Thorvaldsen's Helpfulness
See also: Purchase by Thorvaldsen Requested · Characterizations of Thorvaldsen · Charity from Thorvaldsen Requested
Peter Kauffmann
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Short message from Peter Kauffmann to Thorvaldsen.
C.H. Anckarsvärd
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Anckarsvärd thanks Thorvaldsen for their friendship in Rome and asks him to arrange the transport...
Adam Gottlob Detlef Moltke
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Moltke asks Thorvaldsen for the address of the German architects Gottlieb Steinmeyer and Karl Fri...
J.L. Lund
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Lund thanks Thorvaldsen for his letter and looks forward to their reunion in Rome. He informs Tho...
C.F.F. Stanley
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Stanley asks Thorvaldsen to help him with some sculptural decorations for some of his architectur...
Benedetto Braccucci
Bertel Thorvaldsen
An urgent appeal from a 44-year-old former soldier and now self-taught landscape painter. Because...
Nicolai Abildgaard
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Abildgaard informs Thorvaldsen that he will receive his salary as a professor of the Royal Academ...
Johann Heinrich Wulffen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Wulffen writes that it is impossible to get good cigars at the moment. However, he promises to ge...
Carl Gotthard Grass
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Grass describes his arrival at the town of Treia and his negative impression of the local inhabit...
Carl Gotthard Grass
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Carl Grass has heard that Baron Schubart has brought him a small parcel with papers and asks Thor...
Friederike Brun
Bertel Thorvaldsen
A list of the objects that Friederike Brun leaves in storage with Thorvaldsen.
Hans West
C.F. Høyer, Bertel Thorvaldsen
West tells Thorvaldsen and Høyer about his journey from Rome to Florence. The letter deals primar...
Wilhelm Friedrich Gmelin
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Receipt of payment for three engravings by W.F. Gmelin after Claude Lorrain, sent to Count Adam G...
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, C.R.W. Wiedemann
Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.R.W. Wiedemann asks Thorvaldsen to execute a monument to his niece Auguste Böhmer, A700-A703. T...
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Schelling thanks Thorvaldsen for accepting the commision for Monument to Auguste Böhmer, A700-A70...
Christian Daniel Rauch
Caroline von Humboldt
Rauch writes that Wilhelm Schadow and Gottlieb Schick have left Rome. Rudolf Schadow is ill and r...
Christian Daniel Rauch
Caroline von Humboldt
Rauch writes that Rudolf Schadow has arrived in Berlin in a sorry state. Thorvaldsen has taken ov...
Antagelig tidligst december 1811, antagelig senest februar 1815
Conrad Rantzau
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Rantzau asks Thorvaldsen to assist him in listing the works which he commissioned from Thorvaldse...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Herman Schubart
Thorvaldsen puts in a good word for the engagement of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and Laura Zoë...
Henrik Vilhelm Lundbye
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Lundbye writes to Thorvaldsen from Leghorn. He brings news about Danish friends there and regrets...
Christian Daniel Rauch
Caroline von Humboldt
Rauch has not found the antique gemstone showing the goddess Nemesis that Caroline von Humboldt h...
Heinrich Kohlrausch
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Kohlausch apologizes for not having written sooner. He has been busy with his work as a doctor in...
P.O. Brøndsted
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Brøndsted advises Thorvaldsen to return to Denmark, at least for a year. He encloses letters for ...
Jørgen Knudtzon
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Knudtzon asks Thorvaldsen to buy some antique objects for his friend Alexander Baillie and to res...
P.O. Brøndsted
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Brøndsted wonders why he has had no answer to the commission for a monument transmitted in his la...
P.O. Brøndsted
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Brøndsted asks Thorvaldsen to lend him a clock. He does not want to interfere in a matter concern...
P.O. Brøndsted
Holger Halling Aagaard
Brøndsted sends his letter and a small box to Denmark with Thorvaldsen. He recommends Thorvaldsen...
Henrik Vilhelm Lundbye
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Lundbye thanks Thorvaldsen for his promise to perform a task for him in Italy. He asks Thorvaldse...
Elisabetta Catalani Marini
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Through Thorvaldsen, Marini has received 4,30 gold sequins from her sister, the opera singer Ange...
Christian 8.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Certificate of indebtedness. Christian (8.) Frederik borrows 9000 scudi at an annual interest of ...
Paolo Cremaschi
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Letter of thanks to Thorvaldsen for his support to the deceased sculptor Domenico Castellani̵...
Johan Gunder Adler
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Payment of the biannual interest of 225 scudi on the loan of 9000 scudi, which Christian (8.) Fre...
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...
Hans Henrik Gunnerus
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Imprisoned at Frederiksten fortress, Hans Henrik Gunnerus writes to Thorvaldsen with an appeal fo...
Johan Gunder Adler
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Payment of the biannual interest of 225 scudi on the loan of 9000 scudi, which Christian (8.) Fre...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Hans Henrik Gunnerus
Thorvaldsen responds to Gunnerus’ letter of 16.3.1822. He feels sympathy for Gunnerus and his unh...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Hans Henrik Gunnerus
Thorvaldsen responds to Gunnerus’ letter of 16.3.1822. He feels sympathy for Gunnerus and his unh...
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...
J.L. Lund
Bertel Thorvaldsen
J.L. Lund is going to send one of his paintings to Thorvaldsen. He encloses a letter from Øllegaa...
Hans Henrik Gunnerus
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Gunnerus thanks Thorvaldsen for the donation of the relief Caritas, cf. A598. Gunnerus has approa...
Johan Gunder Adler
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Payment of the biannual interest of 225 scudi on the loan of 9000 scudi, which Christian (8.) Fre...
Redaktørerne ved Fyens Stiftstidende
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Hans Henrik Gunnerus
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Gunnerus writes that he still has not heard from the German baron and financier Nathan Mayer von ...
Gerhard Stub
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Gerhard Stub informs Thorvaldsen that he has received a painting of the town of Trondheim sent by...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Nicola Maria Nicolai
Thorvaldsen asks Nicolai to help him settle a legal matter for his assistant Pietro Tenerani. A b...
Hans Henrik Gunnerus
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Gunnerus thanks Thorvaldsen once again for his donation of the relief Caritas, cf. A598. Gunnerus...
Søren Jørgensen Breder
Hans Henrik Gunnerus
The clergyman Søren Jørgensen Breder describes Hans Henrik Gunnerus as an honest man and a loving...
Hans Henrik Gunnerus
Bertel Thorvaldsen
From prison Gunnerus requests that the relief Caritas, cf. A598, be sold as quickly as possible. ...
Johan Gunder Adler
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Payment of the biannual interest of 225 scudi on the loan of 9000 scudi, which Christian (8.) Fre...
J.L. Lund, Øllegaard Lundegaard
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Lund has paid 60 rix-dollars of the pension which Thorvaldsen gave Øllegaard Lundgaard 1822-1824....
Hans Henrik Gunnerus
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Gunnerus informs Thorvaldsen that he has handed over his deed of gift of 24.5.1822 and the owners...
Gerhard Stub
Hermann Ernst Freund
Gerhard Stub replies to Freund’s letter of 3.11.1823. He informs him that the relief Caritas, cf....
Rasmine Kirchheiner
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Charity from Thorvaldsen requested in support of the son of the deceased Øllegaard Lundegaard.
Hans Henrik Gunnerus
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Gunnerus tells Thorvaldsen that time is running out. In the past three years since Thorvaldsen do...
Hans Henrik Gunnerus
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Gunnerus has heard that the relief Caritas, cf. A598, will arrive in Copenhagen from Leghorn the ...
Johan Gunder Adler
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Payment of the biannual interest of 225 scudi on the loan of 9000 scudi, which Christian (8.) Fre...
Johan Gunder Adler
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Most of Thorvaldsen’s artworks have arrived safely in Copenhagen though some of the plaster...
Carsten Hauch
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Johan Gunder Adler
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Payment of the biannual interest of 225 scudi on the loan of 9000 scudi, which Christian (8.) Fre...
Johan Gunder Adler
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Request for deferred payment of the loan of 9000 scudi, which Christian (8.) Frederik took from T...
Wilhelm 1.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
In recognition of Thorvaldsen’s efforts and cooperation in connection with the completion of the ...
Jonas Collin
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Jonas Collin informs Thorvaldsen that he has sent a bill of exchange to H.E. Freund care of Consu...
Andrea Pozzi
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Pozzi asks if he may borrow a painting which Thorvaldsen owns, Praying Virgin, B16, as the bearer...
Anna Potocka
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Anna Potocka mentions that she wrote to Thorvaldsen from Vienna five months ago but received no a...
Conrad Rantzau
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Rantzau asks Thorvaldsen for help in connection with Prince Frederik’s (7.) impending visit to Ro...
Johan Gunder Adler
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Adler is surprised that Thorvaldsen has not yet claimed the money which Christian (8.) Frederik h...
Louise von Panhuys
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Panhuys asks Thorvaldsen to lend her his painting of the fountain in front of St. Peter’s Basilic...
Antagelig senest primo marts 1829
Carlo Poggi
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Poggi asks Thorvaldsen for work after a year of troubles has put him in a desperate situation. Ea...
Ditlev Martens
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Account of a theft in Thorvaldsen’s home at the end of February 1829. Martens describes his own m...
Conrad Rantzau
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Rantzau thanks Thorvaldsen for his help during his and Prince Frederik’s (7.) visit to Rome in 18...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Johan Gunder Adler
Thorvaldsen announces that he now needs some of the 9000 Roman scudi which Christian (8.) Frederi...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Johan Gunder Adler
Third and last draft of the letter dated 9.5.1829.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Johan Gunder Adler
First and second draft of the letter dated 9.5.1829.
Christian Horneman
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Hornemann recommends the composer Frølich, who intends to spend a year in Italy. He does not like...
Eduard Gerhard
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Gerhard asks to borrow a fragment of an antique vase belonging to Thorvaldsen, H597. The fragment...
H.W. Bissen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Ill and in pecuniary distress, H.W. Bissen asks Thorvaldsen for his permission to execute a marbl...
Ferdinand Flor
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Flor thanks Thorvaldsen for a flattering letter and tells him about his stay in London.
Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
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François-Joseph Navez
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Navez asks Thorvaldsen to receive Adolphe Quetelet in his workshop.
Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten, NN
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Antagelig tidligst 14.8., senest omkring 1.12.1831
Giuseppe Mugnoz
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Mugnoz asks Thorvaldsen for financial assistance as he is ill and cannot support himself. In retu...
Giuseppe Mugnoz
Accademia di San Luca
Mugnoz has taken the advice of several artists and applied to the Academy in the hope of obtainin...
Presumably not earlier than Christmas 1831
Giuseppe Mugnoz
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Mugnoz promises not to inconvenience Thorvaldsen again until after Easter, but he urgently needs ...
G. Christen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Christen thanks Thorvaldsen for letting his brother, the sculptor Raphael Christen, work with him...
Giuseppe Mugnoz
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Mugnoz asks Thorvaldsen for financial assistance to support his three children. Mugnoz’ wif...
Antagelig tidligst sommer 1832
Giuseppe Mugnoz
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Mugnoz, who is probably dying, asks Thorvaldsen to assist his children financially.
Matilde Malewski
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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C.F. Hansen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Hansen hopes to see Thorvaldsen and his works for Christiansborg Palace and the Church of Our Lad...
Friederike Brun
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Brun is suffering, she has no hope of recovery and wants to die, but she looks forward to seeing ...
Fortunato Magnani
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Magnani acknowledges receipt of three scudi on behalf of his little sister Angela Magnani as an a...
Luigi Bienaimé
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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H.C. Andersen
H.C. Andersen
Andersen has been given a theatre ticket by Thorvaldsen and has been running around in vain, tryi...
Familien Bouchard
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The female members of the Bouchard family ask Thorvaldsen to remember that there are vacant rooms...
Marie Lehmann
Marie Lehmann
Marie Puggaard describes her and her parents’ first visit to Thorvaldsen. He surpasses all their ...
Marie Lehmann
Marie Lehmann
Marie Puggaard writes about an excursion to the Forum Romanum with Fritz Petzholdt and Hans Pugga...
Antonio Tosti
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Tosti regrets that he cannot get a place for the widow Frattesi’s handicapped son in the school a...
Horace Vernet
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Vernet sends the letter with an old friend. He has previously asked Brodowski to take a letter to...
Marie Lehmann, Bolette Puggaard, Hans Puggaard
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The Puggaard family have arrived in Naples, where they have beautiful lodgings with a view of Ves...
Hans Puggaard
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Puggaard hopes that Thorvaldsen will manage to visit him and his family before their impending de...
Wilhelm Fredric A. Dalman
Omnes
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Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Hans Puggaard
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Puggaard is impatient for news from Thorvaldsen. He reminds him to send the marble relief The Gra...
L? Sievert
Bertel Thorvaldsen
A warm letter of thanks from Sievert. He has been ill for a month, which is why he has not been a...
Cesare Buti
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Bertel Thorvaldsen
Horace Vernet
Thorvaldsen regrets that he has not been able to pass through Paris and see the works that Vernet...
Ditlev Blunck
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Blunck borrows a sum of 100 Roman scudi from Thorvaldsen and repays it. Another 50 scudi seems no...
Catarina Benaglia
Bertel Thorvaldsen
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Johane Sommer
Bertel Thorvaldsen
An infirm woman with an invalid daughter begs Thorvaldsen to help her by buying one of her works.
Cathrine Elisabeth Kurtzhals
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Kurtzhals asks Thorvaldsen to help his daughter and her fiancé so that they can get married.
Carl Richardt
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Richardt asks Thorvaldsen to buy one of his paintings so that he can get money to go to Norway, w...
Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 32th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 34th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 38th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 41th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 45th part of 60 in all.
Lars Peter Robert
Bertel Thorvaldsen
An old, sick and blind sailor asks Thorvaldsen for charity.
Anna Helene Hall
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Anne Helene Hall, who knows Thorvaldsen from her youth, asks the sculptor to donate a baptismal f...
Peter Panum
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Panum’s receipt for 100 rix-dollars for two landscapes by Jens Juel.
Anna Maria Uhden
Eksekutorerne for Thorvaldsens bo
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