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| Date | Events | Whereabouts | Works |
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| 31.8.1796 | Thetis passes Skagen. | ||
| August - September 1805 | The Baptism of Christ, A736, executed for Baptismal Font, A555,1. | ||
| Not earlier than 20.1.1817 - not later than 1.5.1818 | Georgiana Elizabeth Russell, cf. A173, is completed in marble. Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, England. | ||
| December 1817 | Giovanni Battista Sommariva visits Thorvaldsen in his studio. | ||
| 31.12.1817 | Alexander the Great’s Entry into Babylon, A505, is commissioned in marble by Giovanni Battista Sommariva. | ||
| Not earlier than September 1818 - not later than 1821 | Giovanna Nugent, A239, is commissioned and modelled. | ||
| Presumably 31.8.1819 | Continues his journey to Koblenz. Stays overnight. | ||
| Presumably not later than 1822 | Giovanna Nugent, cf. A239, marble bust, Pomorski i povijesni muzej Hrvatskog primorja Rijeka (Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka), Croatia. | ||
| Not earlier than 31.8.1830 | The Genius of Poetry, C353 (sketch for A134). The relief is part of the monument to George Gordon Byron, cf. A130. | ||
| 31.8.1839 | From Nysø to Bregentved to celebrate Christian (8.) Frederik and Caroline Amalie. In the company of, among others, the Stampe family and H.C. Andersen. Invited by Adam Wilhelm Moltke to spend the night there. | ||
| 31.8.1839 | Crates with plaster casts of both Thorvaldsen’s works and antique sculptures are unloaded from the recently arrived corvette Galathea and taken to Charlottenborg. | ||
| 27.6.1841 | Arrives in Frankfurt am Main. Portrayed by Johann Heinrich Schramm (1810-1865). | ||
| 28.6.1841 | Celebration with artists from Frankfurt, hosted by Charlotte Gontard, and arranged by Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz. A poem and a speech by Friedrich Hessemer are recited in Thorvaldsen’s honour. | ||
| 29.6.1841 | Travels from Frankfurt am Main to Mainz. | ||
| 29.6.1841 |
Moves into lodgings in Mainz, arranged by Jakob Kraetzer, in a house on the bank of the Rhine. In the evening, a torch procession and music in his honour. |
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| 30.6.1841 |
Visits the flower decorated Gutenberg Monument, cf. A114, accompanied by the president of Rheinhessen Ludwig Christian Christoph von Lichtenberg. A large crowd cheers and sings to Thorvaldsen. Visits the cathedral in Mainz. |
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| 3.7. - 5.7.1841 |
Brief stay at Mannheim. Is shown around by Jakob Götzenberger. Continues to Karlsruhe via Schwetzingen. |
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| 6.7.1841 | Arrival in Stuttgart. Lodges at König von England at Schillerplatz. | ||
| 6.7.1841 | Visits the Schiller-monument, cf. A770. Meets Georg von Reinbeck and other members of Verein für Schiller’s Denkmal. The statue and the square are lit by torches, and a choir sings in Thorvaldsen’s honour. | ||
| 7.7.1841 | A deputation from the Stuttgart town government welcomes Thorvaldsen and invites him to attend celebrations in the coming two days. | ||
| 8.7.1841 | The Court at Württemberg gives a party in Thorvaldsen’s honour in the pump room at Bad Cannstatt, Stuttgart. | ||
| 9.7.1841 |
The city council of Stuttgart gives a party in Thorvaldsen’s honour at the resort of Silberburg. He receives the freedom of the city, cf. N37. A song for the sculptor is sung. He is escorted back to his hotel by a torchlight procession. |
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| 10.7.1841 | Travels from Stuttgart. | ||
| 13.7.1841 | Arrives in Munich and immediately visits Maximilian 1., cf. A128, in the Wittelsbacherplatz. | ||
| 22.7.1841 | Travels from Munich to Hohenschwangau, where Thorvaldsen calls on the Bavarian Royal Family. | ||
| Presumably 15.8. - 31.8.1841 | Stays at Leghorn at Christian Dalgas. Excursions to Montenero. |