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| Date | Events | Whereabouts | Works |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presumably 1798 - 1804 | Melpomene, copy after antique model, marble bust, Nysø. | ||
| January - June 1798 | Bacchus and Ariadne, A1. | ||
| 1.1.1798 | Receives a document of protection from the Swedish diplomat Francesco Piranesi. | ||
| 10.2.1798 | The French army occupies Rome. | ||
| 11.2.1798 | Receives a passport issued by the Swedish legation in order to be prepared to flee if necessary. | ||
| 15.2.1798 | General Louis Alexandre Berthier (1753-1815) proclaims a Roman republic from the Capitoline Hill. | ||
| 20.2.1798 | Pope Pius VI is kidnapped and dies soon after at Valence in France. | ||
| Presumably 1.3.1798 - 1799 | Residence at 25 Via Sistina, 3rd floor, Rome. | ||
| 25.5.1798 | The painter Asmus Jacob Carstens dies. | ||
| Not earlier than 25.5.1798 | Thorvaldsen is appointed executor of the estate of Asmus Jacob Carstens’ and inherits some drawings. | ||
| Summer 1798 | Sends crate from Rome to the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen containing, among other artworks, the following for the judgment of the academy: Bacchus and Ariadne, A1 and Tyge Rothe, A225. | ||
| Not later than June 1798 | Bacchus, colossal bust, probably a copy after an antique original, presumably modelled and cast in plaster, hardly carved in marble. Unknown location. | ||
| November 1798 | Neapolitan troops drive the French army out of Rome. | ||
| 29.11.1798 | King Ferdinand I of Naples enters Rome. | ||
| December 1798 | French troops drive the Neapolitans out of Rome. | ||
| End of 1798 | Thorvaldsen’s crate with works and other things sent from Rome to the Academy of Fine Arts arrives in Copenhagen. The crate remains unclaimed at the custom house until the late summer of 1799. |