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Thorvaldsen and Authors

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1.1.1794

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Sophie Amalie Kurtzhals

Thorvaldsens sends an excerpt from a poem by the poet Baggesen to Sophie Amalie Kurtzhals.

Sandsynligvis 27.6.1796

Eiler Hagerup Schiøtz

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Dedication in a book.

17.1.-14.2.1797

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Thorvaldsen’s diary from his sojourn in Malta, Palermo and Naples.

Muligvis juni 1803

Friederike Brun

Antonio Canova

Brun thanks Canova for the flowers he has sent her; she and Thorvaldsen have arranged them very a...

29.8.1809

Adam Oehlenschläger

Bertel Thorvaldsen

A greeting in Thorvaldsen’s album.

Efteråret 1809

Adam Oehlenschläger

Omnes

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

18.12.1811

Friederike Brun

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Friederike Brun informs Thorvaldsen that Herman Schubart has sent a letter and a poem to him and ...

Antagelig 1818-19

B.S. Ingemann

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Dedication to Thorvaldsen in Blanca. Et Sørgespil (1815).

After 11.10.1818

B.S. Ingemann

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

Not later than 23.10.1818

B.S. Ingemann

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Two poems to Night, A901, and Day, A902. In “Night”, the stars, the moon, and a landscape are evo...

7.10.1819

Borups Selskab

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Borup’s Society invites Thorvaldsen to attend a play followed by a dinner party.

13.10.1819

Knud Lyne Rahbek

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Song for Thorvaldsen in Borup’s Society, Copenhagen.

13.10.1819

Adam Oehlenschläger

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Song for Thorvaldsen in Borup’s Society, Copenhagen.

13.10.1819

M.F. Liebenberg

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Song for Thorvaldsen in Borup’s Society, Copenhagen.

15.10.1819

M.F. Liebenberg, Adam Oehlenschläger, Knud Lyne Rahbek

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

29.10.1819

Jens Baggesen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Baggesen urges Thorvaldsen to be present at a party in the literary society Clio, which he will a...

30.10.1819

Jens Baggesen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Poem for Thorvaldsen sung at a party in the literary society Clio.

30.10.1819

Jens Baggesen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Poem for Thorvaldsen sung at a party in the literary society Clio.

1.1.1820

A.F. Elmquist

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Printed dedication to Thorvaldsen.

Muligvis 10.4.1820

B.S. Ingemann

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Dedication to Thorvaldsen in Eventyr og Fortællinger (1820).

9.5.1820

Jens Baggesen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Poem in Thorvaldsen’s album. In the first two stanzas, the art of poetry is compared with the art...

3.7.1820

Borups Selskab

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Borup’s Society invites Thorvaldsen to a dinner party.

Sandsynligvis før 11.8.1820

Emil Aarestrup

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Poem to Thorvaldsen before his departure from Denmark.

Probably medio August 1820

B.S. Ingemann

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Dedication to Thorvaldsen in Reiselyren (1820).

1824

A. Andersen Feldborg

Bertel Thorvaldsen

A dedication to Thorvaldsen.

Tidligst foråret 1825

Jens Baggesen

Omnes

Poem about the monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion) , cf. A119, at Lucerne.

9.8.1825

A. Andersen Feldborg

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

Sandsynligvis 1829

Carsten Hauch

Bertel Thorvaldsen

A dedication to Thorvaldsen.

21.5.1829

Adam Oehlenschläger

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Adam Oehlenschläger recommends the composer J.F. Frøhlich to Thorvaldsen. He is pleased that the ...

27.2.1830

Friedrich Thiersch

Bertel Thorvaldsen

A dedication to Thorvaldsen in a book by the author Friedrich Thiersch. The poem describes how Th...

24.12.1830

Christian Winther

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Song for Christmas in Rome 1830.

Antagelig efter 1832

Georg Christian Braun

Bertel Thorvaldsen

A dedication to Thorvaldsen in a leaflet.

23.10.1833

H.C. Andersen

H.C. Andersen

Andersen has visited Princess Charlotte Frederikke in order to read aloud from his dramatic poem ...

6.12.1833

H.C. Andersen

H.C. Andersen

Andersen reads aloud from Agnete and the Merman to Thorvaldsen and other artists. Thorvaldsen, wh...

7.12.1833

H.C. Andersen

H.C. Andersen

Andersen has attended an evening of poetry reading at the Accademia Tiberina together with Henrik...

Presumably no later than 8.1.1834

H.C. Andersen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Holograph copy of H.C. Andersen’s poem The Dying Child presented to Thorvaldsen.

8.1.1834

H.C. Andersen

H.C. Andersen

Andersen has visited Thorvaldsen and was comforted and encouraged by him after having told him ab...

11.1.1835

H.C. Andersen

Omnes

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

Sandsynligvis 1837

Pietro Camporese den yngre

Bertel Thorvaldsen

A dedication to Thorvaldsen.

3.5.1838

B.S. Ingemann

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Dedication to Thorvaldsen in Holger Danske. Et Digt (1837).

After 17.9.1838

Emil Aarestrup

Omnes

Aarestrup’s poem on Thorvaldsen’s return to Denmark.

11.10.1838

Emil Aarestrup

Omnes

Four sonnets about Thorvaldsen’s return to Denmark, about the coming museum, about popular ...

31.10.1838

Adam Oehlenschläger

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Oehlenschläger’s tribute to Thorvaldsen follows Johannes Ewald’s “Kong Christia...

1.11.1838

Adam Oehlenschläger

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

Antagelig 1839-1840, senest 1843

Adam Oehlenschläger

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Oehlenschläger writes a poem to accompany the poem he has written as an illustration of Thorvalds...

11.1.1839

Peder Hjort

Bertel Thorvaldsen

A dedication to Thorvaldsen in a booklet.

Efter marts 1839

B.S. Ingemann

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Dedication to Thorvaldsen in Salomons Ring. Dramatisk Eventyr med lyrisk Forspil (1839).

16.4.1839

Rasmus Philipp

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

13.6.1839

B.S. Ingemann

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Song for Thorvaldsen.

21.6.1839

B.S. Ingemann

Omnes

Song for Thorvaldsen.

July-August 1839

Christine Stampe

Omnes

The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 5th part of 60 in all.

5.7.1839

B.S. Ingemann

Omnes

Song to Thorvaldsen in seven stanzas, written the year after his return to Denmark. The song cele...

Winter 1839-40

Christine Stampe

Omnes

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

5.1.1840

H.C. Andersen, NN

Omnes

A fairy tale, told by the moon, about Thorvaldsen as a child who wakes up in the middle of the ni...

28.1.1840

Ole Bang

Bertel Thorvaldsen

A dedication to Thorvaldsen.

22.5.1840

Adam Oehlenschläger

Caroline Amalie, Christian 8.

Poem to King Christian 8. and Queen Caroline Amalie on the occasion of their silver anniversary 2...

1841

Adam Oehlenschläger

Bertel Thorvaldsen

A dedication to Thorvaldsen.

April-maj 1841

Christine Stampe

Omnes

The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 19th part of 60 in all.

14.6.1841

Ernst von Brunnow

Bertel Thorvaldsen

A dedication to Thorvaldsen in a book.

12.2.1843

Carsten Hauch

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The author Carsten Hauch sends one of his books to Thorvaldsen as a gift.

Antagelig 12.2.1843

Carsten Hauch

Bertel Thorvaldsen

A dedication to Thorvaldsen.

30.3.1844

H.P. Holst

Omnes

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

6.4.1844

Heinrich Steffens

Christine Stampe

Steffens posthumously praises Thorvaldsen and acknowledges the effort Christine Stampe made to ea...

9.4.1844

J.L. Heiberg

Omnes

J.L. Heiberg’s prologue for the ceremony at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen 9.4.1844, commemorati...

15.4.1844

Christian 8.

Christian 8.

Adam Oehlenschläger in audience recites a poem about Thorvaldsen.

Senest 1849

Christian Winther

Omnes

Poem inspired by Thorvaldsen’s relief Night, A901.