Thorvaldsen and Canova
See also: Artistic Environment in Rome
Carl Ludwig Fernow
Omnes
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Friederike Brun
Antonio Canova
Brun thanks Canova for the flowers he has sent her; she and Thorvaldsen have arranged them very a...
Jacqueline Schubart
NN
A fragment of a letter presumably from Jacqueline Schubart, suggesting support for Thorvaldsen. T...
Herman Schubart
Frederik 6.
Schubart tries to persuade Crown Prince Frederik (6.) to commission works from Thorvaldsen for th...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Herman Schubart
Thorvaldsen apologizes for his late reply and informs Schubart that he is finishing Bacchus, A2. ...
Antonio Canova
Nicolai Abildgaard, Kunstakademiet, København
Canova thanks Abildgaard for his nomination as a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts,...
Redaktørerne ved Dagen
Omnes
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Arnold Wallick
Christian 8.
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Antonio Canova
Kunstakademiet, København
Canova has been elected member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. He lacks words to...
Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn
Omnes
Thorvaldsen competes with Antonio Canova for the commission for a colossal statue of Liberty to t...
C.F. Høyer
Nicolai Abildgaard
Høyer suggests that commissions for Christiansborg Palace should soon be given to Thorvaldsen bef...
Herman Schubart
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Schubart urges Thorvaldsen to come to Montenero. He is pleased that the busts of Herman Schubart,...
C.F. Høyer
Nicolai Abildgaard
Høyer writes that Thorvaldsen has received an instalment of 100 rix-dollars for the portrait bust...
Herman Schubart
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Schubart thanks Thorvaldsen for his birthday present, the drawing Mary with Jesus and John. He h...
C.F. Høyer
Nicolai Abildgaard
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Redaktørerne ved Dagen
Omnes
Thorvaldsen’s fame is growing; he is now mentioned in the French newspaper Le Moniteur Universel....
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Herman Schubart
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Antonio Canova
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Canova informs Thorvaldsen that he will be in Santa Croce, and would be delighted to see his coll...
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Caroline von Humboldt
Humboldt has just opened a letter from Friedrich Wilhelm 3., who asks him to obtain sketches (dra...
Herman Schubart
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Schubart sends a picture as a model for the portrait bust of Henrik Hielmstierne, cf. A210. Agnet...
Peder Malling
Christian 8.
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G.L. Lahde, Adam Oehlenschläger
Omnes
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Omnes
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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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Christian Molbech, NN
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Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Humboldt calls Thorvaldsen’s frieze Alexander the Great’s Entry into Babylon “the most perf...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Humboldt praises Thorvaldsen for his hard work and creativity in the execution of Alexander the G...
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In the report of the state of the arts in Italy in 1813-15, Thorvaldsen is awarded the leading po...
Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom
Erik Gustaf Geijer
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Herman Schubart
Christian 8.
Schubart assures the concerned Christian Frederik that the Alexander Frieze for Frederik 6.’s new...
Vincenz Rüttimann
Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen
Thorvaldsen has not yet made the promised draft of the monument to the fallen Swiss Guards, cf. D...
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Omnes
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Vincenz Rüttimann
Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen
Rüttimann informs Pfyffer von Altishofen that Heinrich Keller has spoken with Thorvaldsen about t...
Redaktørerne ved Janus
Omnes
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Peder Brønnum Scavenius
Peder Brønnum Scavenius
Scavenius and Brøndsted called on Thorvaldsen, but they did not speak to him as he was busy worki...
Clemens Metternich
Eleonore von Kaunitz
Metternich is sightseeing in Rome and visits Thorvaldsen’s and Canova’s workshops. Canova reminds...
Peder Brønnum Scavenius
Peder Brønnum Scavenius
Scavenius visited Canova’s workshop. He criticises a number of his works and compares him unfavou...
Peder Brønnum Scavenius
Peder Brønnum Scavenius
Dinner at Scavenius’ house, where Thorvaldsen talked about Canova’s equestrian statue of Charles ...
Heinrich Keller
Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen
Keller reports that the small model for the monument to the Swiss guards in Lucerne, cf. Dying Li...
Adam Oehlenschläger
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Omnes
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John Gibson
John Crouchley
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Christian 8.
Christian 8.
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James Elmes
Omnes
A description of the sculpture gallery at Woburn Abbey, including three works by Thorvaldsen, Pri...
Christian Molbech
Omnes
Molbech’s account of his visit to Rome, in which he compares Thorvaldsen and Canova and describes...
Christian 8.
Christian 8.
Visits Canova’s workshop and comments on the sculptor’s works. Then he visits Thorvaldsen’s works...
Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom
Erik Gustaf Geijer
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Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt, Ludwig Schorn
Omnes
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Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound
The Earl of Minto describes a visit to Thorvaldsen’s and Canova’s workshops and compa...
Redaktørerne ved Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn
Omnes
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H.F.J. Estrup
Ordenskapitlet, København
The historian Estrup’s biography of Thorvaldsen for the Chapter of the Royal Orders of Chiv...
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Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
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Omnes
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Omnes
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Omnes
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H.C. Andersen
H.C. Andersen
Andersen has visited St. Peter’s Basilica, where he saw Thorvaldsen’s monument to Pius 7., cf. A1...
Pierre-Jean David d'Angers
Omnes
D’Angers has visited the Glyptothek in Munich, which he finds beautiful, simple, and well arrange...
Redaktørerne ved Dagen, NN
Omnes
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Wilhelm Fredric A. Dalman
Omnes
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Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 3rd part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 59th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 45th part of 60 in all.
N.L. Høyen
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung
Omnes
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Pierre-Jean David d'Angers
Omnes
An assessment of Thorvaldsen’s art on the occasion of his recent death. D’Angers writes that, as ...
Redaktørerne ved Berlingske Tidende
Omnes
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Redaktørerne ved Ny Portefeuille, J.C. Schythe
Omnes
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B.S. Ingemann
Just Mathias Thiele
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Francesco Hayez
Omnes
Two passages from the famous Italian painter Francesco Hayez’s autobiography, in which Thor...