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Christian 8.'s Table Decoration
The Archives - Related articleThis article describes a set of ten of Thorvaldsen’s most famous sculptures rendered in miniature for use as a table decoration for the Danish royal fa... -
What Did Købke Really Think?
The Archives - Related articleThis is a re-publication of the summary of the article: Hans Edvard Nørregård-Nielsen: ‘What Did Købke Really Think?’, in: Meddelelser fra Thorvaldsens Museu... -
5.10.1834
The Archives - DocumentA written confirmation that two works of art in Thorvaldsen’s collection in Copenhagen – the painting Carl Moltke as Bacchus by Angelica Kauffmann and the ma... -
29.4.1825
The Archives - DocumentExtra bill for water-resistant burlap to cover the marbles so that they could be placed on the deck of the brig St. Croix. -
Sandsynligvis 18.11.1813
The Archives - DocumentKoreff teases Thorvaldsen for not having written or sent the drawings he had promised. He asks that they be sent to Milan. He has shown drawings of Thorvalds... -
Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion) - a national-political monument with built-in controversy
The Archives - Related articleIn 1818-1819, Thorvaldsen produced the model for a monument to the Swiss Guards who had fought in Paris in defense of King Louis XVI, the absolute monarch 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... -
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... -
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... -
Commission for the Monument of Thomas Maitland
The Archives - Related articleThe present article illuminates the background and history of one of Thorvaldsen’s less-known public monuments—his monument to Thomas Maitland, G...