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A Free Man. Thorvaldsen's Continuance in Rome

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15.3.1803

C.F.F. Stanley

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Stanley informs his good friend of his arrival in Naples. He has contracted an illness which prev...

Tidligst 19. og senest 23.3.1803

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Thomas Hope

Transcript of Thomas Hope’s copy of his contract with Thorvaldsen regarding Jason with the Golden...

7.11.1803

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Charlotte Schimmelmann

Petition from Thorvaldsen, drawn up in collaboration with Herman Schubart and addressed to Schuba...

14.11.1803

C.F.F. Stanley

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Stanley reports that Herman Schubart has arrived in Naples. Schubart has spoken highly of Thorval...

10.1.1804

Jacqueline Schubart

NN

A fragment of a letter presumably from Jacqueline Schubart, suggesting support for Thorvaldsen. T...

17.1.1804

Nicolai Abildgaard

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Abildgaard is happy about Thorvaldsen’s success in Rome. He has received the busts Thorvaldsen se...

21.1.1804

Herman Schubart

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Schubart reports on his efforts to obtain commissions for Thorvaldsen from Denmark. Through her h...

Februar-marts 1804

Herman Schubart

C.F. Hansen

Schubart proposes that C.F. Hansen should commission works by Thorvaldsen for the rebuilding of C...

7.2.1804

C.F.F. Stanley

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Stanley thanks Thorvaldsen for the letter that he has finally received and tries to cheer up the ...

Medio februar 1804

Bertel Thorvaldsen

C.F.F. Stanley

Thorvaldsen is sorry that Stanley is still in poor health. He longs to see him in Rome. He asks h...

28.2.1804

C.F.F. Stanley

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Stanley is recovering from his illness and has visited Schubart, who has informed him of the deat...

6.3.1804

Fonden ad usus publicos

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The foundation ad usus publicos grants Thorvaldsen 300 Danish rix-dollars due to his progress in ...

26.3.1804

Herman Schubart

Frederik 6.

Schubart tries to persuade Crown Prince Frederik (6.) to commission works from Thorvaldsen for th...

10.4.1804

C.F.F. Stanley

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Stanley is not sure if Thorvaldsen received his last letter and writes more or less the same thin...

Medio april 1804

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Herman Schubart

Thorvaldsen writes that he has received a grant of 300 rix-dollars from the Danish King. He thank...

Medio april 1804

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Fonden ad usus publicos

Thorvaldsen is grateful for the grant which has encouraged him while he was suffering from low sp...

24.4.1804

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Fonden ad usus publicos

Thorvaldsen is very grateful for the grant and asks that his deepest gratitude may be conveyed to...

24.4.1804

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Fonden ad usus publicos

Thorvaldsen is very grateful for the grant and asks that his deepest gratitude may be conveyed to...

18.6.1804

C.F. Hansen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Hansen is going to commission works for Christiansborg from Thorvaldsen, but as the rebuilding of...

6.8.1804

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Nicolai Abildgaard

Thorvaldsen informs Abildgaard that he has been seriously ill. He asks Abildgaard’s permission to...

6.1.1805

Andreas Christian Gierlew

Bertel Thorvaldsen

A greeting in Thorvaldsen’s album.

31.1.1805

Nicolai Abildgaard

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Abildgaard discusses the payment for the transportation of the crates Thorvaldsen has sent to Cop...

15.3.1805

J.F. Clemens

J.L. Lund

Several messages concerning, among other things, Johan Bülow’s interset in a marble copy of...

15.6.1805

Kunstakademiet, København

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The Academy of Fine Arts announces that Thorvaldsen has been appointed professor of sculpture.

18.6.1805

C.F. Stanley

C.F.F. Stanley

Stanley Senior writes that Thorvaldsen has been appointed professor at the Academy of Fine Arts i...

1.7.1805

Herman Schubart

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Schubart has read in a newspaper that Thorvaldsen has been appointed professor at the Academy of ...

26.7.1805

Herman Schubart

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Schubart is pleased with Thorvaldsen’s appointment as professor at the Academy of Fine Arts...

28.7.1805

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Kunstakademiet, København

Thorvaldsen expresses his gratitude for his appointment as professor of sculpture at the Academy ...

28.7.1805

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Nicolai Abildgaard

Thorvaldsen informs Abildgaard that the block of marble he has ordered will be sent in the autumn...

28.7.1805

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Nicolai Abildgaard

Draft: Thorvaldsen informs Abildgaard that the block of marble he has ordered will be sent in the...

28.7.1805

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Kunstakademiet, København

Draft letter dated 28.7.1805.

19.10.1805

Nicolai Abildgaard

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Abildgaard is sympathetic to the idea that Thorvaldsen should remain in Rome for the time being b...

15.5.1807

C.F. Hansen

Bertel Thorvaldsen

The building commission will forward an advance payment at 1000 scuid to Thorvaldsen. Hansen sugg...

Antagelig 7.6.1810

Christian 8.

Hans West

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

7.7.1810

Hans West

Christian 8.

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

Antagelig 15.12.1810

Christian 8.

Hans West

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

31.3.1812

Christian Daniel Rauch

Caroline von Humboldt

Thorvaldsen looks well in spite of his severe pains. He is working on the frieze Alexander the Gr...

28.5.1812

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Christian 8.

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

17.7.1812

Slotsbygningskommissionen

Christian 8.

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

8.4.1813

Peder Malling

Christian 8.

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

1814

Tønnes Christian Bruun de Neergaard

Omnes

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

2.12.1815

P.O. Brøndsted

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Brøndsted advises Thorvaldsen to return to Denmark, at least for a year. He encloses letters for ...

26.3.1816

J.F. Clemens

C.W. Eckersberg

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

18.2.1817

P.O. Brøndsted

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Brøndsted wonders why he has had no answer to the commission for a monument transmitted in his la...

May 1817

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Jørgen Knudtzon

Thorvaldsen writes that he has been very busy working and showing his workshop to English visitor...

Antagelig 25.1.1827

Mariano Schultheiss

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Schultheiss informs Thorvaldsen that the building that Thorvaldsen has shown an interest in has b...

26.11.1833

H.C. Andersen

H.C. Andersen

Andersen describes Pope Leo XII’s visit to Thorvaldsen’s workshops in Piazza Barberini on St. Luk...

31.3.1834 - 1.4.1834

Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten

Omnes

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

6.11.1835

Marie Lehmann

Marie Lehmann

Marie Puggaard writes about an excursion in the company of Danish artists to Tivoli east of Rome....

26.10.1837

Redaktørerne ved Kunst-Blatt, Ludwig Schorn

Omnes

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

20.2.1838

Marie Lehmann, Bolette Puggaard, Hans Puggaard

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Hans Puggaard has heard that the relief The Graces Listening to Cupid’s Song, A601, is finished a...

25.1.1842

John Gibson

Margaret Sandbach

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

March-October 1842

Christine Stampe

Omnes

The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 39th part of 60 in all.

Juni-oktober 1842

Christine Stampe

Omnes

The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 45th part of 60 in all.

1849

Just Mathias Thiele

Omnes

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

1850

J.C. Riise

Omnes

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