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Thorvaldsen and Theater

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9.7.1792

Holger Reedtz-Thott

Det Holstenske Dramatiske Selskab

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

8.5.1797

Margrethe Ackermann, Gotskalk Thorvaldsen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Gotskalk Thorvaldsen is grateful for his son’s last letter and happy that he has arrived safely a...

23.3.1798

Gotskalk Thorvaldsen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Gotskalk Thorvaldsen is happy to have received news from his son. He advises him to send a work o...

1.11.1803

C.F.F. Stanley

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Stanley has received incorrect treatment by his Italian doctor, but his new German doctor is bett...

16.9.1804

C.F.F. Stanley

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Stanley is planning to remain near Naples until the middle of October and then go to Rome. He wri...

Antagelig ultimo 1808 - ultimo marts 1811

Wilhelm von Huth

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Huth asks Thorvaldsen to give the bearer of the letter 30 scudi for travelling clothes. He also i...

6.7.1816

Heinrich Steffens

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Steffens reminds Thorvaldsen of their youth in the dramatic society, Borup’s Society. He recommen...

7.10.1819

Borups Selskab

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

11.10.1819

Directionen for de Kongelige Skuespil, Frederik Holstein

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Covering letter for the pass to the Royal Theatre which Thorvaldsen was given by Frederik 6., and...

11.10.1819

Directionen for de Kongelige Skuespil, Frederik Holstein

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Pass to the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, issued by the director Frederik Holstein on behalf of Fr...

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.

7.12.1819

Borups Selskab

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Borup’s Society invites Thorvaldsen to attend a play.

5.10.1820

Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung

Omnes

Allgemeine Zeitung reports on Thorvaldsen’s visit to Berlin and Dresden, on his coming visi...

Efter 31.1.1821

Pietro Sangiorgi

Bertel Thorvaldsen

A dedication to Thorvaldsen in a booklet.

Probably 1823

P.O. Brøndsted

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Invitation from Brøndsted to Thorvaldsen.

Muligvis 1823

P.O. Brøndsted

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Invitation from Brøndsted to Thorvaldsen.

1826-1827 (1876)

N.C.L. Abrahams

Omnes

Abrahams’ recollections of his stay in Rome 1826-27.

11.3.1826

H.F.J. Estrup

Ordenskapitlet, København

The historian Estrup’s biography of Thorvaldsen for the Chapter of the Royal Orders of Chiv...

1831

Terkel Mørch

Omnes

Mørch writes about his youth in Borup’s Society and about Thorvaldsen’s visits to his...

5.12.1833

H.C. Andersen

H.C. Andersen

Andersen has been given a theatre ticket by Thorvaldsen and has been running around in vain, tryi...

20.4.1835

Wilhelm Gerhard

Bertel Thorvaldsen

A dedication to Thorvaldsen in a booklet .

24.10.1838

F.J. Hansen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

3.2.1839

NN

Omnes

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

June-July 1839

Christine Stampe

Omnes

The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 3rd part of 60 in all.

July-September 1839

Christine Stampe

Omnes

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

Oktober-December 1839 (1910)

Cora Nyegaard

Omnes

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

24.11.1839

Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten

Omnes

A newspaper reports that Thorvaldsen has attended the ballet The Festival in Albano at the Royal ...

Omkring 1840

Johanne Luise Heiberg

Omnes

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

Not earlier than July 1840

Johanne Luise Heiberg

Omnes

Heiberg discusses Thorvaldsen’s mental faculties and opposes the widespread idea that he is a naï...

15.9.1840

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Christine Stampe

Thorvaldsen accompanies Jens Arenholt Gottfred Hartmann and Wilhelm Matthiä to the Custom House, ...

October 1840–March 1841

Christine Stampe

Omnes

The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 14th part of 60 in all.

Not before 7.12.1840

Bertel Thorvaldsen

NN

Thorvaldsen is going to see the ballet The Toreador.

19.7.1841

Felix von Schiller

Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

November 1841–January 1842

Christine Stampe

Omnes

The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 34th part of 60 in all.

19.11.1841

H.P. Holst

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Poster with a humorous advertisement for a humorous play at the ”unroyal theatre” with the full c...

22.5.1843

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Joachim Godske Levetzau

Asks for two tickets in the front stalls of the Royal Theatre for himself and a lady.

November 1843

Christine Stampe

Omnes

The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 52th part of 60 in all.

December 1843

Christine Stampe

Omnes

The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 54th part of 60 in all.

January-March 1844

Christine Stampe

Omnes

The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 55th part of 60 in all.

March 1844

Christine Stampe

Omnes

The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 56th part of 60 in all.

March 1844

Christine Stampe

Omnes

The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 57th part of 60 in all.

25.3.1844

Bolette Puggaard

Gottlieb Bindesbøll

Bolette Puggaard invites Bindesbøll to dinner and thanks him for his visit on the evening of Thor...

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...

9.4.1844

J.L. Heiberg

Omnes

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

1894 (1838)

F.L. Liebenberg

Omnes

Liebenberg tells anecdotes about Thorvaldsen after his return to Denmark 1838.