2.12.1793

Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient Kunstakademiet

Thorvaldsen applies for a scholarship at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.

5.1.1795

Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient Kunstakademiet

Thorvaldsen presents the relief Numa Pompilius and Egeria, A748, to the Royal Academy. He also ap...

2.11.1795

Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient Kunstakademiet

Thorvaldsens’s application for the travelling scholarship of the Royal Danish Academy of Fi...

25.7.1796

Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient Kunstakademiet

Thorvaldsen requests an advance on his travelling scholarship.

23.8.1796

Sender Kunstakademiet

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts instructs Thorvaldsen on the terms of his travelling schola...

3.1.1799

Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient Kunstakademiet

Thorvaldsen reports to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts that he is still in Rome, and that h...

19.3.1799

Sender Kunstakademiet

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts informs Thorvaldsen of a one-year prolongation of his trave...

19.3.1799

Sender Kunstakademiet

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Draft of the letter from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts informing Thorvaldsen of a one-yea...

20.5.1799

Sender Gotskalk Thorvaldsen

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Thanking his son for his letter, Thorvaldsen’s father writes about the hard winter, his work, and...

12.10.1799

Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient Nicolai Abildgaard

Thorvaldsen thanks Abildgaard for his support. He tells him that many of the Roman art collection...

12.10.1799

Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient Kunstakademiet

Thorvaldsen’s semiannual report to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and the works he was to ...

3.12.1799

Sender Kunstakademiet

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts has evaluated Thorvaldsen’s Bacchus and Ariadne, A1, and is...

4.4.1800

Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient Kunstakademiet

Thorvaldsen is delighted that the work he has sent to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts has w...

4.4.1800

Sender Gotskalk Thorvaldsen

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Thorvaldsen’s parents are delighted with the latest letter from their son, especially because a f...

21.7.1800

Sender Nicolai Abildgaard

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Abildgaard relates that some people in Copenhagen have accused Thorvaldsen of being lazy in Rome,...

7.1.1801

Sender Georg Zoëga

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Georg Zoëga attests to the authorities that Bertel Thorvaldsen is a Danish sculptor, supported by...

4.10.1801

Sender Gotskalk Thorvaldsen

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Gotskalk Thorvaldsen is happy to have received a letter from Thorvaldsen as rumours in Copenhagen...

4.10.1801

Sender Nicolai Abildgaard

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

Abildgaard informs Thorvaldsen that the last instalment of his travelling scholarship has been se...

20.3.1802

Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient Kunstakademiet

Thorvaldsen reports that he is still in Rome, but he plans to embark on his journey back to Denma...

20.3.1802

Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient Nicolai Abildgaard

Thorvaldsen reports that Captain Berger has agreed to ship five crates with artworks, books etc. ...

26.3.1804

Sender Herman Schubart

Recipient Frederik 6.

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

6.8.1804

Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient Nicolai Abildgaard

First draft of a letter: Thorvaldsen tells Abildgaard how devastated he was when he received the ...

6.8.1804

Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient Nicolai Abildgaard

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

6.8.1804

Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient Nicolai Abildgaard

Second draft of a letter: Thorvaldsen tells Abildgaard that he is going to Carrara with Herman Sc...

18.6.1806

Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient Nicolai Abildgaard

Thorvaldsen thanks Abildgaard for helping Gotskalk Thorvaldsen. The war has given Thorvaldsen eco...

23.9.1806

Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient Nicolai Abildgaard

Thorvaldsen has received payment for the three catalogue volumes of the Museo Pio Clementino. He ...

23.9.1806

Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient Nicolai Abildgaard

First draft of a letter: Thorvaldsen has received payment for the three catalogue volumes of the ...

23.9.1806

Sender Bertel Thorvaldsen

Recipient Nicolai Abildgaard

Second draft of a letter: Thorvaldsen has received payment for the three catalogue volumes of the...

15.10.1822

Sender Peder Malling

Recipient Bertel Thorvaldsen

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