvaldsen is asked to have th...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christian 8.
An accident with the marble for the portrait statue of Caroline Amalie makes it impossible for Th...
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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 ...
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First part of a list of the works by Thorvaldsen that are to be sent to Copenhagen with the corve...
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Second part of a list of the works by Thorvaldsen that are to be sent to Copenhagen with the corv...
Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
A list of the artworks by Thorvaldsen that have come to Copenhagen with the corvette Galathea.
C.W. Eckersberg, Kunstakademiet, København, Just Mathias Thiele
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The corvette Galathea arrived in Copenhagen 20.9.1833. The crates with Thorvaldsen’s works have b...
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Thorvaldsen has been awarded the Silver Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog, and Christian Freder...
Friederike Brun
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Brun is eager to have the crates with Thorvaldsen’s marble works opened. Hermann Ernst Freund is ...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Just Mathias Thiele
Thorvaldsen acknowledges receipt of the report on the arrival of his works of art in Copenhagen w...
Just Mathias Thiele
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The three works that had been delivered to the Church of Our Lady even though they belonged to Th...
Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
The art lovers of Copenhagen are told what the reasons are why it has not yet been possible to ex...
Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
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Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.F. Hansen
Thorvaldsen is in bed with a severe cold. The last five pieces of the Alexander Frieze are now re...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Jonas Collin
Thorvaldsen itemizes his bill for works for Christiansborg Palace and the Church of Our Lady and ...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Hermann Ernst Freund
Thorvaldsen’s departure for Denmark is delayed, so he asks Freund to give him a detailed report o...
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Redaktørerne ved Søndagsblad
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt, Ludwig Schorn
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Dagen, NN
Omnes
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Christian 8.
Christian 8.
The Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace has been asked to commission four marble statue...