Thorvaldsen's Modesty
See also: Characterizations of Thorvaldsen
C.F.F. Stanley
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Stanley reports that Herman Schubart has arrived in Naples. Schubart has spoken highly of Thorval...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Fonden ad usus publicos
Thorvaldsen is very grateful for the grant and asks that his deepest gratitude may be conveyed to...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Fonden ad usus publicos
Thorvaldsen is very grateful for the grant and asks that his deepest gratitude may be conveyed to...
Adam Gottlob Detlef Moltke
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Ode to Thorvaldsen’s vitality and creativity. Thorvaldsen is described as one who receives the ne...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Anna Maria Uhden
In a few Italian phrases Thorvaldsen tries to apologize for not having written to Anna Maria Uhd...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.F.F. Stanley
In two draft letters Stanley is thanked for his congratulations on Thorvaldsen’s appointmen...
Herman Schubart
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Schubart is pleased with Thorvaldsen’s appointment as professor at the Academy of Fine Arts...
Herman Schubart
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Schubart urges Thorvaldsen to come to Montenero. He is pleased that the busts of Herman Schubart,...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Charlotte Schimmelmann
Thorvaldsen informs Schimmelmann that the baptismal font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555,3, A555,4, whi...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Charlotte Schimmelmann
Thorvaldsen is grateful for Schimmelmann’s praise of the baptismal font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Charlotte Schimmelmann
Thorvaldsen is grateful for the precious agraffe that Schimmelmann has sent him through her broth...
Redaktørerne ved Athene, Rasmus Emil Bruun
Christian Molbech, NN
The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Giovanni Battista Sommariva
Contract between Thorvaldsen and G.B. Sommariva regarding the marble version of the frieze Alexan...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Giovanni Battista Sommariva
Copy of the contract between Thorvaldsen and G.B. Sommariva concerning the marble version of the ...
Vincenz Rüttimann
Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen
Thorvaldsen has finished a drawing for the monument to the members of the Swiss Guard, cf. Dying ...
Jørgen Koch
C.F. Hansen
Thorvaldsen is pleased that his native country now acknowledges his achievements with a large com...
Clemens Metternich
Eleonore von Kaunitz
Thorvaldsen has modelled Metternich’s bust, cf. A234. The artist will pass through Vienna before ...
Jens Baggesen
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Poem for Thorvaldsen celebrating his stay in Denmark 1819-1820.
Adam Oehlenschläger
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Song for Thorvaldsen in Borup’s Society, Copenhagen.
Redaktørerne ved Allgemeine Zeitung
Omnes
Allgemeine Zeitung reports on Thorvaldsen’s visit to Berlin and Dresden, on his coming visi...
Peder Horrebow Haste, J.C. Riise
Omnes
Haste sends additions and corrections to Nicolay Fürst’s biography of Thorvaldsen. Haste writes a...
Carsten Hauch
Omnes
The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.
Luigi Chiaveri
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Chiaveri has received a letter from Hobhouse regarding the monument to Lord Byron, and he has the...
François-Joseph Navez
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Navez asks Thorvaldsen to receive Adolphe Quetelet in his workshop.
Terkel Mørch
Omnes
Mørch writes about his youth in Borup’s Society and about Thorvaldsen’s visits to his...
Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten
Omnes
The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
C.F. Hansen
Thorvaldsen thanks Hansen for his letters in which he mentions the pleasure, expressed by many pe...
Christian 8.
C.F. Hansen
Thorvaldsen should only send plaster casts to the Academy of Fine Arts and not works in marble un...
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Kunstakademiet, København
Thorvaldsen is grateful for his appointment as director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen...
H.C. Andersen
H.C. Andersen
Andersen describes the contrast between Schlick’s and Thorvaldsen’s appearance and habits.
Marie Lehmann
Marie Lehmann
Marie Puggaard describes two visits to Thorvaldsen; during one, he waltzed with her, wearing a dr...
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Bertel Thorvaldsen
The poet is proud to have been born while a special “triple star” of artists shone in the firmame...
Redaktørerne ved Den Frisindede, NN
Omnes
The poem links Thorvaldsens return to Denmark and the plans for a Thorvaldsens Museum with the fi...
Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 4th part of 60 in all.
Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 59th part of 60 in all.
N.F.S. Grundtvig
Omnes
Grundtvig’s prologue explains the occasion of the following song. He sees the prologue as a key t...
Johanne Luise Heiberg
Omnes
The commentary to this document is not available at the moment.
Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 12th part of 60 in all.
Johanne Luise Heiberg
Omnes
Heiberg discusses Thorvaldsen’s mental faculties and opposes the widespread idea that he is a naï...
Franziska Berg
Bertel Thorvaldsen
The commentary for this poem is not available at the moment.
John Gibson
Margaret Sandbach
The commentary for this letter is not available at the moment.
H.P. Holst
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Poem presented to Thorvaldsen together with a modelling tool, a “Pousseerstok”. The French word “...
Christine Stampe
Omnes
The script of Christine Stampe’s memoirs on Thorvaldsen. This is the 53th part of 60 in all.
B.S. Ingemann
Omnes
Commemorative poem about Thorvaldsen. He is praised as a victorious poet, to whom work was play, ...
Timothy Shay Arthur
Omnes
Description of Thorvaldsen’s visit to the sculptor Hiram Powers’ workshop in Florence...