20.5.1801

Sender Poul Scheel

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Scheel thanks Thorvaldsen for having accepted his assignment. He further specifies his order for ...

22.6.1801

Sender Joh. Hein. Wulffen

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Wulffen forwards a letter from Doctor Scheel to Thorvaldsen and explains that Scheel has told him...

Efter 23.11.1808

Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient Poul Scheel

Draft of a letter in which Thorvaldsen explains to Doctor Poul Scheel that the bust he commission...

28.7.1810

Sender Poul Scheel

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Scheel has heard that Thorvaldsen has not yet begun work on the bust he has commissioned. For thi...

8.1.1815

Sender Pietro Benvenuti

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Benvenuti recommends the painter Martelli and the writer Janer, who is also bringing letters to T...

16.5.1818

Sender Vincenz Rüttimann

Recipient Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Despite the prospect of only a modest payment, Thorvaldsen has agreed to execute a model for the ...

Antagelig 23. eller 28.5.1818

Sender Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Description of the rock wall in Lucerne where the monument to the Swiss Guard is to be placed, Dy...

13.6.1818

Sender Vincenz Rüttimann

Recipient Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Thorvaldsen has not yet made the promised draft of the monument to the fallen Swiss Guards, cf. D...

2.8.1818

Sender Vincenz Rüttimann

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Before leaving Rome, Rüttimann wants to visit Thorvaldsen in order to discuss the monument Dying ...

8.8.1818

Sender Vincenz Rüttimann

Recipient Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Thorvaldsen has finished a drawing for the monument to the members of the Swiss Guard, cf. Dying ...

7.9.1818

Sender Vincenz Rüttimann

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Rüttimann is grateful that Thorvaldsen has agreed to execute a model of Dying Lion (The Lucerne ...

19.11.1818

Sender Vincenz Rüttimann

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Rüttimann reiterates some questions that he wants Thorvaldsen to answer concerning the monument D...

Antagelig 5.12.1818

Sender Heinrich Keller

Recipient Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller sends a drawing of the monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119. He fears that the...

1.1.1819

Sender Vincenz Rüttimann

Recipient Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Rüttimann informs Pfyffer von Altishofen that Heinrich Keller has spoken with Thorvaldsen about t...

6.1.1819

Sender Heinrich Keller

Recipient Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller reports that Thorvaldsen has begun work on the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf...

13.2.1819

Sender Heinrich Keller

Recipient Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller regrets that work on the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, is so slow and...

20.2.1819

Sender Heinrich Keller

Recipient Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller informs Pfyffer von Altishofen that Thorvaldsen is delighted at the idea of having the mon...

26.3.1819

Sender Heinrich Keller

Recipient Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller informs Pfyffer von Altishofen that Thorvaldsen has been ill and therefore has not begun w...

7.5.1819

Sender Heinrich Keller

Recipient Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller writes that the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, is much admired. He is ...

22.5.1819

Sender Heinrich Keller

Recipient Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller reports that the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion) , cf. cast A119, is nearly finish...

23.5.1819

Sender Heinrich Keller

Recipient Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller reports that Thorvaldsen wants to visit Lucerne in order to see the execution of the monum...

12.6.1819

Sender Heinrich Keller

Recipient Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller expresses a hope that, in spite of the price, an accomplished Italian sculptor will be cho...

17.6.1819

Sender Heinrich Keller

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Keller presses Thorvaldsen for the completion of the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf....

19.6.1819

Sender Heinrich Keller

Recipient Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller complains that it is difficult to get Thorvaldsen to complete his work on the model for Dy...

3.7.1819

Sender Heinrich Keller

Recipient Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller writes that the model for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, has been completed and ...

31.7.1819

Sender Heinrich Keller

Recipient Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller reports that the small model for the monument to the Swiss guards in Lucerne, cf. Dying Li...

5.8.1819

Sender Heinrich Keller

Recipient Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller is pleased that Thorvaldsen, contrary to expectations, has visited Lucerne on his journey ...

7.8.1819

Sender Heinrich Keller

Recipient Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller reports that both models of the monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, have be...

14.8.1819

Sender Heinrich Keller

Recipient Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Keller gives instructions concerning measurements and special circumstances in connection with th...

Tidligst 10.8.1821, senest ultimo 1822

Sender Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Pfyffer von Altishoffen sends Thorvaldsen some material regarding the monument Dying lion (The Lu...

12.8.1821

Sender Christian 8.

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Describes the inauguration of the monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, in Lucerne, w...

19.12.1821

Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient Giovanni Edoardo De Pecis

Thorvaldsen writes to De Pecis about the two reliefs Day, cf. A902, and Night, cf. A901 executed ...

1.2.1822

Sender NN

Recipient Omnes

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

31.1.1823

Sender Rudolf Emanuel Wettstein

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Wettstein asks Thorvaldsen for a recommendation of the Swiss painter Hieronimus Hess. He has hear...

29.4.1823

Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient Christian 8.

Thorvaldsen relates news of the busts of Frederik 6., A859, Marie Sophie Frederikke, A192, Vilhel...

29.4.1823

Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient Christian 8.

Draft letter dated 29.4.1823. Thorvaldsen relates news of the busts of Frederik 6., A859, Marie S...

9.5.1823

Sender Jollage & Hopfgarten

Recipient Franz Erwein von Schönborn

The bronze founders Jollage and Hopfgarten acknowledge receipt of payment for casting a bronze la...

16.3.1824

Sender Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Pfyffer von Altishofen sends a reproduction of Thorvaldsen’s monument Dying lion (The Lucer...

30.12.1827

Sender Democrito Gandolfi

Recipient Rodolfo Vantini

Gandolfi describes an accident regarding a marble version of the sculpture Cupid with the Lyre, e...

27.2.1829

Sender Redaktørerne ved Kjøbenhavnsposten

Recipient Omnes

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

18.1.1830

Sender H.W. Bissen

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Ill and in pecuniary distress, H.W. Bissen asks Thorvaldsen for his permission to execute a marbl...

27.7.1830

Sender Joseph Hambro

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

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

12.6.1831

Sender Anastasie de Circourt

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Anastasie de Circourt recommends the Swiss sculptor Raphael Christen to Thorvaldsen.

January 1836

Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient Conrad Rantzau

Thorvaldsen apologizes for his late answer to Rantzau’s latest letter and mentions the many commi...

2.2.1843

Sender Christian 8.

Recipient Christian 8.

The Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace has been asked to commission four marble statue...

5.2.1843

Sender Christian 8.

Recipient Christian 8.

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

19.6.1845

Sender Christian 8.

Recipient Christian 8.

Plays host to Friedrich Wilhelm IV, who, among other things, is shown several of Thorvaldsen’s wo...

27.11.1845

Sender Gottfried Rosenberg

Recipient Just Mathias Thiele

Rosenberg reminds Thiele of the missing payment to the sculptor C.F. Holbech in Rome. Earlier in ...