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Thorvaldsen apologizes for his late answer to Schubart's letter. He thanks him for the comm...
Schubart and his wife have moved from Montenero to Pisa, where they have to spend the winter beca...
Schubart writes that Charlotte Schimmelmann is satisfied with Thorvaldsen's sketch of Bapti...
Schubart writes that The Dance of the Muses on Helicon, cf. A705, and the portrait busts of himse...
Recipient C.F.F. Stanley
Schubart thanks Stanley for his letter and asks him to tell Thorvaldsen that he will soon receive...
Schubart summarizes to Thorvaldsen their mutual financial status and tells him to inform him if h...
Thorvaldsen thanks Schubart for a bill of exchange. He has had financial problems because the war...
Sender B.S. Ingemann, Børge Henrik Knap
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Sender Lauritz Kruse
Kruse encloses the prospectus in which the Danish population is invited to contribute to the acqu...
Recipient Christian 8.
Visits Canova's workshop and comments on the sculptor's works. Then he visits Thorvaldsen's works...
Christian (8.) Frederik visits Thorvaldsen with an offer of a commission for Hermann Ernst Freund...
Thorvaldsen has modelled Christ, cf. A82 and the apostles Peter, cf. A86 and Paul, cf. A103 in clay.
An inquiry about Thorvaldsen's sculptural decorations for the Church of Our Lady and Christ...
Christian (8.) Frederik wants to know which of Thorvaldsen's works wil be sent home in the ...
Sender Kirkebygningskommissionen
The Building Commission for the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen, is looking forward to receiving ...
Thorvaldsen sends a list of the works that can be ready for transportation to Denmark in the spri...
First draft letter dated 4.2.1827.
Thorvaldsen writes which works will be ready to be sent to Denmark in the spring of 1827.
Senest 4.2.1827
First and second draft letters dated 4.2.1827.
Third draft letter dated 4.2.1827.
Second draft letter dated 4.2.1827.
Third and final draft letter dated 4.2.1827.
Fifth draft letter dated 4.2.1827.
Fourth draft letter dated 4.2.1827.
Thorvaldsen lists the works which will be ready to be sent to Denmark in the spring of 1827. Extr...
One of three draft letters, in Thorvaldsen's own hand, of a fourth draft letter dated 7.2.1...
Senest 12.2.1827
Recipient Kirkebygningskommissionen
Draft of the letter dated 12.2.1827.
Thorvaldsen lists the works which will be ready to be sent to Denmark in the spring of 1827 and c...
Concerning the way in which Thorvaldsen's loan to Christian (8.) Frederik is to be paid bac...
The letter expresses dissatisfaction with the number of works for the Church of Our Lady and Chri...
In consequence of a royal ordinance, Thorvaldsen is asked by the Building Commission for the Chur...
Sender G. Petrozzani
C.F. Hansen is very disappointed about the postponement of the shipment to Denmark of Thorvaldsen...
In consequence of a royal ordinance, the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace ask Thorva...
The Building Commission for the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen seize the opportunity to have th...
Ulrich lists the works of art for the Church of Our Lady and Christiansborg Palace which the merc...
Sender Johan Gunder Adler, Hermann Ernst Freund
Adler writes to the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace, quoting a letter dated 30.6.18...
C.F. Hansen has read a letter from Hermann Ernst Freund concerning the forthcoming transportation...
The ship owner L.N. Hvidt has informed the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace that the...
Concerning the lading at Leghorn of Thorvaldsen's artworks for the Academy of Fine Arts and...
Specification of Thorvaldsen's expenses for storage, crates, and packing in connection with...
Thorvaldsen requests information about the execution of the figure of Christ in Carrara. Freund i...
Sender Conrad Rantzau
Rantzau asks Thorvaldsen for help in connection with Prince Frederik's (7.) impending visit to Ro...
Thorvaldsen's twelve apostles for the Church of Our Lady are too big for their niches, and it has...
Presumably 26.6.1828
Sender H.W. Bissen
Bissen recounts his journey on foot to Florence and mentions that he has seen Thorvaldsen's Chris...
The commission thanks Thorvaldsen for Christ, cf. A82, and the twelve apostles for the Church of ...
Sender Pietro Antonio Bienaimé
Bienaimé states that the sculptor Andrea Bardi has worked for 47 days on the marble version of Th...
Cancellation of the commission for two marble candelabra which Thorvaldsen was to have executed f...
Sender Adam Oehlenschläger
Adam Oehlenschläger recommends the composer J.F. Frøhlich to Thorvaldsen. He is pleased that the ...
Sender Peder Hjort
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Sender Rembrandt Peale
Peale describes his impression of Thorvaldsen, his works, and his studio practice. He is critical...
For unknown reasons, the letter has been severely damaged. See instead the draft of the letter fo...
Christian Frederik has heard that the Alexander Frieze, cf. A503, and Christ, cf. A82, and John t...
The commission has learned that Thorvaldsen had completed marble versions of Baptismal Angel, cf....
Clarification of circumstances relating to the commissions for Christiansborg Palace and the Chur...
Mellem 3.8.1832 og 8.8.1836
Sender Dorota Barbara Czartoryska
Czartoryska asks Thorvaldsen to take the opportunity to write to Zofia Potocka while she is in Vi...
Sender Teresa Lubomirska
Teresa Lubomirska tells Thorvaldsen that Zofia Potocka has written to her several times to ask Th...
Thorvaldsen expresses his gratitude for two letters from the Building Commission for Christiansbo...
Hansen hopes to see Thorvaldsen and his works for Christiansborg Palace and the Church of Our Lad...
Bienaimé is at Carrara, where the marble statue of Crist, cf. A82, has been ready for shipment to...
Før 8.8.1833
List of the works by Thorvaldsen that are to be sent to Copenhagen with the corvette Galathea in ...
Sender H.C. Andersen
Recipient H.C. Andersen
Andersen has visited St. Peter's Basilica, where he saw Thorvaldsen's monument to Pius 7., cf. A1...
Thorvaldsen is in bed with a severe cold. The last five pieces of the Alexander Frieze are now re...
At Thorvaldsen's request, the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace and the Univers...
Sender Ludvig Bødtcher
Bødtcher worries that Thorvaldsen has not received his latest letter, sent through the painter Al...
Sender Redaktørerne ved Berlingske Tidende
Berlingske Tidende reports from the re-consecration of the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen.
Sender Redaktørerne ved Dannevirke
Dannevirke reports Berlingske Tidende's news about the coming re-consecration of the Church of Ou...
Sender Nikolaj Krossing
Poem about the life and works of Thorvaldsen.
Sender Ludvig Müller
Müller sends a report to Christian 8. on Danish artists in Rome. He gives a detailed description ...