Thorvaldsen as a Connoisseur
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Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Thorvaldsen’s diary from his sojourn in Malta, Palermo and Naples.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Herman Schubart
Thorvaldsen apologizes for his late reply and informs Schubart that he is finishing Bacchus, A2. ...
Hans West
C.F. Høyer, Bertel Thorvaldsen
West tells Thorvaldsen and Høyer about his journey from Rome to Florence. The letter deals primar...
Christian Daniel Rauch
Caroline von Humboldt
Thorvaldsen has praised Rauch’s sepulchral monument to Queen Luise. He is not feeling well ...
Presumably between October 1817 and September 1819
John Gibson
Omnes
Gibson retells an anecdote about Thorvaldsen, the painter Peter von Cornelius, and a number of sc...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Caroline von Humboldt has been pleased to read a beautiful and personal letter to her husband fro...
John Gibson
William Cavendish
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Jacob Ludwig Salomo Bartholdy
Johann Martin von Wagner
Bartholdy writes about Franz Erwein von Schönborn’s commission of a statue of Bacchus from the la...
Johann Martin von Wagner
Leo von Klenze
Wagner sums up Schönborn’s possibilities regarding his commission of a Bacchus statue from the la...
Franz Erwein von Schönborn
Johann Martin von Wagner
Schönborn thanks Wagner for his help and advice in connection with the completion of an unfinishe...
Johann Martin von Wagner
Franz Erwein von Schönborn
Wagner regrets his late answer regarding the completion of the Bacchus statue left by the late Ru...
Rudolf Emanuel Wettstein
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Wettstein asks Thorvaldsen for a recommendation of the Swiss painter Hieronimus Hess. He has hear...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Rudolf Emanuel Wettstein
Thorvaldsen is pleased to recommend the artist Hieronymus Hess, whose talent, diligence and abili...
Giovanni Battista Sommariva
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Sommarive has heard about the accidental shot that has wounded Thorvaldsen. In Florence, he has t...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
NN
Thorvaldsen recommends the history painter Andreas Ludvig Koop.
Giovanni Battista Bassi
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The bearer of the letter also brings Thorvaldsen a painting. According to Thorvaldsen’s instructi...
Johann Leeb
Franz Erwein von Schönborn
Leeb reports that his statue Sleeping Cupid has been completed in marble. He has been relieved to...
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christian (8.) Frederik sends a list of those of Thorvaldsen’s artworks that he wants to be...
Johann Leeb
Franz Erwein von Schönborn
Leeb fears that his report on the completion of the statue Sleeping Cupid has not been received. ...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Simon Moritz von Bethmann
Thorvaldsen recommends the painter Moritz Oppenheim warmly to Simon von Bethmann and takes the op...
Paolo Emilio Demi
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Demi asks Thorvaldsen to recommend him if Thorvaldsen himself does not want to accept the commiss...
Johann Leeb
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Leeb thanks Thorvaldsen for his advice and his helpfulness. He is pleased to have settled in Muni...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Città di Torino
The commentary for this draft is not available at the moment.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christian 8.
Thorvaldsen regrets that the Danish painter Andreas Ludvig Koop has not been admitted as a member...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Wilhelm Dorow
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Geltrude Versari
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Geltrude Versari asks Thorvaldsen to take good care of her son, Alessandro Manzoni, who is coming...
Joseph Hambro
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Dorota Barbara Czartoryska
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Czartoryska asks Thorvaldsen to let her know if the enclosed cameo is lifelike. If he thinks that...
Ludwig von Schwanthaler
Franz Erwein von Schönborn
Thorvaldsen has praised Schwanthaler’s reliefs, and the sculptor regrets that it takes such a lon...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Angelo Babboni
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
Hieronymus Hess
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Hess sends a drawing to Thorvaldsen requesting him to assess it. He relates that he is working on...
Hans Harder
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The landscape painter Harder is pleased that Thorvaldsen has returned to Denmark and asks him to ...
L.C. Panum
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Panum offers Thorvaldsen two paintings by Jens Juel, View of the Little Belt from Hindsgavl, Fune...
Peter Panum
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Panum’s receipt for 100 rix-dollars for two landscapes by Jens Juel.
Antagelig 20.11.1843, senest 10.12.1843
W.C. Hedemann
Omnes, Bertel Thorvaldsen
Poem, which praises Thorvaldsen as the originator of the restoration of Kronborg Palace Church an...
Carl Dahl
Eksekutorerne for Thorvaldsens bo
Carl Dahl wants the remaining payment for the painting The frigate Thetis and the corvette Flora ...
Fritz Thomsen
Eksekutorerne for Thorvaldsens bo
Thomsen requests permission to complete and receive payment for a painting of a battle scene whic...