Thorvaldsen as a Marble Carver
See also: Marble Carving · Treatment of Marble Surfaces · Spotless Marble · Thorvaldsen's Workshop Practice
P.O. Brøndsted
P.O. Brøndsted
Brøndsted has met August Wilhelm Schlegel, who has stated that Thorvaldsen is one of the best con...
Caroline von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Humboldt praises Thorvaldsen for his hard work and creativity in the execution of Alexander the G...
Franziska Caspers
Charlotte Thierry
Thorvaldsen has guided Caspers through the Vatican museum by torchlight. She admires his inspirin...
Christian 8.
Christian 8.
Thorvaldsen and Rudolf Schadow model and others draw the beautiful Vittoria Caldoni, whom August ...
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound
The Earl of Minto describes a visit to Thorvaldsen’s and Canova’s workshops and compa...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Luigi Sommariva
Thorvaldsen responds to Sommariva’s letter of complaint regarding his father Giovanni Battista So...
Aleksander Ivanovitj Osterman-Tolstoj
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Osterman-Tolstoj has commissioned a bust of Zar Alexander 1., cf. A715 or A46, which Thorvaldsen ...
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Summer 1839, Christmas 1841 & 1844
Christine Stampe
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The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 17th part of 60 in all.
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Johann Scholl
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Scholl testifies that the version of the relief The Graces Listening to Cupid’s Song , A602 that ...
Francesco Hayez
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Two passages from the famous Italian painter Francesco Hayez’s autobiography, in which Thor...