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Thorvaldsen and Iceland

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27.1.1797

Vincenzo Manno

Francesco Manno

Vincenzo Manno of Palermo recommends Thorvaldsen to his brother Francesco Manno in Rome.

1814

Andreas Schram Olsen

Omnes

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

5.9.1814

Olav Olavsen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Olavsen recommends H.E. Freund to Thorvaldsen. He sends a ring with Freund in order to thank Thor...

21.10.1817

Redaktørerne ved Leipziger Zeitung

Omnes

This newspaper cutting reports that the Russian Zar and King of Poland Alexander 1. on 6.9.1817 h...

16.10.1819

Finnur Magnússon

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Song in six stanzas written on the occasion of Thorvaldsen’s return to Denmark in 1819. Acc...

7.11.1819

Olav Olavsen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Olavsen asks if Thorvaldsen has received the ring he sent him via H.E. Freund. He reminds the scu...

18.1.1820

NN

Omnes

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

9.2.1820

Gunnlaug Briem

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

28.6.1820

N.T. Bruun

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Song to Thorvaldsen on the occasion of his approaching departure from Copenhagen.

August 1826 - Spring 1827

Carsten Hauch

Omnes

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

28.7.1826

Thorleifur Repp

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

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

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...

Ca. 1829

Finnur Magnússon

Just Mathias Thiele

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

27.2.1830

Friedrich Thiersch

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

16.3.1830

NN

Omnes

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

August 1832

NN

Omnes

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

Antagelig omkring 24.4.1835

Finnur Magnússon

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Magnússon, who is recuperating from an illness, writes that he presumes that Thorvaldsen has not ...

16.2.1837

Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten

Omnes

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

20.7.1837

Bjarni Thorarensen

Omnes

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

30.8.1837

Bjarni Thorarensen

Jonas Collin

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

Probably 2.10.1838

Ane Katrine Dal

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Thorvaldsen is asked for support by a poor widow.

5.10.1838

Bjarni Thorarensen

Jonas Collin

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

9.10.1838

Redaktørerne ved Dagen, Finnur Magnússon

Omnes

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

22.10.1838

Edward Everett

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

22.10.1838

Edward Everett

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

22.10.1838

Edward Everett

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

31.10.1838

Adam Oehlenschläger

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

24.7.1839

N.F.S. Grundtvig

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Through the Icelandic legendary figure of Vølund in the song, Grundtvig establishes a connection ...

Efter 24.7.1839

N.F.S. Grundtvig

Omnes

Grundtvig’s prologue explains the occasion of the following song. He sees the prologue as a key t...

1841

Jónas Hallgrímsson

Omnes

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

Før 25.5.1841

Finnur Magnússon

Bertel Thorvaldsen

On behalf of the Icelandic Literary Society, Magnússon sends J.M. Thiele’s book about Thorv...

15.7.1841

Sebastian Franz von Daxenberger

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

December 1841

Egron Lundgren

Omnes

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

1842

F.C. Hillerup

Omnes

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

7.9.1842

Det islandske litterære selskab

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

8.9.1842

Det islandske litterære selskab

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

1.6.1844

Alfred Reumont

Omnes

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

30.12.1844 - 3.1.1845

H.C. Andersen

Omnes

The commentary for this Thorvaldsen biography is not available at the moment.

1845

H.C. Andersen

Omnes

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

23.9.1846

Halldór Jónsson

NN

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

12.12.1850

Redaktørerne ved Berlingske Tidende

Omnes

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

20.12.1850

Redaktørerne ved Fædrelandet

Omnes

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