Thorvaldsen as Educator
See also: Accademia di S. Luca, Thorvaldsen's Professorship · Recommendation by Thorvaldsen · Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Thorvaldsen's Professorship · Thorvaldsen as Mentor for Other Artists · Supervision of Assistants on Their Works
Christian Daniel Rauch
Caroline von Humboldt
Rauch has modelled a portrait bust, which will now be executed in marble. He will then make money...
Christian Daniel Rauch
Caroline von Humboldt
Thorvaldsen looks well in spite of his severe pains. He is working on the frieze Alexander the Gr...
Herman Schubart
Christian 8.
Schubart assures the concerned Christian Frederik that the Alexander Frieze for Frederik 6.’s new...
Christian 8.
C.F. Hansen
Christian Frederik has considered to interrupt his grand tour of Europe temporarily in order to g...
P.O. Brøndsted
Jens Møller
Brøndsted describes a trip he has made in the company of Thorvaldsen and his assistant, Tenerani....
Accademia Fiorentina, Giovanni degli Alessandri
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Giovanni degli Alessandri recommends a student, Tommaso Gasperini, to Thorvaldsen. Gasperini is c...
Gaetano Buzzi
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Buzzi recommends the young sculptor Ranieri Bartolini, who is coming to Rome to study sculpture. ...
Tommaso Gasperini
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Gasperini regrets his delayed return to Rome. This is due to protracted periods of rain in Cologn...
Bianca Milesi Mojon
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Milesi Mojon recommends the recently arrived Scottish sculptor Alexander Ritchie to Thorvaldsen. ...
Paolo Emilio Demi
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Demi asks Thorvaldsen to send a testimonial about a sculpture group which he has executed under T...
Johann Leeb
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Leeb thanks Thorvaldsen for his advice and his helpfulness. He is pleased to have settled in Muni...
Boris Orlovsky
Bertel Thorvaldsen
An emotional Orlovsky laments parting from Thorvaldsen, whom he sees as his father, his teacher, ...
Ignazio Francia
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Francia thanks Thorvaldsen for having admitted his son Alessandro Francia to the Accademia del Nu...
Ignazio Francia
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Francia is delighted to hear that his son Alessandro has won first prize in sculpture at the Acca...
Adamo Tadolini, Antonio Tosti
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Tadolini asks Thorvaldsen to recommend him as a substitute professor at the Accademia di S. Luca ...
Ignazio Francia
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Francia expresses his gratitude for Thorvaldsen’s teaching and support of his son Alessand...
Just Mathias Thiele
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Bertel Thorvaldsen
Alessandro Ceccarini
Thorvaldsen recommends the apprentice sculptor Alessandro Ceccarini after having seen his copies ...
Timothy Shay Arthur
Omnes
Description of Thorvaldsen’s visit to the sculptor Hiram Powers’ workshop in Florence...