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68 The Archives
In the Archives you can indulge in several thousand documents on Thorvaldsen and his time. The Archives is a research and documentation centre on Bertel Thorvaldsen and his art. Search for more in the Archives.
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On Thorvaldsen’s Women Sculptor Colleagues
The Archives - Related articleThis article was written for and first published in the exhibition catalogue Face to Face: Thorvaldsen and Portraiture (eds. Jane Fejfer and Kristine Bøggild... -
Omkring 11.5.1822
The Archives - DocumentThorvaldsen writes a report on his current Polish commissions. The funerary monument to Potocki has made good progress, the monument to Nicolaus Copernicus i... -
Venus Priapus
The Archives - Related articleOn this reinterpretation of Bertel Thorvaldsen’s sculpture Venus with the Apple, it is asserted that Venus, goddess of love, enters into a procreative ... -
4.2.1827
The Archives - DocumentThorvaldsen sends a list of the works that can be ready for transportation to Denmark in the spring of 1827. He also calls in the loan which Christian (8.) F... -
The Vases on the Thorvaldsen Museum
The Archives - Related articleThis is a re-publication of the article: Torben Melander: ‘The Vases on the Thorvaldsens’ Museum’, in: Meddelelser fra Thorvaldsens Museum (Communications fr... -
6.2.1822
The Archives - DocumentGrabowski is honoured to be in contact with one of the finest artists in the universe. He asks Thorvaldsen to send the sketches for the equestrian statue of ... -
History of the Archives
The Archives - Related articleThis article describes the Archives’ long and tumultuous prehistory – from Just Mathias Thiele’s first, almost mythological discovery of le... -
15.2.1842
The Archives - DocumentThorvaldsen confirms receipt of the letter saying that a frigate will be sent to Italy in order to collect his artworks and collections. He is pleased about ... -
27.3.1837
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Flora Italica. When an Italian Flowery Meadow Visited Thorvaldsens Museum
The Archives - Related articleThis essay was originally published (in Danish) in the review PERISKOP. Forum for kunsthistorisk debat, nr. 22, 2019, pp. 124-133