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Date	Events	Whereabouts	Works
19.11.1770	Thorvaldsen is born in Copenhagen.
19.11.1770 - 1771		Residence at 7 Grønnegade, the side wing, 2nd floor, Copenhagen.
1771 - presumably 1775		Residence at 12 Vingårdstræde, Copenhagen.
Presumably 1775 - 1780		Residence in Dronningens Tværgade, in a garret in a back building, Copenhagen.
Presumably 1780 - 1787		Residence at 12 Ny Adelgade, Copenhagen.
October 1781	Thorvaldsen is admitted to the first part of the Academy of Fine Art’s freehand drawing school (1. frihåndsskole).
October 1782	Thorvaldsen is admitted to the second part of the Academy of Fine Art’s freehand drawing school (2. frihåndsskole).
Presumably 1785 - 1790			Grandfather Clock, N150.
3.1.1785	Advances to the plaster school of the Academy of Fine Arts.
2.1.1786	Advances to the model school of the Academy of Fine Arts.
1787			Works on a portrait bust in clay, seen by Wilhelm Theodor Ferrini in Thorvaldsen’s home. It is not known who was portrayed.
2.1.1787	Awarded the small silver medal of the Academy of Fine Arts.
Not later than March 1787		Residence at 20 Laksegade, ground floor, 20, Copenhagen.
15.4.1787	Confirmation in Holmen’s Church, Copenhagen.
Presumably 1789 - 1790		Residence at 13 Åbenrå, one half of the first floor, Copenhagen.
1789			The Royal Coat of Arms, A787.
1789			Executes four stone lions for two gates at Frederiksberg Runddel outside Frederiksberg Gardens.
Spring 1789			Cupid Resting, A756.
30.5.1789	Awarded the large silver medal of the Academy of Fine Arts for the relief Cupid Resting, A756.
Beginning of the 1790s	Forms a society for drawing with C.D. Fritzsch, Heinrich Grosch and Carl Probsthayn in order to practise composition drawing for the competitions of Academy of Fine Arts.
Not later than 14.9.1790			Marie Sophie Frederikke, portrait medallion, plaster, location unknown.
Completed 14.9.1790			Executes three statues, Fama, Denmark and The Patron Gods of Norway, height c. 230 cm, for a temporary triumphal gate at Kongens Nytorv celebrating the arrival of Crown Princess Marie Sophie Frederikke in Copenhagen.
1791		Residence in Store Brøndstræde or Lille Brøndstræde, Copenhagen.
1791 - 29.8.1796		Residence and workroom at 13, Åbenrå, the entire first floor, Copenhagen.
1.6.1791 - August 1791			Helidorus Driven out of the Temple, A829.
15.8.1791	Awarded the small gold medal of the Academy of Fine Arts for the relief Helidorus Driven out of the Temple, A829.
Autumn 1791			Achilles and Priam, A791.
1792			Hercules and Omphale, A749.
1792			Numa Pomphilius and Egeria, A748, first version.
1792			Man on Horseback, A872.
1792	Member of the Holstein theatrical society Det Holstenske Dramatiske Selskab.
31.3.1792	Helidorus Driven out of the Temple, A829 is displayed in the assembly hall of the Academy of Fine Arts as are the other prizewinning works of art.
Not later than 1793			Models a portrait of the painter Nicolaus Wolff. Whether a medaillon or a bust is unknown.
Presumably 1793			Johanne Cathrine Rosing, A816.
1793			Mother and Two Children, A750.
1793			The Children of Simon Jensen, A766, and A769.
1793			Charlotte Kirstine Reiersen, A897.
1793			Eleonora Maria Jensen, A765, and A768.
1793			Elisabeth Christine Saxtorph, A904.
1793			Holger Christian Reiersen, A896.
1793			Louise Augusta, A818.
1793			Matthias Saxtorph, A903.
1793			Michael Rosing, A815.
1793			Simon Jensen, A764, and A767.
June - July 1793			Peter and John Healing a Lame Man, Nysø127r. Sketch for A830.
June - July 1793			Peter and John Healing a Lame Man, Nysø127v. Sketch for A830.
June 1793 - 7.8.1793			Peter and John Healing a Lame Man, A830.
14.8.1793	Awarded the large gold medal of the Academy of Fine Arts, F35, for the relief Peter and John Healing a Lame Man, A830.
Autumn 1793	Member of Det dramatiske-literaire Selskab, known as Borups Selskab (The Dramatic and Literary Society, Borup’s Society).
30.12.1793	Awarded a one-year scholarship of 100 rix-dollars by the Academy of Fine Arts. The scholarship was known as the “The copperplate engraver’s pension” (Kobberstikker-Pensionen).
1794			The Hours, A772.
1794			The Hours, Dep.22, executed from a sketch by Abildgaard.
1794			The Hours, plaster relief, Christian VIII’s Palace at Amalienborg Castle, Copenhagen.
1794			Euterpe, A757.
1794			Euterpe, statue, stucco, Christian VIII’s Palace at Amalienborg Castle, Copenhagen.
1794			Self-portrait, C885.
1794			Terpsichore, A758.
1794			Terpsichore, statue, stucco, Christian VIII’s Palace at Amalienborg Castle, Copenhagen.
1794			Two Muses, statues, stucco, Christian VIII’s Palace at Amalienborg Castle, Copenhagen.
1794			The Seasons, Dep.21, from Abildgaard’s sketch.
1794			The Seasons, plaster relief, Christian VIII’s Palace at Amalienborg Castle, Copenhagen.
1794			Jon Erichsen, cf. casts A795 og A862.
1794			Olav Olavsen, drawing, location unknown.
1794	Meets Johan Tobias Sergel while working at Amalienborg.
1.1.1794			Watercolour drawing for Sophie Amalie Kurtzhals, CX11 [Dep.19].
Not later than 31.3.1794			Minotaurus(?), clay, location unknown.
Middle of May 1794			Portrait of Peter Olivarius Bugge, now lost drawing for the engraving E2297.
Presumably 19.5.1794	Attends a memorial ceremony for the late Peter Olivarius Bugge at the Shooting Society in Coprenhagen.
November - December 1794			Numa Pompilius and Egeria, A748, final version of the relief from 1792.
Presumably 1795			Unknown, A913.
Presumably 1795 - 1796			Christian Ulrich Detlev von Eggers, C747.
Presumably 1795 - 1796			Hans Marcussen Ammitzbøll, watercolour and pencil on paper, Vejle Kunstmuseum.
1795			A.P. Bernstorff, A724.
1795			A.P. Bernstorff, A856.
1795			C. Pram, private collection, drawing for the engraving E2299.
1795			Christian Ulrich Detlev von Eggers, drawing for the engraving E2296.
1.1.1795			Watercolour drawing for Sophie Probsthayn, C821.
5.1.1795	Shows the relief Numa Pompilius and Egeria, A748, to the Academy of Fine Arts, with the result that his one-year scholarship of 100 rix-dollars is extended.
23.2.1795	Receives a visit from the portrait painter Hans Hansen in his home Åbenrå 13, Copenhagen.
2.11.1795	Applies for the travel grant of the Academy of Fine Arts, which is awarded on the same day.
December 1795			Carl Wilhelm Anton Eegholm, C754.
Not later than 1796			Bernt Anker?, A782.
Not later than 1796			Cecilia Kirstine Monrad, A745 og A747.
Not later than 1796			Peter Johan Monrad, A744 og A746.
Not later than 1796			Thomas Thaarup, drawing, the Theatre Museum, Copenhagen, drawing for the engraving E2298.
Presumably 1796			Unknown, A888.
1796			A.P. Bernstorff, A743.
1796			A.P. Bernstorff, A817.
Not later than January 1796			Ole Johan Samsøe, C755.
Spring 1796	With the help of A.P. Bernstorff and encouraged by Peder Horrebow Haste, among others, Thorvaldsen obtains the permission of the Admiralty to travel to Italy with the frigate Thetis on her expedition to the Mediterranean.
6.3.1796	Is godfather to Henriette Johanne and Peder Friis’ daughter, Petrine Christine Engelbrechtine Friis (1796-1820).
9.3.1796	Takes part in the wedding celebration of Frederike Dorothea and Peter Hanning Hammer.
Not later than middle of March 1796			Frederike Dorothea Hammer, C746.
Not later than middle of March 1796			Peter Hanning Hammer, portrait drawing, private collection.
Not later than middle of March 1796			Peter Hanning Hammer, portrait medallion, location unknown.
Not later than 27.3.1796			Ernst Heinrich Løffler, A864 og A630.
31.3.1796	A.P. Bernstorff, A856, is shown to Hereditary Prince Frederik at the Academy of Fine Arts.
20.5.1796 - 30.8.1796			Charlotte Amalie Fisker, portrait drawing, location unknown.
Presumably June 1796			Commemorative pamphlet for Ole Johan Samsøe, drawing for engraved vignette in the magazine Thalia.
Summer 1796			F.C. Willerup, bust, probably plaster, location unknown.
1.7.1796	Thorvaldsen’s travel grant takes effect officially.
Not later than August 1796			Hans Christopher Sonnin, portrait drawing, private collection.
Not later than August 1796			Jens Ulstrup, portrait drawing, private collection.
Not later than August 1796			Johanne Ulstrup, portrait drawing, private collection.
Middle of August 1796	Farewell party for Thorvaldsen at the Royal Shooting Range. A song by Peder Horrebow Haste is sung.
23.8.1796	Receives Instructions from the Academy of Fine Arts concerning his journey.
29.8.1796	Thorvaldsen goes on board the frigate Thetis.
30.8.1796		Thorvaldsen leaves Copenhagen on board the frigate Thetis.
31.8.1796		Thetis passes Skagen.
3.9.1796		Thetis passes Dogger Bank.
6.9. - 7.9.1796	The frigate Thetis shoots at English ships in the North Sea.
8.9.1796		Thetis passes North Foreland Lighthouse and enters the English Channel.
9.9.1796		Thetis anchors near Dover due to fog.
11.9.1796		Thetis passes Isle of Wight.
13.9. - 15.9.1796		Thetis lies off the isle of Portland in the English Channel.
16.9.1796		Thetis passes Prawle Point.
19.9.1796		Thetis passes Eddystone Lighthouse off Plymouth.
20.9.1796		Thetis leaves the English Channel.
21.9. - 6.10.1796			Gerhard Sievers Bille, C750.
23.9.1796		Thetis passes the island Ushant.
29.9.1796			Johan Christian Gustav Hohlenberg, C756.
30.9.1796		Thetis passes Cape Finisterre.
October or December 1796			Laurits Jensen Grove, portrait drawing, location unknown.
2.10.1796		The frigate Thetis exchanges a few shots with two Portuguese frigates off the coast of Portugal.
4.10.1796		Thetis passes Cape St. Vincent.
7.10.1796		Thetis passes Gibraltar.
8.10.1796		Thetis anchors at Malaga. Thorvaldsen and others go ashore. He calls on the Danish consul. Visits churches and goes to the theatre, etc.
9.10.1796		The frigate Thetis waits for favourable wind. Thorvaldsen and Peder Pavels go ashore in Malaga, visit a hospital, some churches, and a coffee house.
10.10.1796		Thorvaldsen, Peder Pavels, H.A. Schmidt o.a. går igen i land i Malaga og besøger kirker, kaffehus m.m.
11.10.1796		The frigate Thetis weighs anchor and leaves Malaga, heading for Algiers.
16.10.1796		The frigate Thetis reaches Algiers and leaves its companion, the “present ship” Laurentius, there.
17.10. - 22.10.1796		The frigate Thetis sails towards Malta in stormy weather.
24.10.1796		The frigate Thetis reaches Malta and is quarantined against the risk of plague.
26.10. - 6.11.1796			Lorens Henrich Fisker, portrait drawing, Frederiksborg, Hillerød.
26.10. - 6.11.1796			Lorens Henrich Fisker, portrait drawing, location unknown.
29.10.1796		Under Thetis’ karantæne tager fregattens officerer, H.A. Schmidt, Peder Pavels og Thorvaldsen på rotur rundt i Vallettas havn.
Beginning of November 1796			Charlotte Amalie Fisker, portrait drawing, Frederiksborg, Hillerød.
3.11.1796	Maltas sundhedskommission fastholder 40 dages karantæne for Thetis fra den dag fregatten forlod Algier. Plus 20 dage, hvis Thetis i mellemtiden sejler til Tripoli.
7.11.1796		The frigate Thetis leaves Malta and heads for Tripoli.
13.11.1796		The frigate Thetis anchors in the harbour of Tripoli.
14.11. - 15.11.1796	Thetis’ kaptajn, Lorens Henrich Fisker forhandler forgæves fred med pashaen af Tripoli, Sidi Yussef.
15.11.1796		Thorvaldsen, Christian Georg Hansen and Peder Pavels go ashore in Tripoli. The same night the frigate Thetis has to weigh anchor due to stormy weather.
16.11. - 22.11.1796		En kraftig storm tvinger Thetis østpå, og først efter fire dage bliver det muligt at sejle tilbage mod Tripoli.
23.11.1796		The frigate Thetis returns to the harbour of Tripoli and is reunited with its captain. Sails two days later towards Malta or Sicily.
Presumably December 1796			G.F. Rørbye, C751.
2.12.1796		The frigate Thetis returns to Malta, in quarantine against the plague until the 18^th of December.
Middle of December 1796			The Centaur Chiron Teaching Achilles Medicin, C499, drawing for the album of the ship’s doctor Hansen.
16.12.1796			H.A. Schmidt, portrait drawing, location unknown.
18.12.1796		The quarantine of the frigate Thetis against the plague is raised, and Thorvaldsen and the crew goes ashore in Valletta.
20.12.1796 - beginning of January 1797	Stays at Scamp’s Palace in Valletta for three weeks together with Pavels while the frigate Thetis is being careened.
21.12.1796	Til middag hos den danske konsul på Malta Joseph Abela (Habela) sammen med bl.a. Lorens Henrich Fisker
26.12.1796		Visits the town of Mdina on Malta accompanied by Peder Pavels, Christian Georg Hansen, G.F. Rørbye and H.A. Schmidt.
At the turn of 1796 - 97			Outline of Fort St. Angelo in the harbour of Valletta, C818r (part of the motive).
End of December 1796			Makes a satiric drawing of an officer of the quarantine board for Peder Pavels, location unknown.
17.1.1797	The frigate Thetis departs from Malta and leaves Thorvaldsen there.
20.1.1797		Departs from Malta aboard a speronaro (coastal vessel) to Palermo on Sicily.
23.1.1797		Arrives at Palermo on Sicily.
25.1.1797	Sees a ceiling decoration by Vincenzo Manno in a church in Palermo. Visits Manno and spends the evening in his company at the local Academy of Fine Art.
26.1.1797	Visits the cathedral and other churches in Palermo.
27.1.1797	Visits Vincenzo Manno in Palermo.
28.1.1797		Departs from Palermo at 7 a.m. aboard a packet boat heading for Naples.
31.1.1797		Arrives at Naples.
1.2.1797	Thorvaldsen meets the Danish envoy to Napoli, Edmund Bourke.
2.2.1797	Visits churches in Naples.
3.2.1797	Has dinner at Bourke’s and meets Wilhelm Tischbein and Jørgen Scheel.
4.2.1797	Visits Tischbein in his studio and looks at antique works of art in Palazzo degli Studi.
5.2.1797	Visits the cathedral in Naples and other churches. After that, an excursion to Portici, where he sees the museum at Reggia di Portici.
6.2.1797	Studies antique art at the Palazzo degli Studi (the Archaeological Museum of Naples).
7.2.1797	Visits the Capodimonte Museum in Naples.
8.2.1797	Visits a number of churces in Naples. Dines with Edmund Bourke.
9.2.1797	Visits Wilhelm Tischbein and, once more, the Capodimonte Museum.
13.2.1797	Visits the porcelain factory Real Fabbrica di Capodimonte in Naples.
14.2.1797	Visits Christian Heigelin and sees his collection of art.
Presumably 15.2. - 5.3.1797	Climbs Mount Vesuvius in the company of the chemist Christoph Heinrich Pfaff.
6.3.1797		Leaves Naples for Rome, travelling along the Appian Way in the company of the German chemist Christoph Heinrich Pfaff.
7.3.1797		Passes Capua, Mola di Gaeta and Passo di Portella in Monte San Biagio on his way to Rome.
8.3.1797		Arrives in Rome. The date was later known as “Thorvaldsen’s Roman birthday”.
Not earlier than 8.3.1797 - not later than 1.3.1798		Lives in Via del Babuino 119, Rome.
Not earlier than 8.3.1797	Introduces himself to Georg Zoëga.
May 1797 - 1804	Thorvaldsen supplements his meagre income by drawing figures for the English painter George Augustus Wallis’ landscapes; in some cases he painted directly on the paintings.
June - December 1797			Tyge Rothe, A225.
3.6.1797 - 1799	Rents a workshop in Vicolo delli Aliberti, which used to belong to the sculptor John Flaxman.
Presumably autumn 1797			A.P. Bernstorff, A208, reworked version of A856.
September - December 1797			Carlo Francesco Bassi, A631.
Beginning of October 1797		Spends eight days at Genzano with the Zoëga family.
Presumably winter 1797 - 1798			A.P. Bernstorff, marble, Brahetrolleborg, Fåborg.
18.12.1797 - 24.12.1797		Walking tour in the company of Fernow, Legation counsellor Bielfeld (17??-18??), Johann Jürgen Busch and the painter Johann Martin von Rohden around Rome to Albano, Genzano, Velletri, Cori, Palestrina and Tivoli.
31.12.1797	Arrested along with Carlo Francesco Bassi in connection with riots in the Piazza di Spagna. Released the same day with the help of Francesco Piranesi.
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, 3^rd 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.
1799			Homer, A751.
1799			Pollux, Dep.24.
1799 - 1800			Agrippa, A759.
1799 - 1800			Cicero, A760.
1799 - 1800			Cicero, A761.
1799 - 1800			The Goddess of Peace, unknown today.
25.2.1799	The Academy of Fine Arts extends Thorvaldsen’s travel grant for another year.
September 1799	Neapolitan troops reconquer Rome and drive out the French army.
30.9.1799	Bacchus and Ariadne, A1 is presented to the members of the Academy of Fine Arts.
November - December 1799	The Roman Republic fails, and the papacy is reinstated during the year 1800.
25.11.1799	The Academy of Fine Arts extends Thorvaldsen’s travel grant for another two years.
Presumably 1800			Melpomene, statue, probably plaster, destroyed by Thorvaldsen himself.
Presumably 1800			Venus and Cupid, A13.
1800			Edmund Bourke, A900.
1800 - May 1804		Residence at 141 Via Sistina, 2nd floor, close to Piazza Barberini, Rome.
January - October 1800			Raphael, A752
Not earlier than April 1800 - not later than October 1800			Begins the first clay model of Jason with the Golden Fleece, cf. A52.
1801			Achilles and Penthesilia, A777.
1801			Mathias Saxtorph, A899. Thorvaldsen left the execution of this bust to another sculptor.
5.2.1801			The Centaur Chiron teaching Achilles Medicin, drawing in the album of Johan Jacob Ekman, private collection.
Spring 1801			Models a portrait bust of Johan Jacob Ekman, location unknown.
Not later than 22.4.1801			The first clay model for Jason with the Golden Fleece, cf. A52, is completed.
Not later than 22.8.1801			Thorvaldsen destroys the first clay model of Jason with the Golden Fleece, executed 1800-1801. The model is unknown today (however, see A52).
October 1801	The sixth year of Thorvaldsen’s travel grant is paid out.
Spring 1802	Sends five crates to the Academy of Fine Arts by the frigate Triton. The crates contain marble busts, books, etc.
Summer 1802		Prepares his departure from Rome in order to return to Denmark.
June 1802		Postpones his departure from Rome. Plans to travel with Georg Zoëga to Denmark in the spring of 1803.
5.6.1802	J.L. Lund arrives in Rome and takes up residence at Palazzo Galloppi Volpi, 21 Via del Quirinale.
1.7.1802	Thorvaldsen’s travel grant from the Academy of Fine Arts officially expires.
Presumably autumn 1802			Begins making the clay model for Jason with the Golden Fleece, cf. A52.
Presumably November 1802	Makes the acquaintance of Caroline and Wilhelm von Humboldt.
9.11.1802	After having stayed south of Rome for about a month, Friederike Brun moves into Villa Malta in Rome with her daughter Ida.
10.12.1802	The frigate Triton arrives in Copenhagen with five crates from Thorvaldsen in Rome. The crates are placed at the custom house and remain unclaimed at least until the autumn of 1803.
24.12.1802	Celebrates Christmas Eve in Villa Malta at Caroline and Wilhelm von Humboldt in the company of Ida and Friederike Brun, Georg Zoëga, Carl Ludwig Fernow, Heinrich Keller, J.L. Lund, Karl Viktor von Bonstetten, Carl Gotthard Grass and Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch.
1803			Briseis and Achilles, A490.
Beginning of 1803	Herman Schubart arrives in Rome and meets Thorvaldsen, probably through Georg Zoëga.
28.1.1803			The clay model for Jason with the Golden Fleece is almost done. The model is seen by Friederike Brun, who then finances the original plaster cast, A52.
Presumably 19.3.1803 - 1815	Studio at 30 Vicolo della Catena, Piazza Barberini, Rome.
19.3.1803	Celebrating the making of the plaster cast of Jason with the Golden Fleece, A52. Thorvaldsen is crowned with a laurel wreath by Ida Brun.
Not earlier than 19.3. - not later than 21.3.1803	Thomas Hope sees Jason with the Golden Fleece, A52, in the studio and commissions a marble version of the statue, A822.
Not earlier than 19.3. - not later than 21.3.1803		Thorvaldsen’s return to Denmark is temporarily postponed due to Thomas Hope’s commission for Jason with the Golden Fleece, A52, in marble, A822.
23.3.1803	Thorvaldsen receives the first part of the payment for Jason with the Golden Fleece, A822 from Thomas Hope.
23.3.1803 - August 1803			Finelli & Keller begin work on Jason with the Golden Fleece, A822.
23.3.1803 - August 1803	Makes a contract with the sculptors Finelli & Keller for the delivery of a block of marble and the execution of the rough carving of Jason with the Golden Fleece, A822.
3.4.1803	Meets Friederike and Ida Brun in the Villa Borghese gardens. Asks Ida to perform artistic poses (attitudes) with the words “oh! just some poses” (“o kuns nogle Stillinger!”).
13.5.1803	Attends the farewell party for Friederike Brun in the company of many Roman notabilities.
Summer 1803	Thorvaldsen is taken ill.
Summer 1803		Spends the summer in Albano, probably in the company of Anna Maria Uhden.
10.6.1803	Friederike and Ida Brun leave Rome.
Presumably September 1803		Returns to Rome from his summer stay at Albano.
November 1803	Herman Schubart encourages his sister Charlotte Schimmelmann to promote Thorvaldsen’s cause in Copenhagen.
Presumably November 1803 - January 1804	Meets Adam Gottlob Detlef Moltke.
November 1803 - January 1804			Adam Gottlob Detlef Moltke, A212.
November 1803 - January 1804			Ivan Vorontsov?, A302.
November 1803 - January 1804			Jevdokija Ivanovna Golitsyna, cf. A304.
Winter 1803 - 1804	Meets the Russian Countess Irina Vorontsova in Rome.
1804			Ganymede Offering the Cup, A41.
Beginning of 1804 - April 1804			A.P. Bernstorff, A209.
1804 - 1805			Venus, marble, ca. 130 cm, National M.K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania. Cf. the larger version A12.
1804 - March 1806			A.P. Bernstorff, A207, marble version of A209 in reduced size.
7.1.1804	Thorvaldsen’s mother Karen Thorvaldsen dies in Copenhagen.
9.2.1804	Thorvaldsen and Christian Hornbech receive H.M. Frisch and his wife Dorothea in the Piazza del Popolo on their arrival in Rome.
Spring 1804			Theodor von der Ropp commissions some marble busts after antique models. Later also Venus, cf. A12, and Briseis and Achilles, cf. A490, both marble National M.K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Spring 1804			The statues Bacchus, A2 and Ariadne are commissioned by Adam Gottlob Detlef Moltke. The commission is later cancelled by Moltke for economic reasons.
6.3.1804	Receives a grant from Fonden ad usus publicos (The Foundation for the Support of Cultural and Social Purposes), thereby obtaining official acceptance of his continuance in Rome.
End of March 1804	Conducts a party on a tour of Rome to various artists, among them Angelika Kauffmann, Joh. Christian Reinhardt, and probably J.L. Lund.
5.4.1804	H.M. Frisch and his wife Dorothea visit Thorvaldsen’ studio and see Jason, A822, and Briseis and Achilles, A490.
Presumably not later than 10.4.1804	Employs the marble carvers Camillo Landini and Peter Kaufmann in his studio. J.L. Lund supervises the studio while Thorvaldsen is away.
Not earlier than 10.4. - not later than 19.4.1804		Travels from Rome to Naples together with Adam Gottlob Detlef Moltke one day during this period.
Not earlier than 10.4. - not later than 19.5.1804		Spends at least one day and night at the ruins of Paestum with Christoph Heinrich Kniep.
Not earlier than 10.4. - not later than 19.5.1804		Attends an archeological dig at Pompeii with, among others, Christoph Heinrich Kniep, who makes a drawing of the visit.
May 1804 - 24.3.1844		Residence in the Roman pension Casa Buti, 46 Via Sistina, first floor.
20.5.1804		Travels from Naples to Rome.
20.5.1804	Passport issued for Leghorn in Rome.
Not earlier than 24.5.1804		Leaves Rome for Florence in the company of Adam Gottlob Detlef Moltke.
June 1804 - beginning of July 1804		Stays in Florence, first in the company of Adam Gottlob Detlef Moltke, then alone.
Not later than 2.7.1804	A studio is fitted up for Thorvaldsen by the Schubart family at Montenero near Leghorn.
Not earlier than 9.7. - not later than 16.7.1804		Travels to the Schubart family at Montenero and arrives not later than 16.7.1804.
Not earlier than 9.7. - not later than 6.8.1804			Herman Schubart, A718.
Not earlier than August 1804 - not later than 1810			Apollon Belvedere, copy after antique model, marble bust, location unknown.
Not earlier than August 1804 - not later than 1810			Bacchus, copy after antique model, marble bust, location unknown.
Not earlier than August 1804 - not later than 1810			Cicero, copy after antique model, marble bust, location unknown.
Not earlier than August 1804 - not later than 1810			Homer, copy after antique model, marble bust, location unknown.
Not earlier than August 1804 - not later than 1810			Melpomene, copy after antique model, marble bust, location unknown.
Not earlier than August 1804 - not later than 1810			Sappho, presumably copy after antique model, marble bust, location unknown.
Not earlier than August 1804 - not later than 1810			Venus Medici, copy after antique model, marble bust, location unknown.
Begun 6.8.1804			Jacqueline Schubart, A719.
11.8.1804		Passport issued for a trip from Leghorn to Genoa and back.
Middle of August 1804		Travels with Herman Schubart to the marble quarries in Carrara and to Genoa.
End of August 1804		Selects blocks of marble at Carrara.
Autumn 1804	Outbreak of yellow fever in and around Leghorn.
Presumably 10.9.1804		Return to Montenero.
23.9.1804	Appointed professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Accademia Fiorentina.
Completed not later than 24.9.1804			The Dance of the Muses on Helicon, plaster model for the relief, cf. A705, made for Jacqueline Schubart as a birthday present.
24.9.1804		Departure from Montenero.
25.9.1804		Travels from Leghorn bound for Rome in the company of Friedrich Matthäi.
Beginning of October 1804		Returns to Rome.
Completed December 1804			Bacchus, A2.
Presumably 1805 - 1806			Christoph August Tiedge, A851.
Presumably 1805 - 1806			Christoph August Tiedge, marble, whereabouts unknown.
Presumably 1805 - 1806			Elisa von der Recke, A852.
Presumably 1805 - 1806			Elisa von der Recke, A869.
1805			Apollo, A3.
1805			Conrad Rantzau, A211.
1805			A monument to Dante is commissioned for the church of St. Croce, Florence. The monument is never executed by Thorvaldsen but is given to the sculptor Stefano Ricci (1765-1837) in 1830, cf. the drafts C553r, C554, C555r og C555v.
1805			Begins a sculpture, Mars and Venus, later reworked as Mars Bringing Peace, cf. D174, which in turn becomes the starting point for Mars and Cupid, A7.
1805 - 1806			Conrad Rantzau, marble bust, Schloss Breitenburg, Holstein, cf. A211.
1805 - 1806			Christoph August Tiedge, A240.
1805 - 1806			Elisa von der Recke, A879.
Presumably 9.1.1805	Thorvaldsen’s friend, C.F.F. Stanley arrives in Rome and moves into Casa Buti.
Presumably spring 1805			Models a portrait bust of Caroline von Humboldt. The location of the original model is unknown, but the marble version was in Schloss Tegel, Berlin, until 1945, and is now at the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg.
Beginning of March 1805	C.F.F. Stanley proposes that Gotskalk Thorvaldsen be admitted to Vartov (an institution for the poor, sick and old) in Copenhagen.
26.4.1805	Andreas Weidenhaupt dies, and a professorship in sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts becomes vacant.
6.5.1805	Thorvaldsen becomes a member of the Academy of Fine Arts and is nominated for the vacant post of professor of sculpture.
Summer 1805			Inquiry from the President of the USA, Thomas Jefferson, about the execution of a monument to Freedom. The negotiations do not result in a commission. Female figure in a Phrygian cap, C6r, might be a sketch for this monument.
Summer 1805 - March 1806			Herman Schubart, A219.
Summer 1805 - June 1806			Socrates, copy after an antique bust in Villa Albani, location unknown.
1.6.1805	Gotskalk Thorvaldsen is admitted to Vartov (an institution for the poor, sick and old) in Copenhagen.
7.6.1805	Christian 7. appoints Thorvaldsen professor of sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts.
August - September 1805			The Baptism of Christ, A736, executed for Baptismal Font, A555,1.
August - September 1805			Preliminary work for, or a first version of Minerva and Prometheus, cf. A319.
August 1805 - March 1806			Jacqueline Schubart, A220.
Beginning of August 1805		Travels from Rome to Montenero via Florence and Leghorn in the company of Conrad Rantzau.
9.8.1805		Arrives at Montenero.
16.8.1805	Elected honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna.
Autumn 1805			Caroline von Humboldt, marble bust, Schloss Tegel, Berlin until 1945, now at the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg.
September 1805 - 26.4.1806			Camillo Landini finishes the statue Bacchus, probably lost, cf. A2.
11.9.1805		Leaves most likely Montenero this day with Christian Stub. Passport for Rome is issued in Leghorn.
Middle of September 1805		Travels to Pisa and visits Filippo Mazzei to discuss a possible commission for a monument to Freedom for the USA.
Middle of September 1805		Stays in Florence for two days in the company of Christian Stub.
19.9.1805		Passes through the town of Acquapendente, ca. 130 km north of Rome.
21.9.1805		Arrives in Rome.
Not earlier than 21.9.1805			Jupiter Otricoli, copy after antique model, marble bust, location unknown.
28.9.1805	Caspar Bartholin dies. Thorvaldsen takes his deathmask, which later is used as the model of the bust A227.
Middle of November 1805	The Danish painter C.F. Høyer arrives in Rome. He probably moves into Casa Buti at once.
18.11.1805	Thorvaldsen’s close friend C.F.F. Stanley dies.
20.11.1805	In the evening, C.F.F. Stanley is buried in the Protestant cemetery in Rome. The grave is not known today.
Not later than December 1805			Draws Cupid with a Butterfly for Herman Schubart’s birthday, probably Dep.7.
Presumably 1806			Jacob Laurids Thrane, A881.
1806			Herman Schubart, A812.
1806			Jacqueline Schubart, A813.
1806 - February 1807			Hebe, A37.
14.1.1806	Attends the celebration of Herman Schubart’s birthday in Rome, but without Schubart’s presence.
14.2.1806			Requested to execute a design for a monument to the victory of the United States over Tripoli in 1805. The work is never commissioned.
12.3.1806	Thorvaldsen’s friend Christian Stub dies.
Presumably June 1806			Jacob Baden, A802.
Summer 1806 - summer 1807			The Dance of the Muses on Helicon, A705, unfinished.
Not later than June 1806			Apollon, copy after Apollon Giustiniani, marble, Museo de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid.
June - September 1806			Jacob Baden, A863.
Autumn 1806			Psyche, A26.
Completed not later than 5.9.1806			Caritas, C820, given to Jacqueline Schubart on the occasion of her birthday 10.9.1806.
24.10.1806	Thorvaldsen’s father Gotskalk Thorvaldsen dies at Vartov (an institution for the poor, sick and old) in Copenhagen.
Presumably 9.11.1806	Andreas Dobert Kalleberg and Jacob Laurids Thrane leave Rome bound for Denmark.
Winter 1806 - 1807			Psyche, statue, marble, ca 130 cm, location unknown.
31.12.1806			C.F. Hansen commissions four reliefs for the facade of Christiansborg Palace that later become Hercules and Hebe, cf. A317, Hygieia and Aesculapius, cf. A318, Minerva and Prometheus, cf. A319, and Nemesis and Jupiter, cf. A320. He also commissions works, never completed, for the facade of the Copenhagen Town Hall and Courthouse.
1807 - 1808			Minerva and Prometheus, A319.
Not later than 14.1.1807			Bacchus Offering Cupid a Drink, C715, is executed for Herman Schubarts birthday.
14.1.1807	Takes part in the celebration of Herman Schubart’s birthday in Rome, arranged by Friedrich Matthäi, without Schubart’s presence.
February 1807 - 22.10.1808			Baptismal Font, marble version for the church of Brahetrolleborg, Funen, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555,3, A555,4.
Spring 1807			Cupid Holding a Butterfly to Hurt it with an Arrow. Only known from Mori, op. cit.. Later reworked as Cupid Triumphant, A22.
April 1807	Tutors Ida Brun in drawing.
29.4.1807			Marcus Gerhard Rosencrone commissions a bust of his late father-in-law Henrik Hielmstierne. However, the bust is not modelled until probably 1812, cf. A210.
4.5.1807	Elected honorary member of the Accademia Italiana. It is uncertain whether the membership was confirmed.
Not earlier than June 1807			The Virgin with Jesus and John, A556, reworked version of relief on Baptismal Font, A555,2.
Not earlier than June 1807 - not later than 1808			Baptismal Font, A555,1, A555,2, A555,3, A555,4.
Not earlier than June 1807 - not later than 1808			Christ Blessing the Children, A737, maybe executed as a sketch for Baptismal Font, A555,4.
Not later than 6.6.1807			Jacob Laurids Thrane, Dep.36.
Not later than July 1807			Cupid and Psyche, A28.
21.9.1807		Thorvaldsen returns to Rome after a short stay in the country.
31.12.1807	The colony of German and Scandinavian artists in Rome celebrates New Year’s eve. Among those present are: Thorvaldsen, Rauch, Wahl, Bøhndel, Wagner, Welcker, Jollage, Hopfgarten, Eberhard, Dall’Armi, brødrene Riepenhausen, Kauffmann and J.L. Lund.
Presumably not later than 1808			A Genio Lumen (The Genius of Art and Light), A517, probably preparatory work for A518.
1808			A Genio Lumen (The Genius of Art and Light), A518.
1808			Adonis, A53.
1808			Wilhelm von Humboldt, A237.
1808			Makes drawings in collaboration with the sculptor Christian Daniel Rauch for a sepulchral monument to the Briton William Sidney Bowles. The monument still stands in the Protestant cemetery [Cimitero Acattolico], Rome, parte antica, stone 16.
Not earlier than 1808			A Genio Lumen (The Genius of Art and Light), A828.
Not earlier than 1808			Adonis, A789.
Completed January 1808			The plaster model of Mars Bringing Peace is completed, cf. Ferdinando Mori’s drawing D174. This figure of Mars later formed part of the group Mars and Cupid, A7.
Not later than 14.1.1808			The drawing The Virgin with Jesus and John is executed for Herman Schubart’s birthday, private collection, Sanderumgaard, Funen.
14.1.1808	Herman Schubart’s birthday is celebrated in Thorvaldsen’s apartment in Rome, but without Schubart’s presence. The party is arranged by J.L. Lund.
6.3.1808	Elected member and professor at the Accademia di S. Luca in Rome.
Autumn 1808			Ludwig (1.) commissions Adonis, cf. A53, in marble, today at the Neue Pinakothek, München. The statue is not completed until October 1831.
Autumn 1808			Statuette of Vesta is executed for Herman Schubart’s birthday 14.1.1809, location unknown.
Middle of September 1808	Jacqueline and Herman Schubart visit Rome and Thorvaldsen for a couple of months.
Presumably November 1808			Hercules and Hebe, A317.
Presumably November 1808			Hygieia and Aesculapius, A318.
Middle of November 1808	Jacqueline and Herman Schubart leave Rome after two months’ stay.
Presumably 1809			Mercury Brings Bacchus to Ino, A346, reworked version of A347.
Presumably 1809 - 1810			Hercules and Hebe, A321, reduced version of A317.
Presumably 1809 - 1810			Hygieia and Aesculapius, A322, reduced version of A318.
1809			Cupid Complains to Venus about a Bee Sting, A780.
1809			Cupid Riding on a Lion, A388.
1809			Mercury Brings Bacchus to Ino, A347.
1809			The Birth of Venus, A348.
1809			Ida Brun, A218.
1809			Sophie Dorothea Høyer, A228.
1809			Wilhelm Malte Putbus commissions more reliefs for his castle on the island of Rügen.
1809	Visits the Pantheon, Rome, and sees Gaspare Landi’s and Vincenzo Camuccini’s paintings for the church of San Giovanni in Canale, Piacenza.
Not earlier than 1809			Cupid Complains to Venus about a Bee Sting, A417.
Not earlier than 1809			Cupid Complains to Venus about a Bee Sting, A418, reworked version of A780.
14.1.1809	Organizes the celebration of Herman Schubart’s birthday in Rome, but without Schubart’s presence.
10.2.1809			Georg Zoëga, C761r, is portrayed on his deathbed.
10.2.1809	Georg Zoëga dies, Thorvaldsen is appointed one of the executors of the estate.
April 1809	Adam Oehlenschläger arrives in Rome and is introduced to Thorvaldsen by Georg Koës.
Summer 1809		Visits Friederike Brun in Albano and Oehlenschläger in Grottaferata.
4.6.1809	Nicolai Abildgaard dies at Sorgenfri (near Copenhagen). Thorvaldsen hears about his death for the first time in a letter from Herman Schubart, 27.7.1809.
8.6.1809	Crown Prince Ludwig 1. of Bavaria consults Thorvaldsen regarding acquisitions of antique works of art.
July 1809	Joseph Anton Koch proposes the publication of a book with engravings of Thorvaldsen’s works. The idea is abandoned by the end of 1809.
6.7.1809	Pope Pius VII is abducted from Rome.
Not later than 10.9.1809			The Virgin and Child, drawing, private collection, is given to Jacqueline Schubart on the occasion of her birthday.
16.9.1809	Appointed member of a commission for an official art exhibition in Rome, arranged by the French government.
October 1809	The archaeologist P.O. Brøndsted arrives in Rome and makes friends with Thorvaldsen.
Not later than 19.11.1809			Ida Brun, A810.
Completed December 1809			Hector with Paris and Helen, A499.
24.12.1809	Celebrates Christmas Eve in the house of the Riepenhausen brothers, with P.O. Brøndsted, Georg Koës and others. The Christmas party concludes with dancing.
Presumably 1810			Mars and Cupid, A7.
Presumably 1810			Nemesis and Jupiter, A324, reduced version of A320.
Presumably 1810			Venus, Mars and Cupid in Vulcan’s Smithy, A419.
Presumably 1810			Alexandra von Dietrichstein, A238.
1810			Cupid Revives Psyche, A431.
1810			Caritas, A598.
1810			Nemesis and Jupiter, A320.
1810			Bertel Thorvaldsen, A223.
1810	Becomes friendly with Christian Daniel Rauch.
1810	Thorvaldsen is invited by the King of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm 3. to compete with the sculptor Antonio Canova for the execution of a monument to Queen Luise. Instead, Thorvaldsen passes on the commission to his pupil Christian Daniel Rauch. See Thorvaldsen’s sketch C182r, which may be connected with Luise’s monument.
Not earlier than 1810			Cupid with a Swan and Boys Picking Fruit, Summer, A410.
Not earlier than 1810			Cupid and Bacchus, A408.
Not earlier than 1810			Cupid and Bacchus, Autumn, A412.
Not earlier than 1810			Cupid Revives Psyche, A430.
Not earlier than 1810			Cupid Revives Psyche, A866.
Not earlier than 1810			Caritas, A597.
2.1.1810	Christian Daniel Rauch’s birthday is celebrated by Caroline von Humboldt. Among those present are; J.L. Lund and probably also Thorvaldsen.
Not later than 14.1.1810			Hygieia and Cupid, drawing, location unknown, is presented to Herman Schubart on the occasion of his birthday.
14.1.1810	Organizes the celebration of Herman Schubart’s birthday in Rome, but without Schubart’s presence.
28.1.1810	Awarded the Order of Dannebrog, which is forwarded to him by Herman Schubart.
Spring 1810			Mother with Child, receiving fruits from another woman, relief, location unknown.
Spring 1810	Goethe asks for a line drawing of one of Thorvaldsen’s sculptures through Caroline von Humboldt.
March 1810			Vincenzo Camuccini, A282.
Not earlier than April 1810			Vincenzo Camuccini, A281.
End of April 1810	P.O. Brøndsted and Georg Koës leave Rome heading for Greece.
Summer 1810	Thorvaldsen is probably ill.
28.7.1810	Probably attends the farewell party for J.L. Lund.
August 1810 - January 1816	Rents two workshops in Via dei Cappuccini near the intersection with Via della Purificazione.
8.8.1810		Passport for Leghorn issued in Rome.
11.8.1810	J.L. Lund leaves Rome, bound for Copenhagen, in the company of Friederike Brun and Ida Brun.
22.8.1810		Passport stamped in Florence on his way to Leghorn.
End of August 1810		Arrives at Montenero. The first part of the journey in the company of Ida and Friederike Brun.
Presumably September 1810			Cupid with a Swan and Boys Picking Fruit, Summer, A411.
Presumably September 1810			Cupid and Bacchus, Autumn, A413.
10.9.1810	Thorvaldsen gives Jacqueline Schubart the model of Cupid Revives Psyche, A431, for her birthday.
15.9.1810		Passport stamped in Leghorn in order to begin the journey back to Rome.
19.9.1810		Arrives at Florence.
22.9.1810	Probably meets Antonio Canova in Santa Croce in Florence to see the latter’s funerary monument to Vittorio Alfieri.
25.9.1810		Passport stamped in Florence. The journey back to Rome is probably via Siena in the company of Christian Daniel Rauch.
October 1810	Meets the Swedish sculptor Johan Niklas Byström in Rome.
October 1810	Encouraged by Friedrich Wilhelm 3. to compete with Canova to win the order for a funerary monument to the Prussian Queen Louise (1776-1810). Thorvaldsen, however, refuses to take part in the competition.
19.11.1810	J.L. Lund returns to Copenhagen from Rome.
1811	The brothers Riepenhausen and Ferdinando Mori publish a book with line engravings of Thorvaldsen’s works.
Presumably January 1811			The sculptures Venus with the Apple and Bacchus (probably versions of A12 and A2) are commissioned by Wilhelm Malte Putbus.
January 1811	Thorvaldsen suffers from inflammation of the eyes and rheumatism.
Presumably January 1811 - August 1811			Cupid Holding a Butterfly to Hurt it with an Arrow, statue, marble, location unknown. Commissioned by Theodor von Hahn. Only known from Mori, op. cit.
Not later than 14.1.1811			The Centaur Chiron teaching Achilles to shoot with the Bow, C780, is sent to Herman Schubart for his birthday.
31.1.1811	The brothers Rudolf and Wilhelm Schadow arrive in Rome.
Not later than 5.3.1811			Bertel Thorvaldsen, a version of A223, is commissioned by Hans West for the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.
12.3.1811	Elected member of the Königliche Preussische Academie der Künste in Berlin.
April - December 1811	In Denmark Herman Schubart shows the book with line engravings of Thorvaldsen’s works by the brothers Riepenhausen and Ferdinando Mori.
22.5.1811			Reliefs and bust for the Monument to Auguste Böhmer, A700, A701, A702 and A703, are commissioned, and during the year F.W.J. Schelling and Thorvaldsen discuss the execution of the work in their correspondence.
Presumably summer 1811	A marble quarry with white marble is discovered in Norway.
Summer 1811	Peder Malling arrives in Rome.
July 1811	Thorvaldsen’s friendKratzenstein Stub leaves Rome.
28.8.1811	Elected honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Milan.
Not later than 10.9.1811			The Virgin with Christ and John, Dep.4, is executed for Jacqueline Schubart’s birthday.
Middle of September 1811	His friend C.F. Høyer leaves Rome.
Not earlier than 9.10.1811 - beginning of November 1811		Convalescing at Ariccia with Marianna Rinaldi, probably with his son Carlo Alberto Thorvaldsen, who is also ill. The son died in 1811 possibly during this stay in Ariccia.
Winter 1811 - 1812	The Quirinal Palace is renovated for the expected arrival of Napoleon 1. during the summer of 1812.
Presumably 1812			Two Men on Horseback in the Train of Alexander the Great, A714.
Completed 1812			Sophie Dorothea Høyer, A763.
Not earlier than 1812			Alexander the Great in the Triumphal Chariot, A712.
Not earlier than 1812			Alexander the Great in the Triumphal Chariot, A713.
Not earlier than 1812			Alexander the Great’s Entry into Babylon, A505, reworked version of A503.
12.2.1812	Elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.
Not earlier than March 1812			Alexander the Great in the Triumphal Chariot, A509.
March - June 1812			Alexander the Great’s Entry into Babylon, plaster frieze, The Quirinal Palace, Rome, cf. A503.
March - June 1812			Plaster casts of Alexander the Great’s Entry into Babylon, A503, are made on the initiative of Peder Malling.
17.5.1812 - 18.5.1812		A Whitsun excursion to Tivoli and the surrounding country in the company of Christian Daniel Rauch, Wilhelm Schadow and Ferdinand Ruscheweyh.
Presumably summer 1812			Henrik Hielmstierne, A210.
Not earlier than August 1812 - not later than 1819			Henrik Hielmstierne, marmorbuste, the Royal Library, cf. A210.
Presumably December 1812			Begins modelling the reliefs and the bust for Monument to Auguste Böhmer, A614,1, A614,2, A614,3 and cf. A703.
December 1812			Sketch drawn for Two Caryatids for Poland (possibly the pencil sketch in C115r).
1813			Caryatid, A55.
1813			Caryatid, A56.
1813 - 1816			Venus with the Apple, A916, reduced version of A12.
1813 - May 1816			Venus with the Apple, A12.
14.1.1813	Attends the celebration of Herman Schubart’s birthday in Rome but without Schubart’s presence.
9.3.1813	Thorvaldsen’s daughter Elisa is born probably on the 9^th of March, the day after his Roman Birthday.
13.3.1813	The daughter Elisa Sophia Charlotte is baptized in San Marcello al Corso, Rome.
May - June 1813	P.O. Brøndsted returns to Rome.
May - July 1813	Thorvaldsen is taken ill with typhoid.
1.7.1813	Portrayed by Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein in Rome, (black chalk, 28×21,2 cm, Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden).
3.7.1813	C.W. Eckersberg arrives in Rome.
5.7.1813	C.W. Eckersberg moves into Casa Buti.
Not earlier than 9.7.1813		Leaves Rome heading for Montenero in the company of Herman Schubart. The dogs Perucca and Teverino are left in the care of Rudolf Schadow.
Middle of July 1813		Stays in Florence.
26.7.1813		Arrives at Montenero.
Not earlier than 17.8.1813		Travels to Bagni di Lucca (Baths of Lucca).
September 1813			The Dance of the Muses on Helicon, marble relief, cf. A341. Commissioned by Elisa Baciocchi in 1813, probably the copy made in 1829, location unknown.
September 1813	Giovanni Antonio Santarelli makes Thorvaldsen’s portrait in wax and later as a cameo for Sommariva.
September 1813			Models portrait bust of Pietro Benvenuti in Florence, location unknown. Marble version carved during 1814.
End of September 1813		Leaves Bagni di Lucca (Baths of Lucca).
End of September 1813		Travels to Florence at the invitation of Elisa Baciocchi in order to discuss commissions for works of art.
End of September 1813			The relief Virgil reads the Aeneid to Augustus, is commissioned by Elisa Baciocchi, probably never executed.
Not later than 16.10.1813		Returns to Montenero.
12.11.1813		Returns to Rome
25.11.1813	Dines at the house of the German officer Wilhelm Huth with the Danish architect Peder Malling, the German architect G.F. Hetsch and the Danish painter C.W. Eckersberg.
31.12.1813	Celebrates New Year’s Eve at the house of the German officer Wilhelm Huth with the Danish architect Peder Malling, the German architect G.F. Hetsch, the Danish painter C.W. Eckersberg and Baron Brown from Norway.
Presumably 1814			Venus, Mars and Cupid in Vulcan’s Smithy, A420, reworked version of A419.
Presumably 1814 - 1820			Anna Potocka?, A251.
1814			Cupid Triumphant, A22.
1814			Monument to Johann Philipp Bethmann-Hollweg, cf. A615,1, A615,2 and A615,3.
1814			Nessus and Deianira, A481.
1814			Edward Pellew, A260. Two marble versions at Canonteign, Devon.
Not earlier than 1814			Nessus and Deianira, A480.
Not earlier than 1814			Woman Mourning, intended for the tomb of Johann Philipp Bethmann-Hollweg, A734.
14.1.1814	Deltager i fejringen af Herman Schubarts fødselsdag i Rom sammen med C.W. Eckersberg, Peder Malling og Wilhelm von Huth, men uden fødselarens tilstedeværelse.
28.1.1814	Awarded the Royal Order of the Two-Sicilies, N24.
5.2.1814	Jacqueline Schubart dies at Montenero.
Spring 1814	Pietro Tenerani is employed by Thorvaldsen.
26.3.1814			Monument to Jacqueline Schubart, A618, is requested by Herman Schubart.
6.4.1814	Member of a commission on the Farnese collection with, among others, Antonio Canova, Massimiliano Laboureur and Antonio d’ Este.
Not later than 11.4.1814			Monument to Jacqueline Schubart, C1075r, drawing, draft for a monument.
24.5.1814			Humility, statue, Sant’Angelo Bridge, Rome. Temporarily installed to mark the return of Pope Pius 7. to Rome.
Not later than 2.7.1814			Monument to Jacqueline Schubart, A704, is being executed in marble.
Not later than 24.7.1814			Monument to Auguste Böhmer, A700, A701, A702 and A703, is finished in marble.
8.8. - 8.9.1814	C.W. Eckersberg paints his famous Portrait of Bertel Thorvaldsen, today at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen.
12.10.1814	Elected honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.
25.11.1814	Fanny Caspers and Thorvaldsen meet for the first time in the sculptor’s studio during Casper’s first visit to Rome.
Winter 1814 - 1815			John Russell commissions two reliefs (cf. A490 and A492) and a portrait statue of Georgiana Elizabeth Russell (cf. A173). All three works are in marble, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, England.
Winter 1814 - 1815			The bust Georgiana Elizabeth Russell, A315, is executed, presumably as a model for the portrait statue of the same, cf. A173.
31.12.1814	Celebrates New Year’s eve at the house of Wilhelm Huth with Peder Malling, G.F. Hetsch, C.W. Eckersberg and Baron Brown.
Presumably 1815			Day, A370.
Presumably 1815			Seated Lady with a Boy, A170.
Presumably 1815			Seated Lady, A168.
Presumably 1815			Seated Lady, A169.
Presumably 1815 - 1816			Maria Aleksejevna Narysjkina, A248.
Presumably 1815 - 1816			William Bentinck, A261. Marble bust at Welbeck Abbey, North Nottinghamshire.
Presumably 1815 - 1819			The Genii of Life and Death, A158.
Begun 1815			Hebe, A875.
1815			Catharina di Branciforte, A276.
1815			Georg Wilhelm Wilding, A275.
1815			Jelizaveta Aleksejevna Osterman-Tolstaja, A167.
Not earlier than 1815			Day, A902.
Not earlier than 1815			Ganymede with Jupiter’s Eagle, A733.
Not earlier than 1815			Night, A901.
Beginning of 1815			Priam Pleads with Achilles for Hector’s Body, A492.
1815 - October 1819			Jelizaveta Aleksejevna Osterman-Tolstaja, marble statue, The State Herimitage Museum, St. Petersburg (cf. A167).
Not later than 8.1.1815			Portrait Bust of Pietro Benvenuti, marble, 71 cm, today on Benvenuti’s tomb in San Lorenzo, Florence. Probably executed by Giovanni Antonio Santarelli.
18.1.1815	In the Teatro Argentina with Samuel Rogers and others.
6.5.1815	John Russell sends the first instalment of the payment for Briseis and Achilles, cf. A490, and Priam Pleads with Achilles for Hector’s Body, cf. A492.
Presumably summer 1815	Baptismal Font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555,3, A555,4, marble, Church of Brahetrolleborg, Funen, is shipped from Leghorn and arrives in Copenhagen in the autumn.
Summer 1815			Night, A369.
29.7.1815		Thorvaldsen and C.W. Eckersberg accompany Wilhelm Huth and his family together with Peder Malling and G.F. Hetsch, who are all leaving Rome, as far as La Storta just outside Rome.
Autumn 1815	Several of Thorvaldsen’s works are shown at Charlottenborg on the occasion of the coronation of Frederik 6.’s, among others Baptismal Font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555,3, A555,4, in marble and several portrait busts.
September 1815	J.L. Lund leaves Copenhagen on his way to Rome.
13.9.1815	Attends the funeral service of Virginio Bracci in San Marco Evangelista al Campidoglio.
3.10.1815			Jelizaveta Aleksejevna Osterman-Tolstaja commissions the relief Victoria garlands a Fallen Warrior. The relief is unknown today. The drawings C135r, C136, C197r and C204v are probably sketches related to the relief.
6.10.1815	Gives the painter C.W. Eckersberg a gold ring with a precious antique sapphire, with an engraving of Cupid and Bacchus, cf. A797.
10.10.1815	Encouraged by Edmund Bourke to participate in an open competition for the execution of a monument to fallen generals, but refuses.
10.10.1815		Goes on a short trip to Tivoli in the company of C.W. Eckersberg.
13.10.1815		Returns to Rome.
17.10.1815		Goes on a short trip to the towns of Albano and Ariccia near Rome in the company of C.W. Eckersberg.
22.10.1815		Returns to Rome.
4.11.1815	Elizabeth Cavendish visits Thorvaldsen’s workshop in order to see the Aeginetes. There, she meets Charles Robert Cockerell and Johan David Åkerblad.
14.11.1815	Thorvaldsen expands and rebuilds his studio in Vicolo della Catena/Vicolo delle Colonnette.
14.11.1815 - 1844	Workshops at 20 Vicolo delle Colonnette, Piazza Barberini, Rome. Today the street is called Vicolo Barberini.
Presumably 1816			Night, cf. A369, and Day, cf. A370, are commissioned in marble by Richard Bingham. The marble reliefs are in Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California.
Presumably 1816			Perhaps models portrait bust of Nikolaj Nikititj Demidov. Marble versions at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and at the Nízhni Tagil Museum in the Urals.
Presumably 1816 - 1817			Anne Bingham?, A308.
Presumably 1816 - 1817			Elizabeth Vernon?, A311.
Presumably 1816 - 1817			Georgiana Bingham?, A313.
Presumably 1816 - 1819			Unknown, A292.
Presumably 1816 - 1819			Unknown, A306.
Presumably 1816 - 1819			Unknown, A314.
Presumably 1816 - 1819			Models a portrait bust of a Valletort, executed in marble not later than 1819. The bust is unknown today.
1816			Ganymede Filling the Cup, A42.
1816			Monument for Jozefa Borkowska, A621.
1816			Hebe, A39.
1816			Hebe, A870, reworked version of A37.
1816			The Dance of the Muses on Helikon, A341.
1816			Catharina di Branciforte, A891.
1816			Georg Wilhelm Wilding, A890.
1816			Mary Ann Montagu, A267.
1816			Michael Coronini-Cronberg, A301.
1816 - presumably 1820			Hebe, A874.
2.1.1816	Lunch with C.W. Eckersberg.
30.1.1816	J.L. Lund returns to Rome, visits Thorvaldsen, and moves in at Casa Buti.
Spring 1816			Alexander Baillie, A262.
Spring 1816			Hans Carl Knudtzon, A231.
Spring 1816			Jørgen von Cappelen Knudtzon, A230.
Middle of March 1816	Probably attends a party with a Norwegian theme, possibly on the occasion of the two Norwegians, Jørgen Knudtzon’s and Hans Carl Knudtzon’s departure from Rome 19.3.1816.
Not later than 15.3.1816			Jørgen Knudtzon and Alexander Baillie commission the marble relief Cupid and Bacchus, cf. A408. He receives the relief in Trondheim in 1817 (today in the University Museum at NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim).
Not later than 15.3.1816			Jørgen Knudtzon and Alexander Baillie commission the marble relief Hector with Paris and Helen, cf. A499. He receives the relief in Trondheim in 1817 (today in the University Museum at NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim).
Not later than 15.3.1816			Jørgen Knudtzon and Alexander Baillie commission the marble relief Venus, Mars and Cupid in Vulcan’s Smithy, cf. A419, today at Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire.
19.3.1816	Jørgen and Hans Carl Knudtzon (and in all probability also Alexander Baillie) leave Rome.
5.4.1816	Gives a collection of engravings as a present to C.W. Eckersberg.
6.4.1816			Wlodzimierz Potocki, cf. A155, is commissioned in marble by Anna Potocka.
Beginning of May 1816			Ganymede Filling the Cup, A43.
12.5.1816	Farewell party C.W. Eckersberg organized by J.L. Lund. Many German artists are present, and probably also Thorvaldsen.
Completed 12.5.1816			C.W. Eckersberg, A224.
13.5.1816	C.W. Eckersberg leaves Rome. Early in the morning Thorvaldsen and others, among them Johan Niklas Byström and J.L. Lund, accompany him as far as Nero’s Tomb outside Rome.
Summer 1816			William Haldimand commissions a portrait bust of himself. The bust, if executed at all, is unknown today.
Summer 1816 - summer 1817			Restores the marble sculptures from the temple of Aphaia on the island of Aegina, for Ludwig 1. of Bavaria in a studio on Via del Corso close to Piazza del Popolo.
Not earlier than summer 1816			Richard Bingham”:/personer/bingham-richard commissions the first marble copy of Venus with the Apple, cf. A12. Today at Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California.
20.7.1816	Member of a commission to evaluate the antique works of art purchased for the papal collections with Antonio Canova among others.
3.9.1816	Elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Perugia.
Presumably not later than 1817			Dancing Girl, A778.
Presumably not later than 1817			Shepherd Boy, A755, preparatory work for A177.
Presumably 1817			Henry Thomas Hope?, A266.
Presumably 1817 - 1818			Giovanni Battista Sommariva, A272.
Presumably 1817 - 1818			Giovanni Battista Sommariva, A273.
Presumably 1817 - 1818			Marie Louise Playdeux?, A310.
Begun 1817 - completed 1819			Thomson Henry Bonar, A893.
Begun not earlier than 1817			George Granville Leveson Gower, cf. A259, marble bust, location unknown.
1817			Bacchante, Nysø33.
1817			Ganymede with Jupiter’s Eagle, A44.
1817			The Graces, A30, preparatory model for the statue, A29, on which work then begins.
1817			Edward Divett, A263.
1817			George Granville Leveson Gower, A259.
1817			Harriet Frances Pellew, A309.
1817			Louisa Hope, A264.
1817			Thomas Hope, A298.
Not earlier than 1817			Adrian John Hope, A826.
Not earlier than 1817			Giovanni Battista Sommariva, A741.
Not earlier than 1817			Thomas Hope, A823.
January - June 1817			Ganymede with Jupiter’s Eagle, A45.
14.1.1817			The relief frieze The Life of Christ is commissioned in plaster by Crown Prince Ludwig 1. of Bavaria. The relief frieze, which was later commissioned in marble, is unknown today. The drawings C190, C191r, C191v, C193 and C194 may be drafts of the frieze.
20.1.1817	John Russell asks Thorvaldsen to complete Briseis and Achilles, cf. A490, and Priam Pleads with Achilles for Hector’s Body, cf. A492.
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.
23.1.1817			Guillaume Bertrand-Favre commissions a marble version of Ganymede, cf. A43.
Spring 1817			Monument to Anna Maria Porro Serbelloni, A619.
Spring 1817			Nicolaus Esterházy, A293.
Spring 1817	Herman Schubart visits Thorvaldsen in Rome.
Spring 1817			Nicolaus Esterházy commissions Dancing Girl, cf. A178 and Cupid Triumphant, cf. A22, in marble.
Spring 1817	A group of Thorvaldsen’s friends and colleagues ask Henri Francois Brandt to execute a medal in honour of the sculptor. The medal, F1, shows Thorvaldsen’s portrait and the relief A genio lumen, cf. A518.
7.3.1817			Initial contact regarding the equestrian statue of Józef Poniatowski, cf. A123, A124, A125, A126, and A249.
Presumably 17.3. - 7.6.1817			Henri François Brandt, A241.
22.3.1817	Elected member of the Roman Academy of Archaeology.
29.4. - 20.5.1817			George Gordon Byron, A257.
2.5.1817	The Ponte Molle Society arranges a triumphal procession for Johann Martin von Wagner at a tavern outside Porta Salaria, Rome. Thorvaldsen is probably present.
3.5.1817			Monument to Thomas Maitland is commissioned (bust in plaster, A258, and relief, A600).
Not earlier than 20.5.1817			George Gordon Byron, A717.
25.5.1817		Thorvaldsen postpones his departure for Denmark owing to John Russel’ls commission.
Summer 1817			The Three Marys at the Tomb, relief, probably plaster, destroyed by Thorvaldsen. See D154 and the drawing C191r.
Summer 1817			Clemens Metternich orders Day, cf. A370, and Night, cf. A369.
Middle of June 1817		Departure for Siena and Florence. Accompanied to La Storta by friends, Anna Maria Uhden, and his daughter Elisa.
15.6.1817	Shows Caroline von Humboldt the marble sculptures from the temple of Aphaia on the island of Aegina, that are being restored in a workshop near Piazza del Popolo and are almost finished.
Completed 5.7.1817			Dancing Girl, A178.
Autumn 1817	Consults Rasmus Emil Bruun and Albrecht Schønberg about his tuberculosis.
6.9.1817	Tsar Alexander 1., who is also King of Congress Poland, approves the placement of a planned equestrian statue of the Polish General Józef Poniatowski in the Saxon Garden (Ogród Saski), which still exists behind the Saxon Castle (Pałac Saski) in central Warsaw.
Completed October 1817			Shepherd Boy, A177.
Not earlier than October 1817			Shepherd Boy, cf. A177, cast in bronze by Jollage & Hopfgarten. The statue was bought by Friedrich Wilhelm 3., present location unknown.
2.11.1817	Baptismal Font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555,3, A555,4, is inaugurated in the church of Brahetrolleborg, Funen with songs by B.S. Ingemann and a speech by Børge Henrik Knap.
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.
31.12.1817	Frances Mackenzie is recommended to Thorvaldsen by Arthur Judd Carrighan.
End of 1817			The Goddess of Hope, A47.
Presumably 1818			Alexander the Great in the Triumphal Chariot, A504, a variation of A503.
Presumably 1818			Anne Newburgh, A889.
Presumably 1818			Christina Alexandra Egypta Bonaparte?, A635.
Presumably 1818			Models bust of Francis Basset, later executed in marble; unidentified.
Presumably 1818 - 1819			Caspar Bartholin, A227.
1818			Christ at Emmaus, A562.
1818			Cristino Rasponi, A297.
1818			Jane Craufurd, A307.
1818			Karl von Seinsheim?, A290.
1818			Maria Fjodorovna Barjatinskaja, A250, preparatory work for A171.
1818			Wilhelmine Benigna Biron, A720.
1818			Wilhelmine Benigna Biron, A811.
1818			A marble version of Mercury about to Kill Argus, cf. A5, is commissioned in Rome by A.F. Madlira. Private collection, today on permanent loan at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.A.
Not earlier than 1818			Christ Assigns the Leadership of the Church to Saint Peter, A564.
Not earlier than 1818			Christina Alexandra Egypta Bonaparte?, A726.
1818 - completed 1819			Jane Craufurd, A898.
1818 - 1827			Fragments of the Alexander Frieze, A831 - A850, previously Christiansborg Palace, partly destroyed by fire in 1884.
1818 - January 1819			Christ Assigns the Leadership of the Church to Saint Peter, A565.
Not earlier than January 1818			Thorvaldsen, Sommariva and a Greek Warrior, A738.
February 1818			The Goddess of Hope, A47, is commissioned in marble by Caroline von Humboldt.
Presumably spring 1818			Monument to Anthony James Radcliffe, cf. A622 and A740, is commissioned.
Presumably spring 1818			George Agar Ellis commissions works, including Briseis and Achilleus, cf. A490, Night, cf. A369, and Day, cf. A370) in marble, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire.
Spring 1818			Mercury about to Kill Argus, A868, preparatory model for A5.
Spring 1818			George Agar Ellis, A299.
Spring 1818			Ludwig (1.), A233.
Spring 1818	Ludwig sees Adonis, cf. A53, in Rome. Marble statue, Neue Pinakothek, Munich.
Spring 1818			The Graces Listening to Cupid’s Song, cf. A602, is commissioned for the monument to Andrea Appiani.
Spring 1818	Catches a cold and is taken ill with fever on a trip to Tivoli.
Spring 1818			Probably models Veronica Zauli Guarini, plaster bust, location unknown today.
Spring 1818		Attends the flower festival at Genzano with, among others, J.L. Lund and Herman Schubart.
March 1818 - end of September 1818	Herman Schubart stays with Thorvaldsen in Rome.
Not later than 10.3.1818			Begins modelling a portrait bust of Gustav von Ingenheim, but the bust is probably never finished.
11.3.1818	Peder Hjort, Poul Godske von Bertouch-Lehn and Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom arrive in Rome.
21.3.1818			Receives a commission for a marble sculpture of Ferdinand 1.. The sculpture is never completed.
April 1818	Luigi Bienaimé is employed in Thorvaldsen’s studio.
4.4.1818			Christian (8.) Frederik commissions plaster copies of all Thorvaldsen’s works for the study collection of the Academy of Fine Arts.
6.4.1818	Thomas Hope sends Thorvaldsen a reminder for Jason with the Golden Fleece, A822.
Not later than 22.4.1818			Negotiations concerning the commission for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, are initiated by Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen.
28.4.1818	Thorvaldsen is fêted in Rome by a party of Danes.
29.4.1818	Attends a farewell party for Ludwig, Crown Prince of Bavaria, together with 86 artists, writers, scientists, etc. The party was in Villa Schultheiss outside Porta del Popolo. The hall had been decorated by the Nazarenes and J.L. Lund.
3.5.1818	Hermann Ernst Freund arrives in Rome.
5.5.1818	Visits the Vatican in the evening to see the sculptures in the company of Jørgen Koch and Herman Schubart.
17.5.1818	At an evening party in Palazzo Caffarelli on the occasion of Christian Karl Josias von Bunsen’s son, Heinrich Georg Bunsen’s (1818-?) baptism.
27.5.1818	Jørgen Koch moves into Casa Buti.
Summer 1818 - August 1818	Is ill and recuperates in Albano, nursed by Frances Mackenzie.
June 1818			Models another bust of Caroline von Humboldt, as the first from 1805 was not satisfactory. Location unknown.
5.6.1818	Thorvaldsen er til middag hos Christian Karl Josias von Bunsen i Palazzo Caffarelli på Kapitol i anledning af Bunsens yngste barns dåb, jf. Maurer, op. cit.
Not later than 11.6.1818			Atanazy Raczyński commissions a marble copy of Ganymede Offering the Cup, cf. A41, finished spring 1821, today in the National Museum Poznań, Polen.
Presumably 12.6.1818 - 14.7.1819			Woman Ascending to Heaven, above the Genius of Death, A625, probably a variation of Monument to Stanislaus Chaudoir’s wife, A624.
12.6.1818	Stanislaus de Chaudoir commissions a monument to his late wife Aloisia de Chaudoir fromThorvaldsen, cf. Monument to Stanislaus Chaudoir’s wife, A624.
Not earlier than 12.6.1818 - not later than 14.7.1819			Monument to Stanislaus Chaudoir’s Wife, A624.
Not later than 13.6.1818			Mercury about to Kill Argus, A5.
Presumably 15.6.1818 - 30.6.1818			Caroline von Humboldt poses twice for Thorvaldsen, who, to her disappointment, only spends two hours each time modelling a new portrait bust of her.
15.6.1818			Frederik 6. commissions Alexander the Great’s Entry into Babylon, cf. A503, in marble for Christiansborg Palace.
Not later than July 1818			Ivan Ivanovitj Barjatinskij visits Thorvaldsen’s studio and commissions the marble statue of Maria Fjodorovna Barjatinskaja, A171.
8.7.1818			A preliminary contract for the equestrian statue Józef Poniatowski, cf. A123, A124, A125, A126, and A249, is signed in Rome by Thorvaldsen and Leon Potocki.
Completed not later than 30.7.1818			The marble version of Monument to Anna Maria Porro Serbelloni, cf. A619, is finished. Today the work is in the Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Milano.
August 1818		Travels to Naples and visits Procida, Ischia, Capri and Sorrento in the company of Frances Mackenzie, Henriette Herz, Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom among others.
4.8.1818			Signs a contract with Ivan Ivanovitj Barjatinskij for the execution of Maria Fjodorovna Barjatinskaja, A171.
8.8.1818			Thorvaldsen delivers a drawing (unidentified today) of Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, to Vincenz Rüttimann as an initial sketch of the monument.
Not later than 27.8.1818			The version of Goddess of Hope, cf. A47, commissioned by Caroline von Humboldts, is begun in marble. Today at Schloss Tegel, Berlin.
Autumn 1818			Maria Fjodorovna Barjatinskaja, A172.
Autumn 1818			Thomas Maitland, A258, and Minerva, Truth and Lie, A600.
September - October 1818			At general Laval Nugent and his wife Giovanna Nugent’s place in Napoli, Thorvaldsen studies an arabic horse, which Józef Poniatowski has ridden, and makes sketches for a model of the horse, A125, which is later integrated into the equestrian statue, cf. A123.
Not earlier than September 1818 - not later than 1821			Giovanna Nugent, A239, is commissioned and modelled.
13.9.1818	Elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara.
Beginning of October 1818		Travels from Naples to Rome.
9.10.1818	B.S. Ingemann and Frederik Schmidt arrive in Rome.
10.10.1818	B.S. Ingemann, Frederik Schmidt and H.F.J. Estrup visit Thorvaldsen in his workshop in Rome.
11.10.1818	B.S. Ingemann, Frederik Schmidt and H.F.J. Estrup visit Thorvaldsen in his home in Casa Buti. Later they go to his workshop as the day before.
Not later than 17.10.1818			Mercury about to Kill Argus, A5, is cast in plaster.
Not later than 17.10.1818			Caroline von Humboldt commissions a plaster cast of Mercury about to Kill Argus, A5.
Completed not later than 25.10.1818			Minerva, Truth and Lie, A600.
End of October 1818	The King of the Two Sicilies, Ferdinand 1. visits Thorvaldsen in his workshop.
7.11.1818	Visit from B.S. Ingemann and Frederik Schmidt in his workshop.
9.11.1818	About this date, Franziska Caspers arrives in Rome with Princess Maria Leopoldina Grassalkovich de Gyarak.
Winter 1818 - 1819			François Gabriel de Bray commissions his bust, cf. A300, and the plaster cast A721, together with Night, cf. A369 and Day, cf. A370,
3.12.1818	Visit from Frederik Schmidt. Later that evening at the Caffè Greco, then a musical gathering, and finally at the Caffè Nuovo.
12.12.1818	Visit from Frederik Schmidt. Thorvaldsen complains about the biography that he has to write for the College of Arms.
15.12.1818	The American politician and governor Edward Everett commissions six plaster casts of the bust of Lord Byron, cf. A717.
24.12.1818	Christmas Eve at Thorvaldsen’s with Danes and Norwegians in Rome, among others, B.S. Ingemann, Frederik Schmidt, Jørgen Knudtzon, Alexander Baillie, Jens Jacob Keyser, H.F.J. Estrup, J.L. Lund, Hermann Ernst Freund, Catharina Maria Bügel, Peder Hjort. Thorvaldsen prepares the Christmas rice pudding. A song by Ingemann is sung.
25.12.1818	Christmas “service” at Thorvaldsen’s place attended by all the Danes in Rome. Frederik Schmidt delivers the sermon.
26.12.1818	Supper at Jørgen Knudtzon’s with, among others, B.S. Ingemann and H.F.J. Estrup.
29.12.1818	Thorvaldsen adjusts Hermann Ernst Freund’s bust of B.S. Ingemann (modelled 1818, marble 1820 at the New Carlsberg Glyptothek).
31.12.1818	New Year’s eve at Catharina Maria Bügel’s with the other Danes in Rome.
End of 1818			Wilhelmine Benigna Biron, A312.
Presumably 1819			Cupid with his Bow, A36, reworked verison of Georgiana Elizabeth Russell, A173.
Presumably 1819			Cupid with his Bow, A819.
Presumably 1819 - 1825			Maria Fjodorovna Barjatinskaja, A171.
1819			Cupid with the Lyre, A786.
1819			Fru von Krause A244.
1819			Józef Poniatowski, A249.
1819 - completed 1823			Hebe, A875.
1819 - 1822			Shepherd Boy, cf. A177, marble version, The State Herimitage Museum, St. Petersburg.
1819 - 1825			Christ Assigns the Leadership of the Church to Saint Peter, cf. A565, marble relief, Villa Poggio Imperiale, Florence.
January 1819			Horse, first model, half size, of the horse of the monument to Józef Poniatowskis, A123, probably plaster, location unknown.
2.1.1819	Supper at Jørgen Knudtzon’s with, among others, Jens Jacob Keyser and Frederik Schmidt.
3.1.1819	Evening party at Catharina Maria Bügel’s Roman residence. Among those present are B.S. Ingemann, J.L. Lund and Frederik Schmidt.
6.1.1819	Thorvaldsen shows Franziska Caspers and Maria Leopoldina Grassalkovich de Gyarak round the Vatican Museum by torchlight.
7.1.1819	Evening party at Catharina Maria Bügel’s Roman residence. Among those present are H.F.J. Estrup and Frederik Schmidt.
8.1.1819	Dinner with Katherine Sophie de Bray in the company of Franziska Caspers, Henriette Herz and one Antonelli (unidentified).
Completed not later than 9.1.1819			Model for the equestrian statue of Józef Poniatowski, preliminary version of A123. The model is not known today, but descriptions indicate that both forelegs of the horse were raised.
14.1.1819	Evening party at the Sciarra restaurant with, among others, Hermann Ernst Freund, C.A. Jensen, and Herman Schubart, whose birthday is celebrated.
20.1.1819	Thorvaldsen is ill and receives a visit from Jørgen Knudtzon, Alexander Baillie, and Frederik Schmidt.
21.1.1819	Thorvaldsen is feeling better and receives a visit from Frederik Schmidt, who brings him two new poems.
28.1.1819	Frederik 6.’s birthday is celebrated by the Danes in Rome at the Trattoria Armelino around C.A. Jensen’s drawing of the king. Songs by Frederik Schmidt and B.S. Ingemann are sung. Later in the evening, the party continues at Catharina Maria Bügel’s Roman residence.
28.1.1819	P.O. Brøndsted arrives in Rome.
28.1.1819	Elected member of Skydeselskabet (The Royal Shooting Society), Copenhagen.
31.1.1819	A visit from B.S. Ingemann, Frederik Schmidt, H.F.J. Estrup and P.O. Brøndsted. Herman Schubart’s financial situation is discussed.
1.2.1819	Frederik Schmidt visits Thorvaldsen and his workshop in the company of some Englishmen.
4.2.1819	Attends a merry evening party at Catharina Maria Bügel’s Roman residence. B.S. Ingemann, Frederik Schmidt, P.O. Brøndsted, N.C. Lunzi, C.A. Jensen and others are present.
5.2.1819	Visits Frederik Schmidt.
11.2.1819	Moonlight excursion to the Colosseum and the church S. Gregorio, probably S. Gregorio Magno al Celio with, among others, P.O. Brøndsted, N.C. Lunzi, Hermann Ernst Freund, C.A. Jensen, Frederik Schmidt and Catharina Maria Bügel. The party continues at the home of the latter.
14.2.1819	Evening party at Catharina Maria Bügel’s Roman residence with, among others, Frederik Schmidt and Jørgen Knudtzon.
17.2.1819	Evening party at Catharina Maria Bügel’s Roman residence with, among others, Frederik Schmidt and Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld.
18.2.1819	Visit from Jørgen Knudtzon, Alexander Baillie and Frederik Schmidt.
19.2.1819	J.L. Lund invites all the Danes in Rome to see his collection of drawings after old Italian paintings, collected while travelling in Umbria and Toscana. Thorvaldsen is probably present.
20.2.1819	Evening party at Jørgen Knudtzon’s place with, among others, B.S. Ingemann, Frederik Schmidt and H.F.J. Estrup. Later they went to Catharina Maria Bügel’s house.
21.2.1819	“Service” at Thorvaldsen’s place attended by the Danes in Rome. Frederik Schmidt delivers the sermon.
21.2.1819	Party at P.O. Brøndsted’s place with the Danes in Rome. At midnight to the carnival at the Teatro d’Aliberti. Thorvaldsen provides a Pulcinella doll for Frederik Schmidt.
23.2.1819	Organizes and takes part in a birthday party for Caroline von Humboldt. On this occasion, he presents her with a plaster cast of Cupid with the Lyre, cf. A786. Today at Schloss Tegel, Berlin.
24.2.1819	The day before his departure to Naples, Frederik Schmidt takes leave of Thorvaldsen, who gives him a copy of the medal F2 and some engravings of the Alexander Frieze, Night and Day.
Spring 1819			Jurij Aleksándrovitj Golóvkin, A288.
March 1819	Thorvaldsen has a fever and cannot work.
1.3.1819			Alexander the Great’s Entry into Babylon, cf. A503, is commissioned in plaster by Eugène de Beauharnais.
9.3.1819	Attends a party on the occasion of Franziska Caspers’ name day at Louise Seidler’s Roman apartment and places a garland on Caspers’ head.
12.3.1819	Dinner at the house of Torlonia in the company of P.O. Brøndsted, A.C. Gierlew and Peder Hjort.
Not later than 21.3.1819			A marble version of Mercury about to Kill Argus, cf. A5, is begun. This is probably inv.no A873, finished 1822.
29.3.1819	At a party in Frascati, the host, Christian Carl Friedrich August toasts the engagement of Thorvaldsen and Frances Mackenzie, much to Thorvaldsen’s dissatisfaction.
Completed April 1819			Completes the original model of Cupid and the Graces, A29.
April 1819			Christian Carl Friedrich August, A204.
April 1819			Friedrich August Emil, A206.
April 1819			The committee, Adam Czartoryski, Stanisław Mokronowski and Alexander Linowski, sign the preliminary contract for the equestrian statue of Józef Poniatowski, cf. A123, A124, A125, A126, and A249 (signed in Rome by Thorvaldsen and Leon Potocki 8.7.1818).
2.4.1819	Attends a birthday dinner for Jacob Brønnum Scavenius at The Ermine in Piazza di Sciarra in the company of Peder Brønnum Scavenius, Jacob Fibiger, P.O. Brøndsted, N.C. Lunzi, Hermann Ernst Freund, Peder Hjort, B.S. Ingemann, C.A. Jensen and Rud Bay.
3.4.1819	Clemens Metternich visits Thorvaldsen’s workshop.
3.4.1819	An exhibition with German and Nordic artists opens in Palazzo Caffarelli in Rom. Thorvaldsens The Graces and Cupid, cf. A29, was featured in the catalogue, but not exhibited.
12.4.1819	Emperor Francis 1. of Austria visits Thorvaldsen’s studios.
13.4.1819	Peder Brønnum Scavenius visits Thorvaldsen’s workshop.
21.4.1819 or 24.4.1819	Franziska Caspers and Fyrstinde Grassalkovich leave Rome bound for Naples.
27.4.1819	Peder Brønnum Scavenius visits Thorvaldsen’s workshop.
27.4.1819	Attends a wild party in La Storta, about 15 km north of Rome, on the occasion of the departure of the duke and the prince of Augustenborg from Rome. The party was arranged by Herman Schubart.
Not later than May 1819			A plaster cast of Mercury about to Kill Argus, cf. A5, commissioned by Christian Daniel Rauch, is finished in Rome. Present location unknown.
Begun May 1819			The model of Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), A119, is begun.
2.5.1819	Caroline von Humboldt and her children leave Rome in the rain. At the same time, Henriette Herz and several others leave the city. They are accompanied part of the way by the Buti family and all the artists in Casa Buti, including Thorvaldsen, in five small carriages.
2.5.1819	Frances Mackenzie leaves Rome after Thorvaldsen finally has broken with her.
5.5.1819	Talks to P.O. Brøndsted about his relationship with Frances Mackenzie.
7.5. - 10.5.1819		Participates in a trip to the Alban Hills accompanied by Conrad Rantzau, Cai Verner Ahlefeldt, Frederik Carl Emil von Scholten, Jørgen Conrad de Falsen, J.L. Lund, C.A. Jensen, Hermann Ernst Freund, Peder Brønnum Scavenius og Jacob Fibiger. They visit Albano, Castel Gandolfo, Palazzolo, Rocca di Papa, Monte Cavo, Ariccia, Lake Nemi, Marino, Grottaferrata, Frascati, Tusculum and Monte Porcio Catone.
12.5.1819	Peder Brønnum Scavenius visits Thorvaldsen’s workshop.
21.5.1819	Franziska Caspers and Fyrstinde Grassalkovich stop briefly in Rome on their return from Naples before they leave Italy for Vienna.
Not later than 25.5.1819			The head of the colossal bust Thomas Maitland, cf. A258, is cast in bronze by Jollage & Hopfgarten for the monument to Maitland. The bust was lost during the Second World War.
27.5.1819	Listens to the poem Helge (written 1814) by Adam Oehlenschläger, read by Brøndsted.
28.5.1819	B.S. Ingemann’s birthday is celebrated at Palazzo Sciarra by Thorvaldsen, Peder Brønnum Scavenius and others.
June 1819			The Annunciation, relief, probably plaster, location unknown, cf. D153.
Beginning of June 1819			Thorvaldsen models the bust of Clemens Metternich, cf. A234.
10.6.1819	Awarded the Austrian Order of the Iron Crown (third class) by Frans 1.
Not later than middle of June 1819		Attends the floral fête “Infiorata” in Genzano with P.O. Brøndsted, Conrad Rantzau, and N.C. Lunzi.
Beginning of July 1819		Spends a few days in the country.
Completed 3.7.1819			Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), A119.
14.7.1819		Begins the journey to Denmark in the company of J.L. Lund and Conrad Rantzau.
14.7.1819		Crosses Ponte Centeno on the border of Tuscany.
14.7.1819		Passes Acquapendente c. 150 kilometers north of Rome.
14.7.1819 - 16.12.1820	Freund and Tenerani take care of Thorvaldsen’s studios in his absence.
15.7.1819		Visits Enrico Mocenni in Siena with, among others, Conrad Rantzau and Jørgen Conrad de Falsen.
16.7.1819		Arrives in Florence.
17.7.1819 - 5.1.1822			Dancing Girl, cf. A178, is being carved in marble in Thorvaldsen’s workshop.
22.7.1819		Leaves Florence.
22.7.1819		Arrives in Bologna. Stays the night at the hotel Pellegrino.
23.7.1819		Arrives at Parma. Stays the night at Albergo del Pavone. Sees Correggio’s fresco The Revelation of John, 1520-23, in the cupola of San Giovanni Evangelista.
Presumably not later than 24.7.1819	Caroline von Humboldt’s plaster casts of Mercury about to Kill Argus, cf. A5, and Cupid with the Lyre, cf. A786, are shipped from Rome. Today at Schloss Tegel, Berlin.
24.7.1819		Passes Piacenza.
25.7.1819		Arrives in Milan. Stays at hotel Reichmann on Corso di Porta Romana.
2.8.1819	A small model of the monumentet Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. the cast of the large model, A119, is sent from Rome, bound for Lucerne.
Not later than 3.8.1819	Thorvaldsen makes the acquaintance of Anselmo Ronchetti in Milan.
3.8.1819		Departure from Milan.
3.8.1819		Visits the town of Saronno to see fresco paintings by Bernardino Luini (c. 1480-c. 1532).
3.8.1819		Arrives in Sesto Calende. Stays overnight.
4.8.1819		Passes Domodossola.
4.8. - 5.8.1819		Arrives at the Simplon pass. Presumably stays the night in the village Simplon.
7.8.1819	The large model of the monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, is sent from Rome, bound for Lucerne.
7.8.1819		Passes the Rhône bridge at Saint-Maurice in Switzerland and probably spends the night at the nearby hotel de l’Union at Bex.
8.8.1819		Arrives in Vevey. Probably stays overnight at the Hôtel des Trois-Couronnes.
10.8.1819		Arrives in Bern. Probably stays overnight at the hotel Krone. Sees the Bern Minster.
11.8.1819		Passes Zofingen in the night.
12.8.1819		Arrives in Lucerne and stays overnight at the inn Der Falke.
12.8.1819	In the company of Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen Thorvaldsen visits the place where the monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, is to be erected.
13.8.1819		Arrives in Zürich and stays overnight at the inn Schwerdt.
14.8.1819		Arrives at Schaffhausen and spends the night at the inn Krone. Sees the waterfalls of the Rhine.
15.8.1819		Arrives at Tuttlingen, Germany, just north of the Swiss-German border.
15.8.1819		Arrives at Hechingen and spends the night at the unidentified inn The Post. Wascherrin.
16.8.1819		Arrives in Stuttgart via Waldenbuch, where Johann Nepomuk Zwerger gets a lift in Thorvaldsen’s carriage. Lodges at the hotel König von England, just near the Schillerplatz.
Not earlier than 16.8.1819	Visits Johann Heinrich von Dannecker’s studio in Stuttgart.
Presumably 17.8. - 21.8.1819	Attends a party given by Dowager Duchess Louise of Württemberg in Stuttgart, where he praises the collection of paintings owned by Sulpiz Boisserée, Melchior Boisserée and Johann Baptist Bertram.
Presumably 17.8. - 21.8.1819	Studies the brothers Melchior and Sulpiz Boisserée’s and Johann Baptist Bertram’s collection of German and Netherlandish medieval and Renaissance paintings.
19.8.1819			Pankraz Eggenschwyler starts hollowing out the cliff face in Lucerne, where the monument Dying Lion (the Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, is to be erected.
21.8.1819	Evening party at the house of Johann Baptist Bertram in the company of Dannecker, Cotta, Rapp and one Dr. Lindner.
21.8.1819		Leaves Stuttgart for Heidelberg late in the evening.
22.8.1819		Arrives in Heidelberg and spends the night there at the hotel Zum König von Portugal.
22.8.1819	Meets Christian Carl Friedrich August on his arrival in Heidelberg. Large party at the inn Zum König von Portugal.
Presumably 24.8.1819		Arrives in Frankfurt via Darmstadt. Lodges at the hotel Zum Weißen Schwan at the Goetheplatz.
Not earlier than 25.8.1819	Visits the Bethmann-Hollweg family in Frankfurt.
28.8.1819	Participates in a celebration of Goethe’s 70^th birthday in Frankfurt a.M. Discusses a possible monument to Goethe with Sulpiz Boisserée.
30.8.1819		Leaves Frankfurt.
30.8.1819		Arrives at Mainz. Lodges at the inn Zum weissen Ross.
Presumably 31.8.1819		Continues his journey to Koblenz. Stays overnight.
Presumably 1.9. - 4.9.1819		Short stay in in Bad Ems. Meets Prince Christian (8.) Frederik for the first time.
Presumably 4.9.1819		Travels via Andernach to Bonn. Spends the night at the Sternhotel.
Presumably 5.9.1819		Arrives in Köln. Lodges at Hotel Kaiserlicher Hof, Breitestraße 36.
Presumably 5.9. - 7.9.1819	Sulpiz Boisserée shows Thorvaldsen the Cologne Cathedral. Meets here unexpectedly Caroline von Humboldt and Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker.
Presumably 8.9.1819		Leaves Cologne.
10.9.1819		Passes Osnabrück.
Presumably 13.9.1819		Arrives in Hamburg and lodges at the Hotel St. Petersburg.
Presumably 14.9. - 17.9.1819	Meets for the first time Conrad Hinrich Donner in Altona.
Presumably 18.9.1819		Leaves Hamburg.
Presumably 18.9.1819		Arrives at Breitenburg, Conrad Rantzau’s castle. Rantzau is absent. Probably spends the night here.
19.9.1819		Passes Rendsburg.
20.9.1819		Arrives in Schleswig early in the morning. Sees the Hans Brüggemann altar in the cathedral. Is celebrated at a meal by the lawyer Christian Friedrich Jasper (1786-1847). Schack von Staffeldt proposes a toast. Stays overnight.
21.9.1819		Travels from Schleswig to Flensburg. Meets the widow of Johann Heinrich Wulffen. Stays overnight.
22.9.1819		Departs from Flensburg to the manor Sandjerg visiting Ludvig Detlev Reventlow (1780-1854). Drives on to Sønderborg to stay there overnight.
23.9. - 27.9.1819		Ophold ved hoffet på Augustenborg hos prinsesse og hertuginde Louise Augusta.
27.9.1819		Sails to Bøjden on the island of Funen, sees the altar painting by Eckersberg in Horne Church.
27.9. - 29.9.1819		Visit the Reventlow family at Brahetrolleborg and Arreskov.
Presumably 28.9.1819	Sees his own Baptismal Font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555,3, A555,4, in the church of Brahetrolleborg and the altar painting by J.L. Lund in Øster Hæsinge church.
29.9.1819		Visits Johan Bülow at Sanderumgaard, his estate near Odense. Continues to Nyborg staying there overnight.
30.9.1819		Crosses the Great Belt from Nyborg to Korsør.
30.9. - 2.10.1819		Visits F.A. Holstein at Holsteinborg Manor in Zealand.
October 1819 - 1821			Clemens Metternich, A234.
Not later than 2.10.1819			Minerva, Truth and Lie, cf. A600, and the lower part of the bust of Thomas Maitland, cf. A258, are cast in bronze by Jollage & Hopfgarten for the monument to Thomas Maitland. The bust was lost during the Second World War, the relief is in the Byzantine Museum of Zakynthos.
3.10.1819		Arrives in Copenhagen for the first time since 30.8.1796.
3.10.1819 - 11.8.1820		Residence and studio at Charlottenborg, 1 Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen.
4.10. - 7.10.1819	Receives daily visits from Peder Horrebow Haste at Charlottenborg.
5.10.1819	Takes up his post as professor of modelling at the Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen.
6.10.1819	Thorvaldsen is congratulated on his return to Denmark by a deputation of students.
9.10.1819	Tilbringer sandsynligvis aftenen i Friederike Bruns hjem i Bredgade, København.
10.10.1819	Celebration at Moltke’s picture gallery (det Moltkeske maleri-galleri) in Bredgade, Copenhagen, with a speech by Niels Henrik Weinwich. Several artists and government officials participate.
11.10.1819	Party at the Royal Shooting Society.
13.10.1819	Borups Selskab (The Dramatic and Literary Society, Borup’s Society) celebrates Thorvaldsen’s return to Denmark. Three songs dedicated to Thorvaldsen are sung.
14.10.1819	Attends Princess Vilhelmine’s admittance to the Royal Shooting Society. Meets Jens Kragh Høst again.
16.10.1819	A sumptuous celebration in Thorvaldsen’s honour at The Royal Shooting Range with several hundred participants, speeches, songs, and the firing of cannons.
Begun 19.10.1819 - completed 9.6.1821			Monument to Stanislaus Chaudoir’s wife, cf. A624, is carved in marble.
20.10.1819	Is godfather to Waldemar Henrik Rothe’s son, Frode Rothe (1818-1846), Vartov Church, Copenhagen.
27.10.1819	Attends a celebration in the masonic lodge Friedrich zur gekrönten Hoffnung. A song dedicated to Thorvaldsen is sung.
30.10.1819	Attends a celebration in the society Clio of Queen Marie Sophie Frederikke’s birthday. The poet Jens Baggesen recites a tribute poem.
End of October 1819	The two original models for Dying Lion (The Lucerne LIon), cf. A119, arrive separately at Lucerne. Today the models are in the Historisches Museum Luzern.
8.11.1819	Thorvaldsen’s first meeting with the Building Commission for the Church of Our Lady regarding commissions for the decoration of the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen.
12.11.1819	Appointed acting Councillor of State [virkelig etatsråd]. In the evening participates in a Royal banquet given by Frederik 6.
14.11.1819			Christian (8.) Frederik asks Thorvaldsen to model busts of the royal family.
24.11.1819	At the invitation of A.W. Hauch, Thorvaldsen attends the meeting of the Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace, where he receives new commissions, among others a Christ, cf. A82, for Christiansborg Palace Church.
Winter 1819 - 1820			Caroline, A193.
Winter 1819 - 1820			Frederik 6., A191.
Winter 1819 - 1820			Marie Sophie Frederikke, A192.
Winter 1819 - 1820			Vilhelmine, A194.
Winter 1819 - 1820			Frederik (7.), A199.
23.12.1819	Christian (8.) Frederik and Caroline Amalie arrive in Rome with their retinue.
25.12.1819	Christian (8.) Frederik visits Thorvaldsen’s studio in Rome. Returns to the studios several times during his stay in the city.
27.12.1819			Slotsbygningskommissionen (Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace) commissions Christ, cf. A82, in marble for Christiansborg Palace Church. The statue was later placed in the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen instead.
The 1820s			Ganymede Offering the Cup, A854.
Presumably 1820			Youth with a Dog, A185, possibly a preparatory work for John the Baptist Preaching, (A59-A70), modelled 1821-1822 and placed as a pediment above the main entrance of The Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen (today remade in bronze).
Presumably 1820			Chimneypiece, A735.
Presumably 1820			The Cumaean Sibyl, A58.
Presumably 1820			The Erythraean Sibyl, A57.
Presumably 1820			Three Cupids, A592.
1820			The Baptism of Christ, A557.
1820			The Baptism of Christ, A730.
1820			The Institution of the Eucharist, A558.
1820			Three Hovering Angels, relief, plaster. Mounted as a frieze in the cupola of Christiansborg Palace Church, Copenhagen (cf. drawings: C221r and C222).
1820			Alexander 1., A246.
1820			Frederik 6., A859.
1820			Marie Sophie Frederikke, A860.
Not earlier than 1820			Caroline, A857.
1820 - 1821			Boy with a Dog, A76.
1820 - 1821			Reclining Shepherd, A79, preparatory model for A70.
1820 - 1821			Reclining Shepherd, A80, first preparatory model for A70.
1820 - 1821			Mother with her Son, A75.
1820 - 1821			Mother with her Child, A77, preparatory model for A69.
1820 - 1821			Mother with a Sleeping Child, A78, first preparatory model for A69.
1820 - 1821			Roman Warrior, A71.
1820 - 1821			Seated Jew, A72.
1820 - 1821			Seated Man, A81, preparatory model for A72.
1820 - 1821			Youth, A74, preparatory model for A60.
1820 - 1821			John the Baptist, A73, preparatory model for A59.
1820 - 1821			Caroline Amalie, A198.
1820 - 1821			Caroline Amalie, A754.
1820 - 1823			Cupid and the Graces, A894.
1820 - 1824	A small copy of Alexander the Great’s Entry into Babylon, cf. A503, is being executed as a cameo by Clemente Pestrini.
1820 - 1828			Shepherd Boy, cf. A177, marble, Draper’s Hall, London.
6.1.1820	Christian (8.) Frederik visits Thorvaldsen’s workshops in Vicolo delle Colonnette.
6.1.1820	Christian (8.) Frederik writes from Rome to Thorvaldsen in Copenhagen, requesting him to consider a funerary monument to Abildgaard.
6.1.1820	Commission for the building of the Church of Our Lady considers whether a statue of Christ, cf. A82, by Thorvaldsen can be placed in the Church of Our Lady instead of Christiansborg Palace Church.
15.2.1820	Godfather to Maria Liebenberg in Copenhagen.
Spring 1820	Visits Roskilde Cathedral and then appeals to Frederik 6. for the completion of C.F. Harsdorff’s chapel.
Presumably completed March 1820			Monument to Anthony James Radcliffe, cf. A622 og A740.
15.3.1820	Otto v. Huhn encourages Thorvaldsen to make a sketch for a monument to freedom in honour of Alexander 1. Thorvaldsen, however, does not make the monument.
Begun 28.3.1820 - completed 7.8.1821			Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, is carved from sandstone rock in Lucerne by Lucas Ahorn.
4.4.1820			The Baptism of Christ, cf. A557, and The Institution of the Eucharist, cf. A558, are commissioned in marble by a society represented by Adam Wilhelm Moltke and Nicolai Holten. Today in the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen.
10.4.1820	Attends a farewell party for the poet C. Pram with Baggesen, Rahbek, Oehlenschläger, Ingemann, Jens Kragh Høst, and others.
20.4.1820	Thorvaldsen suggests Frederik 6. a drastic restructuring of some royal institutions, which among other things shall release some more space to the Academy’s collection of plaster casts of Thorvaldsen’s works.
22.4.1820	Frederik 6. approves the placement of a statue of Christ, cf. A82, by the altar in the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen instead of an altarpiece by J.L. Lund.
May 1820			A series of sculptures for the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen: Christ, cf. A82, and the pediment above the main entrance of the church John the Baptist Preaching, cf. A59-A70, and the 12 apostles, cf. A86-A109, are commissioned in plaster.
6.5.1820	Elected honorary member of Die Frankfurtische Gesellschaft zur Beförderung der nützlichen Kunste.
Not earlier than 11.5.1820 - not later than 12.8.1821			Shepherd Boy, cf. A177, for Christian 8.’s Table Decoration is cast by Wilhelm Hopfgarten.
23.5.1820	Is godfather to J.P. Mynster’s son, Christian Ludvig Nicolai Mynster (1820-1883), in the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen.
Summer 1820	Christian Molbech spends three weeks in Rome, staying at the Casa Buti. Visits Thorvaldsen’s workshops.
Not earlier than 13.6. - not later than 17.6.1820	J.C. Dahl begins his journey from Dresden to Italy.
18.6.1820			Sulpiz Boisserée commissions a relief frieze for a monument to Goethe. The frieze, however, which was to depict Goethe’s poem Hermann and Dorothea, is never executed.
28.6.1820	Farewell party at The Royal Shooting Range with the participation of the authorities of Copenhagen.
7.7.1820	Borups Selskab (The Dramatic and Literary Society, Borup’s Society) gives a farewell party to Thorvaldsen before his departure to Italy. Two songs dedicated to Thorvaldsen are sung.
24.7. - 7.8.1820	J.C. Dahl’s first visit to Rome. Lodgings at Caffè Greco, excursion to Tivoli, visits Thorvaldsen’s workshop and meets G.E. Freund, C.A. Jensen, C.C. Vogel, and others.
Not later than 10.8.1820			Peter Wilhelm Kolderup Rosenvinge, A915.
10.8.1820	Farewell audience with Frederik 6., who presents Thorvaldsen with a snuffbox with his portrait, N39.
11.8.1820		Departure af 2.30 p.m. from Copenhagen for Italy in the company of Simon Christian Pontoppidan. A group of friends follows along to Roskilde Kro at Vridløselille.
11.8.1820		Stops in Køge and takes leave with C.F. Høyer and Christian Hornbech, who catch him by surprise there.
11.8.1820		Arrives in the evening at Gisselfeld Manor at the Danneskiold-Samsøe family.
12.8.1820	During his stay at Gisselfeld he attends the celebration of the betrothal of Louise Danneskiold-Samsøe and the Duke of Augustenborg Christian Carl Friedrich August.
13.8.1820			Louise Danneskiold-Samsøe, A216, is modelled at Gisselfeld.
13.8.1820		Arrives in the evening at Nysø Manor for the first time. Stays for the night.
14.8.1820			Conrad Danneskiold-Samsøe, A214, is modelled at Nordfeld.
14.8.1820		Arrives at Nordfeld Manor on the island of Møn. Stays overnight.
15.8.1820		Visits Liselund and presumably also a part of the Cliffs of Møn. Back to Nordfeld.
16.8.1820		Probably arrives at Klintholm invited by H.F.J. Estrup, and stays overnight.
17.8.1820		Visits the Cliffs of Møn accompanied by H.F.J. Estrup. Probably back to Nordfeld for the night.
18.8.1820		Leaves Nordfeld. Travels via Grønsund and the island of Falster to the manor Søholt at the town of Maribo. Stays with the von Bertouch family.
19.8.1820		At Søholt Manor.
20.8.1820		Banquet at Henning Wichfeld at Engestofte Manor. Later back to Søholt.
20.8.1820		Goes in the evening from Søholt to Pederstrup Manor to visit Christian Ditlev Reventlow for a couple of days.
21.8.1820		Visits bishop Peter Outzen Boisen (1762-1831) in Vesterborg and count Carl Ludvig Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs (1780-1838) at Juellinge Manor (Halsted Kloster) in the company of Reventlow.
22.8.1820		At Pederstrup.
23.8.1820		From Pederstrup back to Søholt.
24.8.1820		From Søholt to Nysted in the evening. Crosses the Baltic Sea. After a violent storm the boat is rescued to Rostock by a couple of pilots.
25.8. - 26.8.1820		In Rostock, and sees the Monument to field marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher by Johann Gottfried Schadow, inaugurated the year before 26.8.1819.
29.8.1820		Arrives in Berlin.
29.8. - 3.9.1820	Besøger både den Giustiniani’ske og Solly’ske malerisamling i Berlin i selskab med Aloys Hirt.
29.8. - 3.9.1820	Visits Königlich Preußische Eisengießerei and meets the French bronze caster François Léquine, who is probably working on the big Kreuzberg-Denkmal (1818-1821).
29.8. - 3.9.1820	Stays in Berlin in the company of Christian Daniel Rauch for five days. Visits the workshops of Rauch, Christian Friedrich Tiecks and Johann Gottfried Schadows værksteder. Sees Karl Friedrich Schinkel’s newly built Schauspielhaus.
29.8. - 3.9.1820	During Thorvaldsen’s stay in Berlin, several parties are given in his honour.
3.9.1820		Leaves Berlin via Potsdam, where he participates in a farewell party with the most prominent artists of Berlin.
6.9.1820		Arrives at Dresden late in the evening.
7.9.1820	Visits the picture gallery (Gemäldegalerie) in Dresden in the morning, the collection of antiques in the afternoon, and spends the evening, probably in the house of Ludwig Tieck (1773-1853).
8.9.1820	Visits the Gemäldegalerie in Dresden again (cf. 7.9.1820) and other collections.
9.9.1820	Attends a lecture by Karl August Böttiger. In the afternoon another visit to the Gemäldegalerie (cf. 7.9.1820 and 8.9.1820), but this time alone. Sees the opera Elisabetta, regina d’Inghilterra by Gioachino Rossini in the evening accompanied by Louis Philippe de Bombelles.
10.9.1820	Celebration party in the evening at the painter Friedrich Matthäi. At 10 o’clock he is cheered by the students of the Academy of Fine Arts with music, torchlight procession, and a speech.
11.9.1820	Spends the day with Franz Pettrich and meets again with Karl August Böttiger in Dresden.
12.9.1820		Leaves Dresden.
15.9.1820		Arrives at Breslau (today Wrocław) and visits the Steffens family.
16.9.1820		Leaves Breslau / Wrocław.
19.9.1820		Arrives in Warsaw. Housed by Stanisław Mokronowski.
19.9.1820	Thorvaldsen’s arrival in Warsaw is celebrated by the members of the academy of art and the professors at the university.
Not earlier than 20.9.1820 - not later than 20.10.1820	In Warsaw, Angelica Catalani sings for Thorvaldsen and the viceroy of Poland, Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich (1779-1831), brother to Alexander 1.
30.9.1820			Nicolaus Copernicus, cf. A113, is commissioned by La Societé Royale des Amis des Sciences et des Belles lettres in Warszaw.
5.10. - 14.10.1820			In Warsaw Alexander 1., A715 poses for his portrait.
15.10.1820	Alexander 1. modtager Thorvaldsen i audiens i Warszawa som tak for portrættet, A715. Har dagen før modtaget en ring fra kejseren.
16.10.1820	På museum med Wiktor Maksymilian Ossolinski. Om aftenen til hofbal.
21.10.1820		Thorvaldsen leaves Warsaw in the company of Paweł Maliński and Simon Christian Pontoppidan.
23.10.1820		Arrives in Cracow and lodges probably at the Hôtel au Providence.
24.10.1820		Takes a short trip to Wieliczka and visits the famous salt mine. In the evening, in the theatre in Kraków.
Not earlier than 24.10. - not later than 28.10.1820	Probably visits the place where the Kościuszko Mound in Kraków was built.
26.10.1820	Attends a concert in Cracow.
28.10.1820		Leaves Cracow.
30.10.1820		Arrives in Troppau / Opava during the congress of Troppau.
Not earlier than 30.10. - not later than 2.11.1820	Meets with Franz 1. and Alexander 1. during the congress of Troppau.
31.10.1820			Monument to Karl Philipp von Schwarzenberg (sketch A120) is commissioned by Frans 1. for Troppau / Opava. The monument was never executed.
31.10.1820	In the theatre in Troppau / Opava with Paweł Maliński and Simon Christian Pontoppidan.
Not earlier than November 1820 - not later than October 1821			Drawings for the Monument to Karl Philipp von Schwarzenberg, C250r, C251, C252, C253.
1.11.1820	Again in the theatre in Troppau / Opava.
2.11.1820		Leaves Troppau / Opava.
5.11.1820		Arrives in Vienna, and lodges at the hotel Zum Erzherzog Karl in Kärntnerstrasse 31.
6.11.1820	Franziska Caspers and Thorvaldsen meet in Vienna. The first of many.
8.11.1820	The floor in one of Thorvaldsen’s studios in Rome collapses. The original model of Ganymede with Jupiter’s Eagle, cf. A45, is smashed, and marble versions of Shepherd Boy, cf. A177 and Cupid Triumphant, cf. A22, are damaged.
13.11.1820	Visits Prince Albert Kasimir von Sachsen-Teschen’s collection of prints in what is today the Albertina Museum in Vienna.
14.11.1820	Visits Liechtensteinsche Gemäldegalerie in Vienna.
17.11.1820	Visits Harrachsche Gemäldesammlung, Schönbornsche Gemäldegalerie and the art collection of Moritz Christian Fries in Vienna.
18.11.1820	Visits Schönbrunn. In the evening in the theatre.
19.11.1820	Thorvaldsen’s 50^th birthday. Goes to the theater in Vienna with Paweł Maliński and Simon Christian Pontoppidan.
Presumably 24.11.1820	At a party at Nicolaus Esterházy Thorvaldsen is informed of the accident in his Roman studio 8.11.1820. He changes his plans and heads directly for Rome two days later.
24.11.1820	Visits St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna. Climbs the tower. Later in the theater with Maliński and Pontoppidan.
26.11.1820		Leaves Vienna.
26.11.1820		Arrives at Wiener Neustadt. Stays overnight. Visits St. George’s Church.
1.12.1820	Christian Frederik and his retinue arrive in Rome after a long stay in the area around Naples.
2.12.1820		Arrives at Mestre via Leoben, Villach and Udine. Stopover in Mestre.
3.12.1820		Arrives in Venice, and lodges at the Hôtel d’Angleterre.
3.12.1820	Visits the Doge’s Palace and St Mark’s Basilica. In the evening at the theater.
4.12.1820	Visits the Venetian Arsenal, the two churches San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore, and also Gallerie dell’Accademia.
5.12.1820		Leaves Venice and arrives once again in Mestre.
5.12.1820		Reaches Padua. Goes to the theater, and stays overnight.
6.12.1820		Arrives in Verona. Stays overnight. Visits the amphitheatre and some churches the next day.
7.12.1820		Arrives in Mantua and stays overnight. Visits Palazzo del Te the next day.
9.12.1820		Arrives at Bologna. Stays overnight. Visits the next day the art collection in Accademia Nazionale di Belle Arti di Bologna.
10.12.1820		Arrives in Faenza. Stays overnight.
11.12.1820		Travels through Cesena and Rimini; spends the night at Cattolica at the shore of the Adriatic Sea.
12.12.1820	Christian (8.) Frederik rides out (in vain) to meet Thorvaldsen, who is on his way to Rome.
13.12.1820		Arrives – via Pesaro, Fano and Acqualagna – at Nocera Umbra. Stays overnight.
14.12.1820		Arrives – via Foligno and Spoleto – at Terni. Stays overnight. Ses the waterfalls Cascata delle Marmore.
15.12.1820		Travels via Civita Castellana to Nepi. Stays overnight.
16.12.1820		Arrives back in Rome after his sojourn in Denmark 1819-1820.
16.12.1820	Has tea in the evening with Christian (8.) Frederik and the Duchess of Westmoreland, Jane Fane (1775-1857).
Not later than 17.12.1820	The monument to Thomas Maitland is erected on the island of Zante (cf. the portrait bust, A258, and the relief, A600).
17.12.1820	Christian (8.) Frederik visits Thorvaldsens workshops and views the damages after the collapse of a floor. Afterwards, he has dinner with Thorvaldsen and other Danes in Rome.
21.12.1820	Thorvaldsen and Claus Christian Bang have dinner with Christian (8.) Frederik.
24.12.1820	Celebrates Christmas Eve with Christian (8.) Frederik and other Danes in Rome, among others Claus Christian Bang. They have rice pudding, exchange gifts, and play lotto.
28.12.1820			Begins the modeling of Caroline Amalie, A716, in Palazzo Negroni.
28.12.1820	Celebration in Thorvaldsen’s honour in the Palazzo Fiano, Piazza di San Lorenzo, with, among others, Prince Christian (8.) Frederik.
30.12.1820	Celebrates another Christmas Eve at Claus Christian Bang’s place in the company of other Danes. Carl Otto has written a song of welcome to Thorvaldsen.
30.12.1820			Works on Caroline Amalie’s bust, A716, in Palazzo Negroni.
31.12.1820	Celebrates New Year’s Eve with Ludwig (1.) of Bavaria. The guests are Johann Martin von Wagner, Joseph Anton Koch, Philipp Veit, Ferdinand Ruscheweyh, Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz, Johann Nepomuk Ringseis and Thorvaldsen. The party ends at 2 a.m.
Presumably 1821			George Agar Ellis, cf. A299, marble bust, Holdenby House, Northampton.
Presumably 1821			Giovanni Battista Sommariva, A274.
Presumably 1821 - 1824			Anne Bingham?, cf. A308, marble bust, National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Presumably 1821 - 1824			Georgiana Bingham?, cf. A313, marble bust, unknown location.
1821			Apollinaris, A186.
1821			Nicolaus Copernicus, A858.
1821			Alexander 1., A883.
1821			Karl Philipp von Schwarzenberg, A725.
1821			Monument to Karl Philipp von Schwarzenberg, A120.
1821 - 1822			A Boy, A65, is modelled by Giuseppe Tenerani after a sketch by Thorvaldsen.
1821 - 1822			Pharisee, A66, is modelled by Giuseppe Pacetti after a sketch by Thorvaldsen.
1821 - 1822			Old Scribe, A63, is modelled by Joseph Hermann after a sketch by Thorvaldsen.
1821 - 1822			Reclining Shepherd, A70, is modelled by Giuseppe Tenerani after a sketch by Thorvaldsen, A79.
1821 - 1822			Hunter, A67, is modelled by Nicolò Marchetti after a sketch by Thorvaldsen.
1821 - 1822			Reclining Youth, A64, is modelled by either Luigi Bienaimé or Pietro Antonio Bienaimé after a sketch by Thorvaldsen.
1821 - 1822			Mother with her Son, A62, is modelled by Carlesi after a sketch by Thorvaldsen, A75.
1821 - 1822			Father with his Son, A61, is modelled by Giuseppe Pacetti after a sketch by Thorvaldsen.
1821 - 1822			Youth, A60, is modelled by either Angelo Bienaimé or Francesco Bienaimé after a sketch by Thorvaldsen, A74.
1821 - 1822			John the Baptist, A59, is modelled by Luigi Bienaimé after a sketch by Thorvaldsen, A73.
1821 - 1822			Two Children, A68, is modelled by Bernardo Tacca after a sketch by Thorvaldsen.
1821 - 1824			Mercury about to Kill Argus, cf. A5, new marble version without the hat, Prado, Madrid.
1821 - 1844	The Italian draughtsman Leonardo Camia draws several of Thorvaldsen’s works for use in graphic reproductions.
2.1.1821	Dinner with Christian (8.) Frederik, with Claus Christian Bang, P.O. Brøndsted, Carl Otto and Jacob Svitzer.
7.1.1821	Shows Christian (8.) Frederik round in the Vatican Museum, where they admire the Roman marble statue of Apollo Belvedere, among others.
7.1. - 13.1.1821			Christian (8.) Frederik, cf. A197.
17.1.1821	Christian (8.) Frederik meets the Russian general Alexander Ivanovich Osterman-Tolstoy in Thorvaldsen’s workshop.
Completed not later than 24.1.1821			Karl Philipp von Schwarzenberg, A236.
27.1.1821	Christian (8.) Frederik visits Thorvaldsen in his workshop.
28.1.1821	Celebrates Frederik 6.s birthday in Christian (8.) Frederik’s Roman residence in the company of nobelmen and artists.
1.2.1821	Dinner with Christian (8.) Frederik, with Vincenzo Camuccini, C.F. Rumohr and Luigi Godard.
5.2.1821	Bibliothek der Deutschen is founded in Rome on the initiative of Johann David Passavant, Christian Karl Josias von Bunsen, August Kestner and Ernst Zacharias Platner. Thorvaldsen and Hermann Ernst Freund were among the 58 co-founders.
7.2.1821	J.C. Dahl returns to Rome, and Thorvaldsen buys some paintings (in Thorvaldsen’s collection of pictures there are several works by J.C. Dahl, see B177 - B189).
22.2.1821			Christian (8.) Frederik visits Thorvaldsen, who is working on the marble version of Ludwig (1.), cf. A233.
Presumably 23.2.1821 - 26.2.1821			Thorvaldsen and Rudolf Schadow model, while other artists draw the beautiful Vittoria Caldoni in Franz Ludwig Wilhelm von Reden’s home in Rome, cf. Vittoria Caldoni, A279.
25.2.1821	Dinner with Christian (8.) Frederik, with Vincenzo Camuccini, C.F. Rumohr, Wolf Heinrich Friedrich Karl von Baudissin, Friederica Juliane von Baudissin and Otto Friedrich Magnus von Baudissin.
Not earlier than March 1821 - not later than 1822			Mother with her Child, A69, is modelled by Carlesi after a sketch by Thorvaldsen, A77. The bust of the mother is modelled after Vittoria Caldoni, A279.
2.3.1821			Christian (8.) Frederik proposes other work for Hermann Ernst Freund as compensation for the lost commission for the Apostles. Thorvaldsen promises to set to work at once on Christ, cf. A82, and the twelve Apostles for the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen, cf. A86, A87, A89, A91, A93, A96, A98, A99, A101, A103, A105, A108.
2.3.1821 - 19.3.1821			Christ, A83, preparatory work for A82.
2.3.1821 - 19.3.1821			Christ, A84, preparatory work for A82.
2.3.1821 - 19.3.1821			Christ, A85, preparatory work for A82.
2.3.1821 - 19.3.1821			Paul, A104, preparatory work for A103.
2.3.1821 - 19.3.1821			Peter, preliminary work for A86.
17.3.1821 - 26.12.1822			Cupid, cf. A22, is being carved in marble in Thorvaldsen’s workshop, including repairs after the collapse of the floor 8.11.1820. Today, the sculpture is in Vienna City Hall, Feststiege 1.
19.3.1821			Thorvaldsen has modelled Christ, cf. A82, and the apostles Peter, cf. A86 and _Paul, cf. A103, in clay.
Not earlier than 19.3.1821			James the Less, A92, preparatory work for A91.
Not earlier than 19.3.1821			John, A90, preparatory work for A89.
Not earlier than 19.3.1821			Matthew, A88, preparatory work for A87.
Not earlier than 19.3.1821			Simon Zelotes, A102, preparatory work for A101.
Not earlier than 19.3.1821			Thomas, A97, preparatory work for A96.
22.3.1821	Soirée with Christian (8.) Frederik, with Wolf Heinrich Friedrich Karl von Baudissin, Friederica Juliane von Baudissin, Otto Friedrich Magnus von Baudissin, Franz Ludwig Wilhelm von Reden, Elisa von Reden and the Riepenhausen brothers.
30.3.1821	Christian (8.) Frederik visits Thorvaldsen.
31.3.1821	Atanazy Raczyński’s marble copy of Ganymede Offering the Cup, cf. A41, is finished in Rome, today in the National Museum Poznań, Polen.
1.4.1821	Christian (8.) Frederik borrows 9,000 Roman scudi from Thorvaldsen.
2.4.1821	Christian (8.) Frederik visits Thorvaldsen and is pleased with the model, Nysø34, for Caroline Amalie’s portrait statue, A164.
6.4.1821	Attends a farewell party for Christian (8.) Frederik and Caroline Amalie before their departure from Rome.
7.4.1821	Christian (8.) Frederik presents portrait busts in plaster of himself, cf. A197 or A753, and his wife Caroline Amalie, cf. A716 or A754, to eleven named persons in connection with his departure from Rome.
7.4.1821	Thorvaldsen and other artists take leave of Christian (8.) Frederik, Caroline Amalie and their servants at La Storta, an inn 15 kilometres north of Rome. Thorvaldsen is presented with a snuffbox, N40, as a farewell gift from the Prince.
17.4.1821			Christian (8.) Frederik sends Thorvaldsen the measurements of the Princess for the portrait statue Caroline Amalie, A164.
May 1821			J.C. Dahl, A229, is modelled.
Summer 1821	An eye disease prevents Thorvaldsen from working.
June 1821	Christian (8.) Frederik presents marble busts of himself and Caroline Amalie, cf. A753 and cf. A754, to Giovanni Battista Sommariva. Present location unknown.
June 1821			Luigi Bienaimé starts Peter, A86, after a sketch by Thorvaldsen.
June 1821			Starts Paul, A103.
June - October 1821			Wlodzimierz Potocki, A155.
23.6.1821 - 29.12.1821			Marble version of the portrait bust from 1818 of Caroline von Humboldt is being carved in the studio. It is presumably not completed. Location unknown.
25.6.1821	Dinner at Piazza di Sciarra with J.C. Dahl, P.O. Brøndsted, Hermann Ernst Freund, Jørgen Koch, F.C. Hillerup, Simon Christian Pontoppidan and Hans Michelsen.
27.6.1821	J.C. Dahl leaves Rome.
July 1821			Starts Christ, cf. A82.
10.8.1821	Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, in Lucerne is unveiled in the presence of Prince Christian (8.) Frederik, among others. Thorvaldsen is not present.
Not later than 12.8.1821			Christian (8.) Frederik commissions a table decoration in bronze of Thorvaldsen’s: Mercury about to Kill Argus, cf. A5, Venus with the Apple, cf. A12, Cupid Triumphant, cf. A22, Cupid and the Graces, cf. A29, Hebe, cf. A39, Jason with the Golden Fleece , cf. 52, Adonis, cf. A53, Mars Bringing Peace, cf. D174, Shepherd Boy, cf. A177, Dancing Girl, cf. A178, and Pietro Tenerani’s: Psiche abbandonata.
Not earlier than 12.8.1821 - not later than 10.5.1825			Christian 8.’s table decoration is cast by Wilhelm Hopfgarten: Mercury about to Kill Argus, cf. A5, Venus with the Apple, cf. A12, Cupid Triumphant, cf. A22, Cupid and the Graces, cf. A29, Hebe, cf. A39, Jason with the Golden Fleece , cf. 52, Adonis, cf. A53, Mars Bringing Peace, cf. D174, Dancing Girl, cf. A178, and Pietro Tenerani’s: Psiche abbandonata.
20.8.1821	Giovanni Raimondo Torlonia presses Thorvaldsen for delivery of Jason with the Golden Fleece, A822.
12.10.1821	Thorvaldsen complains about having severe arthritis.
Presumably November 1821 - January 1822			Christ, A82, is modelled by Pietro Tenerani.
Presumably completed December 1821			Pediment group John the Baptist Preaching, A59-A70.
End of 1821			The Graces Listening to Cupid’s Song, cf. A602, is modelled for the monument to Andrea Appiani.
End of 1821			James the Greater, A98, is modelled by Nicolò Marchetti after a sketch by Thorvaldsen.
End of 1821			Matthew, A87, is modelled by Luigi Bienaimé after a sketch by Thorvaldsen, A88.
End of 1821			Thomas, A96, is modelled by Giuseppe Tenerani after a sketch by Thorvaldsen, A97.
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.
Presumably 1822			Jupiter, Minerva and Nemesis, A316.
Presumably 1822			Andrea Appiani, A629.
Presumably 1822 - 1823			Mercury about to Kill Argus cf. A5, new marble version is begun. Today at the Krzeszowice Castle, Krakow.
Presumably 1822 - 1823			Henry Thomas Hope, A265.
Presumably 1822 - 1825			Shepherd Boy, A895.
Begun 1822			Alexander the Great’s Entry into Babylon, A508, reduced version of A503, begun by Pietro Galli.
1822			Mercury about to Kill Argus, A873.
1822			Józef Poniatowski, A126, preparatory work for A123.
1822			Juliane Sophie, A202.
1822			Possibly begins a new version of Baptismal Font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555,3, A555,4, as a present for Iceland.
1822			Sees a live lion in a menagerie, a model for A122.
1822 - 1823			Horse, A125, model for A123.
31.1.1822	The sculptor Rudolf Schadow dies.
Completed not later than 13.2.1822			Christian Carl Friedrich August, A203.
Completed not later than 13.2.1822			Friedrich August Emil, A205.
Spring 1822			Friedrich Wilhelm Carl Ludwig, A201.
25.3.1822	Becomes a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Trondheim.
15.5.1822		Travels to Orvieto with P.O. Brøndsted and Giuseppe Tenerani in order to help the fever-stricken Pietro Tenerani return to Rome.
Not earlier than 17.5.1822 - not later than 22.5.1822		Leaves the fever-stricken Pietro Tenerani with Giuseppe Tenerani in Viterbo.
24.5.1822			Donates Caritas, marble relief (the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen, cf. A598) to the Norwegian Hans Henrik Gunnerus.
Summer 1822			Apollinaris, cf. A186, marble, Accademia di Belle Arti, Ravenna, is sent from Rome.
Summer 1822	Supervises the completion of the late sculptor Rudolf Schadow’s unfinished statue of a Bacchus. The carving itself is performed by an unidentified worker in Schadow’s former studio.
Summer 1822 - October 1822	Thorvaldsen has respiratory problems.
Summer 1822 - September 1823			Nicolaus Copernicus, cf. A113.
7.6.1822		Travels to Viterbo with a doctor and Luigi Bienaimé in order to attend the fever-stricken Pietro Tenerani.
1.7.1822	Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound visits Thorvaldsen’s workshop in Rome and probably soon after commissions a version of Shepherd Boy, cf. A177.
1.8.1822 - 1844	Rents a stable in Palazzo Barbarini and fits up his large studio here.
Presumably autumn 1822			Leo von Klenze inquires about his commission for a cast of Alexander the Great’s Entry into Babylon, cf. A503, for Palais Leuchtenberg, München.
September 1822	Thorvaldsen receives Joseph Karl Stieler’s portrait of Ludwig 1. of Bavaria, B163.
6.9.1822	Elected member of Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab (The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters).
18.9.1822			Sulpiz Boisserée writes to Thorvaldsen that the monument to Goethe must be postponed indefinitely.
October 1822			Edward J. Cooper commissions a funerary monument to his wife, which, however, is not executed.
October 1822			Pediment group John the Baptist Preaching, A59-A70, is assembled.
13.10.1822	Antonio Canova dies in Posagno.
15.10.1822	Peter Malling recommends H.W. Bissen in a letter to Thorvaldsen.
Begun November 1822 - presumably completed 1823			Vittoria Caldoni, A886.
Presumably not later than 15.11.1822			Dancing Girl, cf. A178, and Cupid Triumphant, cf. A22, are sendt to Vienna in marble, probably to Nicolaus Esterházy, where they are subsequently exhibited in his sculpture gallery in the Mariahilf palace.
31.12.1822	Celebrates the New Year with, among others, P.O. Brøndsted and gives a party for 34 people, Germans, Danes, and Italians.
Presumably 1823			Baptismal Angel, A111, preparatory work for A110.
Presumably 1823 - 1826			Sheperd Boy, cf. A177, marble version, City Art Gallery, Manchester.
Begun 1823 - completed 1827			Jude Thaddeus, A94.
Completed 1823			Andrew, A95, is modelled by Joseph Hermann after a sketch by Thorvaldsen.
Completed 1823			Bartholomew, A99, is modelled by Carlesi after a sketch by Thorvaldsen, A100.
Completed 1823			James the Less, A91, is modelled either by Angelo Bienaimé or Francesco Bienaimé, after a sketch by Thorvaldsen, A92.
Completed 1823			Philip, A93, is modelled by Ferdinand Pettrich after Thorvaldsen’s bozzetto.
Completed 1823			Simon Zelotes, A101, is modelled by Emil Wolff after a sketch by Thorvaldsen, A102.
Completed 1823			Giuseppe Pacetti models a version of John after Thorvaldsen’s sketch. It is first rejected but then re-used as Jude Thaddeus, which is also rejected in 1827.
1823			Cupid by Anacreon, Winter, A415.
1823			Cupid Triumphant, Examining his Arrow, A24, reworked version of A22.
1823			Trading Post by the River, cf. A510, is modelled as an extension of Alexander the Great’s Entry into Babylon, cf. A503, for Christiansborg Castle.
Not earlier than 1823			Cupid by Anacreon, Winter, A416, reworked version of A415.
Not earlier than 1823			Cupid by Anacreon, Winter, A827.
25.1.1823			Franz Erwein von Schönborn commissions marble version of Sheperd Boy, cf. A177, with panpipe at his left foot and marble versions of Cupid with a Swan and Boys picking Fruit, Summer, cf. A411, Cupid and Bacchus, Autumn, cf. A413, and Cupid by Anacreon, Winter, cf. A415.
28.1.1823 - 15.7.1823	The architect Jacques-Ignace Hittorff and the painter and architect Ludwig Zanth (1796-1857) are in Rome and move into the fourth floor of Casa Buti at the suggestion of Karl Joseph Begas’.
30.1.1823	Attends a commemoration for Antonio Canova in the church of Santi Apostoli in Rome.
3.2.1823	Celebrates Carnival with P.O. Brøndsted.
6.2.1823	Awarded the Russian Order of St. Vladimir, N25.
9.3.1823	Probably attends the celebration of his daughter, Elisa Paulsen’s tenth birthday.
28.3.1823	Thorvaldsen is shot accidentally by the young Cesare Buti and wounded in the side and a finger.
29.4.1823	Party of artists to celebrate Thorvaldsen’s recovery from an accidental shot.
Not later than 9.5.1823			Executes a sketch for an oil lamp formed as a statuette of a vestal virgin for Franz Erwein von Schönborn.
12.5.1823	Elected member of the Accademia Tiberina in Rome.
26.5.1823	P.O. Brøndsted gets a loan of 2,000 Roman scudi from Thorvaldsen. By way of security, Thorvaldsen gets Brøndsted’s collection of Greek and Roman coins and a collection of books and manuscripts.
June 1823	P.O. Brøndsted, on his way to Paris, visits Giovanni Battista Sommariva at Villa Carlotta, where he visits the hall for The Alexander frieze.
2.6.1823	Christian (8.) Frederik recommends H.W. Bissen to Thorvaldsen.
20.8.1823	Pius 7. dies. Thorvaldsen is present at the deathbed. He draws the Pope’s face and perhaps also models a death-mask, L660.
November 1823			Ercole Consalvi commissions a monument to Pius 7. for St. Peter’s (sketch A148).
November - December 1823			Baptismal Angel, A110.
Not earlier than December 1823			Baptismal Angel Kneeling, A781, preparatory work for A112.
20.12.1823	Elected foreign member of the Institut de France / Acadèmie Royale des Beaux-arts. A member was equipped with a uniform, N173, a hat, N174, and a sword, N175.
End of December 1823	The Italian student of sculpture Tommaso Gasperini arrives in Rome and becomes Thorvaldsen’s pupil.
Presumably 1824			Cupid and Bacchus, A407.
Presumably 1824			George Gordon Byron, A256.
Presumably 1824 - 1830			Unknown, A296.
Presumably 1824 - 1830			Pius 7.’s escutcheon, A145.
1824			Bartholomew, A100, preparatory work for A99.
1824			Pius 7., A149, preparatory work for A142.
Beginning of 1824			John is modelled in a new version, A89, by Nicolò Marchetti after a sketch by Thorvaldsen, A90.
Beginning of 1824			Ercole Consalvi, A271.
Beginning of 1824			Pius 7., A270, preparatory work for A142.
Beginning of 1824	Just Mathias Thiele arrives in Rome and meets Thorvaldsen. He stays there until 2.5.1825.
January 1824			Monument for Pius 7., A148, preparatory work for A142-A145.
24.1.1824	Ercole Consalvi dies.
Spring 1824	Appointed by the Vatican to go over the Farnese collection of sculptures.
31.3.1824	Manuel Villena and Félix Baciocchi probably visit Thorvaldsen in his studio.
Not earlier than April 1824	Richard Bingham’s marble copy of Venus with the Apple, cf. A12, is sent to England. The ship is wrecked near the English coast, but Venus escapes unharmed.
Presumably 11.4. - 19.4.1824			The Ages of Love, cf. A427.
Not later than 17.4.1824			Ghazi-ud-Din Haider, A280, is modelled.
24.4. - 9.10.1824			Negotiations with Leo von Klenze about the monument to Leuchtenberg (Eugène de Beauharnais).
Summer 1824	Jørgen Knudtzon and Alexander Baillie visit Thorvaldsen in Rome.
Summer 1824	Meets Karl Friedrich Schinkel.
Completed July 1824			Louisa Hope, A824.
Not earlier than July 1824			The Ages of Love, A426.
Not earlier than July 1824			Ghazi-ud-Din Haider, is completed in two marble copies, A887.
19.7. - 2.8.1824			Commission for a portrait bust of the late baron Unico von Dörnberg. It is not known whether the bust was executed.
August 1824			Requested to execute a monument to Torquato Tasso in San Onofrio, but as Thorvaldsen hesitates, the work is given to the sculptor Giuseppe de Fabris.
6.8.1824	Elected member of the American Academy of the Fine Arts, New York.
17.9.1824			Ercole Consalvis buste, cf. A271, is placed in the Pantheon.
Not earlier than 25.9.1824 - not later than 10.10.1824	H.W. Bissen arrives in Rome and visits Thorvaldsen.
12.10.1824			Thorvaldsen asks the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel to draw the architectural plan for the monument to Pope Pius 7. to be erected in St. Peter’s.
December 1824	Ludvig Bødtcher and Jørgen Jørgensen arrive in Rome.
13.12.1824	Elected member af the Accademia Labronica in Leghorn.
Not later than 21.12.1824	Thorvaldsen meets the Polish composer and pianist Maria Szymanowska.
24.12.1824	Danes in Rome celebrate Christmas Eve together. Present are Just Mathias Thiele, Hermann Ernst Freund, Hans Harder, Johan Christian Fick, Andreas Ludvig Koop, N.L. Høyen, H.W. Bissen, Jørgen Jørgensen, Ludvig Bødtcher, Ernst Meyer, F.C. Hillerup and Hans Christian Holten. Thorvaldsen is not there. A song by Bødtcher is sung, and Meyer portrays the company in an etching.
Not earlier than 24.12.1824			C.W. Eckersberg, A788.
End of 1824			Drawings for the monument to Leuchtenberg (Eugène de Beauharnais), C322r, C323, C324, C326, C327r, C328r, C329r, C330, C331r, C332, C333, C335r and C335v.
End of 1824			Third sketch for Pius 7., A142, is completed.
Presumably 1825			The Genii of Life and Death, A157.
Presumably 1825 - 1827			Begins Shepherd Boy, cf. A177, marble version with a panpipe at his left foot. Location unknown.
1825			Heinrich Reinhold, A634.
1825			Stanislaw Kossakowski, A295.
Not earlier than 1825			Stanislaw Kossakowski, A706.
Beginning of 1825			Monument to Ercole Consalvi, A612.
20.1.1825	Receives the Order of the Red Eagle (3^rdclass) from Friedrich Wilhelm 3. of Prussia, N20.
28.1.1825	Hosts a celebration of the beginning of the carnival and the birthday of the Danish King Frederik 6. for Danish friends in Rome.
8.2.1825			Leo von Klenze sends the contract for the monument to Leuchtenberg (Eugène de Beauharnais).
Spring 1825			Divine Power, A144, is begun.
Spring 1825			Heavenly Wisdom, A143, is begun.
March 1825			The model for Pius 7., A142, is completed.
Not later than 16.3.1825	Jean-François Champollion visits Thorvaldsen in his studios.
April 1825			Recumbent Lion, A122, is completed.
April 1825	Farewell party for Just Mathias Thiele and Hans Christian Holten, attended by Thorvaldsen, Hermann Ernst Freund, H.W. Bissen, Joseph Hermann, Ludvig Bødtcher, and others. The party ends with a nocturnal visit to the Roman Forum and the Colosseum. The party was painted by Dietrich Wilhelm Lindau.
April 1825	Asks Thiele to write his biography and advises him to seek information about his youth from Stephan Heger, Carl Heger and Jens Ulstrup.
Beginning of April 1825	N.L. Høyen and Johan Christian Fick leave Rome bound for Denmark.
15.4.1825	The brig St. Croix leaves the Danish West Indies bound for Italy in order to collect some of Thorvaldsen’s works of art.
20.4.1825			A cross (unknown today) is erected in front of the Capuchin church of Santa Maria della Concezione, near Piazza Barberini. Presumably it is an ornamented base for a wooden cross.
24.4.1825	Admitted to the literary academy Accademia degli Arcadi under the name of Agesando Rhodio.
May 1825	Thorvaldsen restores statues acquired by Ludwig 1.
Not earlier than May 1825			Recumbent Lion, A121.
2.5.1825	Just Mathias Thiele and Hans Christian Holten leave Rome bound for Denmark.
9.5.1825	Receives a silver cup from the commission for Ercole Consalvi’s monument.
10.5.1825 - 25.5.1825	Hermann Ernst Freund accompanies 58 crates of Thorvaldsen’s works of art from Rome to Leghorn, where they are put into storage until the arrival of the brig St. Croix.
26.5.1825 - 23.6.1825	Hermann Ernst Freund visits Florence while waiting for the brig St. Croix to arrive at Leghorn.
Summer 1825			Giovanni Battista Sommariva receives the major part of Alexander the Great’s Entry into Babylon, cf. A505.
3.6.1825	The brig St. Croix arrives at Naples.
23.6.1825	The brig St. Croix arrives at Leghorn.
1.7.1825	The brig St. Croix is loaded with 52 crates containing Thorvaldsen’s works of art; plaster casts in the hold, marble works on the deck.
2.7.1825	The first large collection of Thorvaldsen’s works is sent from Leghorn to Copenhagen on board the naval brig St. Croix.
10.9.1825	The brig St. Croix arrives in Copenhagen with 52 crates containing Thorvaldsen’s works of art.
27.9.1825	Elected honorary member of the Accademia Filarmonica Romana.
14.10.1825	Elected member of the Koninklijke Akademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Antwerp.
16.12.1825	Elected president of the Accademia di S. Luca and receives the decoration Ordine del Moretto / Order of the Moor, N23.
24.12.1825	Hosts a Christmas party for Danish friends. Prepares the Christmas rice pudding and sponsors antique gems for the Christmas lottery. Among those present are Andreas Ludvig Koop, Ludvig Bødtcher, F.C. Hillerup and Ole Jørgen Schmidt.
Presumably 1826 - 1828			Mercury about to Kill Argus, jf. A5, new marble version is completed. Today at the Krzeszowice Castle, Krakow.
1826			Rosa Taddei, A877.
1826	The first thoughts about Thorvaldsen’s Museum arise.
Beginning of 1826			Józef Poniatowski, A124, preparatory work for A123.
1826 - 1827	The Ponte Molle Society arranges a triumphal procession for 10 members of the society: Thorvaldsen, Otto Magnus Stackelberg, August Kestner, Johan Niklas Byström, Carl Eggers, Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz, Benjamin Ludwig Jollage, Joseph Anton Koch, Joseph Thürmer (1787-1833) and Wilhelm Stier.
1826 - 1827	Portrayed in a pencil sketch by H.W. Bissen.
6.1.1826	Giovanni Battista Sommariva dies.
28.1.1826	Frederik 6.’s birthday is celebrated in Thorvaldsen’s rooms by the Danes in Rome.
March 1826 - February 1828			Cupid with the Bow, marble, Ardgowan, Greenock, Skotland, cf. A819.
8.3.1826	Celebrated on his Roman birthday by German artist friends. Also present are Ludvig Bødtcher and Andreas Ludvig Koop.
14.3.1826	Elected member of the Reale Accademia di belle Arti di Torino.
19.3.1826	N.C.L. Abrahams arrives in Rome in the company of Nicolai Gerson.
10.7.1826	Attends Sigismund von Neukomm’s birthday party in the evening.
August 1826	Carsten Hauch arrives in Rome from Naples and moves into Casa Buti shortly afterwards.
August 1826	Receives silver and gold medals for The Graces Listening to Cupid’s Song, cf. A602, on Andrea Appiani’s monument.
Autumn 1826			Receives a commission from the Polish government for a monument to Alexander 1, which, however, is not executed.
End of September 1826	Party for the Danes in Rome at an osteria near the Pantheon on the occasion of N.C.L. Abrahams’ and Nicolai Gerson’s return to Rome from Naples.
18.10.1826	Leo 12. visits Thorvaldsen’ studio in order to inspect the monument to Pius 7. The pope stands in worship in front of Christ, cf. A82, for an hour.
Not earlier than 16.11.1826		Excursion to Tivoli to see the disastrous flooding of the river Aniene, destroyed embankments and vanished artificial waterfalls. Participants: Danes in Rome, among them Thorvaldsen, Børge Thorlacius, N.C.L. Abrahams, Johann Martin von Wagner, and others.
Winter 1826 - 1827	Carsten Hauch reads his dramatized fairy play The Hamadryad to the Danes in Rome in Thorvaldsen’s rooms. N.C.L. Abrahams and Ludvig Bødtcher are among those present.
9.12.1826	Calls in 9,000 Roman scudi that Christian (8.) Frederik borrowed from Thorvaldsen in 1821. Christian (8.) Frederik has problems repaying the money.
24.12.1826	Christmas Eve is celebrated by Danes in Rome in Thorvaldsen’s and Hauch’s rooms in Casa Buti. At least 19 people are present, among them Bissen, Freund, Thorlacius, Abrahams, Schmidt, Bødtcher, Koop. Antique gems from Thorvaldsen’s collection are raffled off as presents. A comedy by Abrahams is performed. Songs by Hauch and Bødtcher are sung.
31.12.1826	Awarded the Accademia Tiberina’s medal for 1826.
31.12.1826	New Year’s Eve is celebrated by Danes and others in Rome in Thorvaldsen’s rooms. Among those present are: Bissen, Freund, Thorlacius, Abrahams, Schmidt, Bødtcher, Koop, Hauch, the Buti family, Senff, Wolff, Trentanove. Act 2 of Holberg’s Jacob von Thyboe is performed.
End of 1826			Józef Poniatowski, A123.
Not later than 1827			J.C. Dahl, jf. A229, completed in marble. Bergen Art Museum.
Presumably 1827			Venus and Cupid, A919.
Presumably 1827 - 1828			Baptismal Angel Kneeling, A112.
Presumably 1827 - 1838			Unknown, A305.
Begun 1827			Victoria, A48.
1827			Triumphant Muse and Cupid, A49.
1827			Triumphant Muse and Cupid, A50.
1827			Caroline Amalie, A164.
1827			Eugène de Beauharnais, A156.
1827			The first version of Jude Thaddeus (completed 1823) is rejected and replaced by A94.
1827			Marble version of Christ, cf. A82, and Pius 7., cf. A270, carved by Pietro Bienaimé in Carrara.
2.1.1827	N.C.L. Abrahams visits Thorvaldsen, who tells him about his relationship with Antonio Canova.
Presumably 25.1.1827	Invited to buy the Roman Palazzo Giraud-Torlonia in Via della Conciliazione (formerly called Palazzo Castellesi).
2.2.1827	Awarded the title of Commander of the Order of the Württemberg Crown by Wilhelm 1., N14.
Not later than 4.2.1827			Marble version of Baptismal Font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555,3, A555,4, completed for a church in Iceland, maybe in two copies, one of which may have been sold to the 2^nd Earl of Caledon, Du Pré Alexander.
20.2. - 26.2.1827	A farce written and played by Ferdinand Flor and N.C.L. Abrahams is performed in front of the German-Scandinavian colony of artists during the Roman carnival. At the end of the play, the Genius of Art presents Thorvaldsen with a laurel wreath.
27.2.1827	The last day of the carnival is celebrated with a dinner given by N.C.L. Abrahams and Nicolai Gerson with the Persiani family, Carsten Hauch, Thorvaldsen, and others.
6.3.1827			Receives a commission for a sketch of a monument to Andrea Vaccà Berlinghieri for Campo Santo in Pisa, plus a relief, A613, and a portrait medallion of Vaccà Berlinghieri.
8.3.1827	Danish and German artists celebrates Thorvaldsen with a torch light procession and an orchestra on his Roman birthday. The party is held in his apartment in Casa Buti.
April 1827	Christian 8.’s table decoration is exhibited at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.
Beginning of April 1827	Thorvaldsen arranges a party for German and Danish artists at the Villa Albani in Rome in recognition of the tribute paid to him 8.3.1827. Also present are Joseph Anton Koch, the Riepenhausen brothers, Johann Martin von Wagner, Johann Christian Reinhart and others.
9.4.1827			Sketch for Bacchante and a Satyr, cf. A355, on a ticket from Accademia di S. Luca, C363b.
Middle of April 1827	Farewell party for Carsten Hauch, the evening before his departure from Rome. The party took place in Thorvaldsen’s rooms in Casa Buti.
Beginning of May 1827	Ludwig 1. arrives in Rome and is fêted with a torchlight procession and singing by German and Scandinavian artists and others. N.C.L. Abrahams takes part, and Thorvaldsen does also.
4.5.1827	Ludwig 1. visits Thorvaldsen’s workshop. In the evening, invited to Ludwig 1.’s banquet.
24.5.1827	N.C.L. Abrahams leaves Rome in the company of Nicolai Gerson.
Summer 1827			The cast of Józef Poniatowski, cf. A123, is declared ready for shipment.
Beginning of September 1827	The merchant ship Therese leaves Copenhagen bound for Tunis with a cargo of tributary gifts for Al-Husayn II ibn Mahmud.
Not later than 4.9.1827			Karoline von Rehfues, A245, is commissioned and modelled.
Not later than October 1827			Composition drawing of the monument to Andrea Vaccà Berlinghieri, location unknown.
Begun 6.10.1827 - presumably October 1831			Karoline von Rehfues, A861.
28.10.1827	The merchant ship Therese arrives in Tunis with a cargo of tributary gifts for Al-Husayn II ibn Mahmud.
November 1827 - June 1831	Line drawings for engravings of Thorvaldsen’s sculptures are executed by H.W. Bissen and Dietrich Wilhelm Lindau. The engravings are for J.M. Thiele’s biography of Thorvaldsen.
17.11.1827	Pietro Tenerani and Thorvaldsen have a disagreement about their cooperation on the monument to the Duke of Leuchtenberg, cf. Eugène de Beauharnais, A156, and The Genii of Life and Death, A157.
18.11.1827 - 31.10.1829	Pietro Tenerani is involved in a lawsuit with Thorvaldsen.
28.11.1827 - 14.12.1827	The merchant ship Therese arrives at Leghorn 28.11.1827 and is quarantined until 14.12.1827.
21.12.1827 - 4.1.1828	Freund travels from Rome to Leghorn with 64 crates with Thorvaldsen’s art works on board the ship L’Anime del Purgatorio. Freund continues his own journey through Paris to Denmark.
31.12.1827	Awarded the Accademia Tiberina’s medal for 1827.
Presumably 1828			Ludwig (1.), A232.
Presumably 1828			Wriothesley Russell?, A285.
Completed 1828			Jason with the Golden Fleece, A822.
Completed 1828			Venus with the Apple, A853.
1828			Henry Labouchère, A294.
1828			Vilhelmine, A196.
Not earlier than 1828			Cupid in Heaven, A377.
Not earlier than 1828			Cupid in the Underworld, A380.
Not earlier than 1828			Cupid at Sea, A379.
Not earlier than 1828			Cupid on Earth, A378.
Not earlier than 1828			Cupid on Earth, A729.
Not earlier than 1828			George Hilaro Barlow, A892.
Beginning of 1828			Cupid in Heaven, A381.
Beginning of 1828			Cupid in Heaven, A385, preparatory work for A381.
Beginning of 1828			Cupid in Heaven, A386, preparatory work for A381.
Beginning of 1828			Cupid in the Underworld, A384.
Beginning of 1828			Cupid at Sea, A383.
Beginning of 1828			Cupid on Earth, A382.
Beginning of 1828			Monument to Jane Lawly, A623.
Beginning of 1828	Jørgen Knudtzon and Alexander Baillie visit Thorvaldsen in Rome.
Completed not later than 1828			George Granville Leveson Gower, cf. A259, marble bust, unknown location.
Completed not later than 1828			Henry Thomas Hope, A825.
1.1.1828			Cupid on Earth, A387, preparatory work for A382.
11.1.1828	70 crates with Thorvaldsen’s works of art are loaded onto the merchant ship Therese at Leghorn.
11.1.1828	Forgets a letter at the house of Luigi Chiaveri.
17.1.1828	Evening party at the house of Giovanni Raimondo Torlonia in the company of Charlotte de Weykenskiöld(?).
February 1828	The merchant ship Therese leaves Leghorn with 70 crates containing several of Thorvaldsen’s works of art.
Presumably 17.2.1828	Supper on the last day of the carnival at the trattoria Lepre with the Persiani family and Karl August Nicander.
Spring 1828	Bequeathes his works and collections to Copenhagen.
Presumably 26.3. - 8.4.1828	Prince Frederik (7.) visits Rome with Thorvaldsen’s friend Conrad Rantzau.
26.3.1828	Awarded the title of Commander of the Civil Order of Saxony.
30.3.1828	Comments on the archaeologist Wilhelm Dorow’s collection of Etruscan antiques.
April 1828			Nicolaus Copernicus, cf. A113, is sent to Warsaw.
April 1828	The merchant ship Therese arrives in Copenhagen with 70 crates containing Thorvaldsen’s works of art, among them Christ and the twelve apostles in plaster.
Not earlier than April 1828			Marianna Florenzi, A278, is commissioned and modelled.
Not earlier than April 1828			Frederik (7.), A200.
Not earlier than April 1828 - not later than December 1828	Plaster casts of Christ, cf. A82, and the twelve apostles, cf. Peter, A86, Matthew, A87, John, A89, James the Younger, A91, Philip, A93, Thomas, A96, James the Elder, A98, Bartholomew, A99, Simon the Zealot, A101, Paul, A103, Judas Thaddaeus, A105 and Andrew, A108, are placed in the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen. It turns out that the statues of the apostles are too big for the intended niches.
Not earlier than 5.4.1828			George Hilaro Barlow, A289.
17.4.1828	Thorvaldsen probably has dinner with Mary and Benjamin Gaskell.
8.5. - 17.5.1828	Prince Frederik (7.) and Conrad Rantzau are back in Rome after a visit to Naples.
Summer 1828			Monument to Vaccà Berlinghieri, A613.
Summer 1828			The cast of Józef Poniatowski, cf. A123, is shipped to Gdansk.
3.6.1828	Probably takes part in an excursion to a vigna close to Rome with Andrea Acquistapace, Anna Maria Uhden, and Elisa Paulsen.
8.7.1828			Baptismal Angel Kneeling, cf. A112, is commissioned.
August 1828	Jason with the Golden Fleece, A822, is shipped to Thomas Hope in England 25 years after it was commissioned.
Beginning of August 1828	Thorvaldsen and Anna Maria Uhden enroll their daughter Elisa in Maison Royale de S. Denys, a French convent school in Rome. She remains here until December 1830.
End of August 1828			The marble reliefs Hercules and Hebe, cf. A317, Hygieia and Aesculapius, cf. A318, Minerva and Prometheus, cf. A319, and Nemesis and Jupiter, cf. A320, are placed on the façade of Christiansborg Palace.
Winter 1828 - 1829	Thomas Hope receives Jason with the Golden Fleece, A822.
24.12.1828	Christmas Eve is celebrated in Thorvaldsen’s rooms with Danes in Rome. Christmas songs by Ludvig Bødtcher and C.H. Lorenzen.
29.12.1828	Józef Poniatowski, cf. A123, has arrived at Gdansk.
31.12.1828	New Year celebration at Thorvaldsen’s in Casa Buti with, among others, Karl August Nicander.
31.12.1828	Awarded the Accademia Tiberina’s medal for 1828, F123.
Presumably 1829			Eliza Glenorchy?, A268.
Presumably 1829			John Campbell?, A303.
Presumably 1829 - 1830			Monument to Charles Drake Garrard and Wife, A620.
Begun 1829			Marianna Florenzi, A727.
1829			The Genius of Death for the Monument to Wlodzimierz Potocki, A627.
1829			Monument to Vaccà Berlinghieri, cf. A613, and the portrait medallion of Andrea Vaccà Berlinghieri are executed in marble for Campo Santo, Pisa.
1829			Youth Leading a Horse, A512.
1829			Giovanni Raimondo Torlonia, A277.
1829			Vilhelmine, A195.
1829			Caroline von Humboldt’s marble version of The Goddess of Hope, cf. A47, arrives in Berlin. Today at Schloss Tegel, Berlin.
1829			Henry Labouchère commissions a colossal statue of Achilleus, which probably is not executed.
1829	Rembrandt Peale portrays Thorvaldsen (oil on canvas, 66×45 cm, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia).
Not earlier than 1829			The Genius of Death for the Monument to Wlodzimierz Potocki, A626.
Beginning of 1829			Artur Potocki, A291.
Not later than 25.1.1829			Charles Benet Drake Garrard commissions Monument to Charles Drake Garrard and Wife, cf. A620.
28.1.1829	Frederik 6.’s birthday is celebrated by the Danes living in Rome.
Not later than 5.2.1829			Baptismal Angel Kneeling, cf. A112 og Baptismal Font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555,3, A555,4, are cast in plaster and shipped to Denmark.
7.2.1829	At the theatre Argentina with Karl August Nicander. Learns that Pope Leo 12. is on his deathbed.
18.2.1829	Ludwig 1. of Bavaria visits Thorvaldsen in his studio and awards him the title of Commander of the Merit Order of the Bavarian Crown, N10, with the words: “The soldier is honoured on the battlefield, but the artist among his works”.
Presumably 24.2. - 25.2.1829	Part of Thorvaldsen’s collection of coins and books is stolen from Casa Buti. He discovers the theft some days later. The thief was C.H. Lorenzen.
Spring 1829			Alexander Murray commissions Napoleon Bonaparte, cf. A909.
March 1829	Caroline von Humboldt dies in Berlin.
March - September 1829			The Dance of the Muses on Helikon, marble relief, cf. A341. Probably occasioned by Elisa Baciocchi’s commission in 1813, location unknown.
31.3.1829	Thorvaldsen’s “museum” opens as part of the recently renovted Antiksal at Charlottenborg.
Not earlier than April 1829	The cast of Józef Poniatowski, cf. A123, is sent from Gdansk to Warsaw, after which the bronze casting is begun.
3.4.1829	Grand Duchess Helene of Russia most probably visits Thorvaldsen’s workshop in the afternoon.
Begun 7.4.1829 - completed 11.4.1829			Helene is modelled, A247.
6.5.1829	Honorary member of The National Academy of Design, New York.
11.5.1829	Józef Poniatowski, bronze, cf. A123, is unveiled in Warsaw.
20.5.1829	A copy of Hope, executed by Friedrich Tieck for Caroline von Humboldt’s funerary monument, is unveiled.
22.5.1829			A committee led by John C. Hobhouse commissions the statue George Gordon Byron, cf. A130.
7.6.1829	The Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen is consecrated Whitsunday.
26.6.1829	Receives, through Torlonia, the first instalment (2,000 scudi) of the 9,000 Roman scudi that Christian (8.) Frederik borrowed from Thorvaldsen in 1821.
August 1829			Alexis de Chateauneuf commissions a bronze relief for a funerary monument.
1.8.1829	Awarded the title of Commander of the Order of Dannebrog.
8.10.1829	Receives, through Torlonia, the second instalment (2,000 scudi) of the 9,000 Roman scudi that Christian (8.) Frederik borrowed from Thorvaldsen in 1821.
Not later than 22.10.1829			The monument to Leuchtenberg (Eugène de Beauharnais) (original models A156 and A157) arrives in Munich.
24.11.1829	The Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz visits Thorvaldsen’s workshop with his colleague Antoni Edward Odyniec, Marynia Zaleska and Zinaida Aleksandrovna Volkonskaia.
18.12.1829	Elected foreign honorary member of the Accademia dei Filergiti in Forli.
Presumably the 1830s			Psyche and Mercury, A432, probably part of the series of reliefs, A433-A448, modelled by Pietro Galli.
Presumably the 1830s			Unknown, A284 (probably John O’Brien ).
Presumably the 1830s			Unknown, A287.
The 1830s			Flower Girl, A184, possibly connected with Young Dancing Girl, A180, A181 and A182.
Presumably 1830			Victoria, A360.
Presumably 1830			Victoria, A710.
Presumably 1830			Napoleon Bonaparte, A252.
Presumably 1830			Napoleon Bonaparte, A909.
1830			Victoria, A359.
1830			Victoria, A361.
1830			Victoria, A362.
1830			Victory, A363.
1830			George Gordon Byron, A133, preparatory work for A130.
1830			Completes the monument to Wlodzimierz Potocki, in Wawel Cathedral, Krakow, with the relief The Genius of Death for the Monument to Wlodzimierz Potocki, A626.
Not earlier than 1830			Napoleon Bonaparte, A732, finished under the supervision of H.W. Bissen.
Not earlier than 1830			Napoleon Bonaparte, A867.
Beginning of 1830			Completes the marble version of Monument to Johann Philipp Bethmann-Hollweg, cf. A615,1, A615,2 and A615,3, Frankfurt am Main.
Beginning of 1830			The monument to Leuchtenberg (Eugène de Beauharnais), cf. A156, is erected in St. Michael’s Church in Munich.
1830 - 1832			Maximilian 1., A127, preparatory work for A128.
8.1.1830	Probably attends a musical soirée given by the Manzini family.
Not earlier than 16.1.1830	H.W. Bissen resumes work for Thorvaldsen after an illness.
18.1.1830	Receives a written request from H.W. Bissen for the loan of the bust of Christian (8.) Frederik to be executed in marble (cf. A753 og A197), commissioned by Joseph Hambro.
22.1.1830		Leaves Rome bound for Munich in the company of the Prussian count, jurist, and diplomat Karl von Voß-Buch.
26.1.1830		Arrival at Florence on the way to Munich.
30.1.1830			Design for a monument to Friedrich Schiller commissioned by Verein für Schiller’s Denkmal.
31.1.1830		Leaves Florence for Munich.
31.1.1830	Elected honorary member of the Academia et Universitas Vilnensis, Vilnius.
February or March 1830		Rejser muligvis over Carrara for at besøge marmorbruddene dér.
February or March 1830		Rejser muligvis over Pisa for at bese Andrea Vaccà Berlinghieris gravmonument, jf. A613, på Campo Santo.
Presumably 11.2.1830		Passes Innsbruck.
14.2.1830	Andrea Vaccà Berlinghieri’s monument is unveiled in Campo Santo, Pisa, without Thorvaldsen’s attendance.
14.2.1830		Arrives in Munich. Lodges in the apartment of Christian Daniel Rauch at Odeonsplatz nr. 1068.
14.2.1830	Visits the bedridden Ludwig 1. immediately after his arrival in Munich.
15.2. - 13.3.1830	Besøger maleriudstilling af lokale kunstnere i Kunstverein München.
16.2.1830	Besøger dronning Therese af Bayern.
17.2.1830	Deltager i hofbal i München.
18.2. - 2.3.1830			Negociations and drawing up of a contract for a monument to Maximilian 1., cf. A128, between Thorvaldsen and Leo von Klenze.
19.2.1830	Celebration in Thorvaldsen’s honour in the hall of Paradiesgarten in Munich.
22.2.1830	Til middag hos Augusta Amalia von Leuchtenberg.
27.2.1830	Celebration in Thorvaldsen’s honour with artists and professors, given by the vice-chancellor of the university Friedrich Thiersch.
Spring 1830	A plaster cast of Baptismal Font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555,3, A555,4, is exhibited in the spring exhibition of Charlottenborg as catalogue number 165: Baptismal Font, for the church of Myklabye in Iceland
4.3.1830	Celebration in Thorvaldsen’s honour at the Odeon. 150 of the most important persons in Munich attends.
4.3.1830	The party continues the same evening at the torchlit Glyptothek in Munich on the inititave of Ludwig 1.. Thorvaldsen is greeted with a song.
6.3.1830	Elected member of the Kunstverein München during his stay in that city.
8.3.1830	Visits Queen Therese.
8.3.1830	Thorvaldsen’s Roman birthday is celebrated by the Society of Danish Roman at an inn in Christianshavn without the sculptor’s presence. 21 men are present. Songs by F.C. Hillerup and N.C.L. Abrahams.
8.3.1830	Spends the evening of his Roman birthday with the members of the “Liederkranz” without mentioning the special meaning of the day until after he has left the party.
8.3.1830	Woken up during the night following his Roman birthday with late cheering and singing by the “Liederkranz”.
12.3.1830	The monument to the Duke of Leuchtenberg Eugène de Beauharnais, cf. A156, is unveiled in Saint Michael’s Church, Munich.
14.3.1830		Departs from Munich bound for Rome in the company of Peter von Hess and Bernhard von Eichthal.
20.3.1830		Arrives in Florence.
Presumably 21.3.1830	Sees Stefano Ricci’s Cenotaph of Dante Alighieri, 1818-29, in Santa Croce, Firenze.
22.3.1830		Leaves Florence bound for Rome.
25.3.1830		Arrives in Rome.
11.5.1830	Nicolaus Copernicus, bronze, cf. A113, is unveiled in Warsaw in front of the Staszic palace.
25.5.1830	Elected honorary member of the Verein von Künstlern und Kunstfreunden, Nuremberg.
Summer 1830			The execution of the original model, now lost, of Cupid and Erato, cf. A343.
14.6.1830	Probably visits his daughter Elisa Thorvaldsen in her French convent school in Rome, Maison Royale de S. Denys. Perhaps in the company of Anna Maria Uhden.
30.6.1830	Member of the Société des Amis des Lettres in Warsaw.
August 1830			Sketch, possibly C350r, for the monument to George Gordon Byron, A130.
8.8.1830	Draws up his first will, in which he leaves his works and collections to Copenhagen in return for the foundation of Thorvaldsens Museum.
12.8.1830	Elected honorary member of the Accademia della Valle Tiberina Toscana de Scienze ed Arti, Firenze.
Not earlier than 21.8.1830			Monument to George Gordon Byron, C352, cf. A130.
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.
November 1830	The spot for the funerary monument of Pius 7., cf. A142, in St. Peter’s, Rome, is ready.
19.11.1830			Drawing, C349, of possible design for Napoleon Bonaparte, cf. A909, and Victory, A360.
December 1830			Angel, A146.
December 1830			Angel, A147.
24.12.1830	Celebrates Christmas with Danish artists in Rome.
31.12.1830	Awarded the Accademia Tiberina’s medal for 1830, F124.
Presumably 1831			Cupid and Erato, A343.
Presumably 1831 - 1832			Dissatisfied with not having received a commission for the 12 apostles for the Church of Our Lady in marble, Thorvaldsen decides to let them carve at his own expense, cf. A86, A87, A89, A91, A93, A96, A98, A99, A101, A103, A105, A108.
Begun 1831			Walter Scott, A255.
1831			Four Babylonians with Horses, A507.
1831			Maximilian 1., jf. A189.
1831			Mother and her Children with Sheep, A511.
Not earlier than 1831			Cupid and the Graces, A375.
Not earlier than 1831			Cupid Riding on a Lion, A389.
Not earlier than 1831			Shepherdess with a Nest of Cupids, A424.
Not earlier than 1831			Pan and a Satyr, A352.
Beginning of 1831			August von Goethe, A632.
January 1831			John Wyllie, cf. A283, is modelled. Marble version at the Town and County Hall, Forfar, Scotland, acc.nr. F1988.1.
8.1.1831	The city of Turin sends Thorvaldsen a gold box in acknowledgement of his assistance to young Turin artists in Rome.
8.1.1831	Elected member of the Società di Musica.
25.1.1831	Elected permanent member of Kunstforeningen af 1825 (The Art Society of 1825, Copenhagen).
29.1.1831	Jonas Collin is in charge of commissioning a portrait bust of Thorvaldsen, executed by H.W. Bissen.
February 1831	Revolutionary atmosphere in Rome during the Carnival. Thorvaldsen fears for his works.
Spring 1831			Peter, cf. A86, and Paul, cf. A103, are sent to Carrara to be carved in marble.
Spring 1831	Considers leaving Rome as soon as his works in progress have been completed, due to the crisis in February.
8.3.1831	Thorvaldsen’s Roman birthday is celebrated by the Society of Danish Romans at Bødkerkroen on Christianshavn without the sculptor’s presence. 27-28 men attend.
Begun 23.3.1831 - completed 13.1.1832	Bust of Thorvaldsen, G119, is executed by H.W. Bissen.
2.4.1831	Pius 7.’s monument, AX392, is unveiled in St. Peter’s, Rome.
16.4.1831	Meets Samuel Morse for the first time at a dinner party.
Completed May 1831			Marble version of Henry Labouchère, cf. A294.
May 1831			George Gordon Byron, A130.
Not earlier than May 1831			George Gordon Byron, A132.
1.5.1831	Awarded the title of Officier de l’Ordre Royal de la Légion d’Honneur, N21.
20.5.1831	Christian Friedrich Tieck’s copy of Goddess of Hope, cf. A47, is placed on the top of the granite column which constitutes the monument to Caroline von Humboldt in the garden of Schloss Tegel, Berlin.
Presumably summer 1831			Woman Letting a Boy Ride a Ram, cf. A506.
Presumably summer 1831			Warrior Leading a Horse, A513.
Presumably summer 1831			Ulysses Receiving the Arms of Achilles, A498.
Presumably summer 1831			Pan and a Satyr, A353.
Not earlier that summer 1831 - end of 1831			Cupid and the Graces, A376.
Not later than June 1831			The Genius of Poetry, A134.
Not earlier than June 1831			The Genius of Poetry, A131.
23.6.1831	The poet Angelo Maria Ricci sends Thorvaldsen suggestions for the cycle of Cupid reliefs in a letter dated 23.6.1831.
Not earlier than July 1831 - not later than September 1831			Cupid Sets Stone on Fire, A404.
Not earlier than July 1831 - not later than September 1831			Cupid Charms Flowers, A403.
Not earlier than July 1831 - not later than September 1831			Cupid Sailing, A400.
Not earlier than July 1831 - not later than September 1831			Cupid Sailing, A401, reworked version of A400.
Not earlier than July 1831 - not later than September 1831			Cupid and a Dog, A398.
Not earlier than July 1831 - not later than September 1831			Cupid and a Butterfly, A399.
Not earlier than July 1831 - not later than September 1831			Cupid and Ganymede, A395.
Not earlier than July 1831 - not later than September 1831			Cupid and Hymen, A455.
Not earlier than July 1831 - not later than September 1831			Cupid and Jupiter, A392.
Not earlier than July 1831 - not later than September 1831			Cupid Collecting Shells, A402.
Not earlier than July 1831 - not later than September 1831			Cupid, Jupiter and Juno, A394.
Not earlier than July 1831 - not later than September 1831			Cupid, Jupiter and Juno, A878, presumably after a preparatory model of A394.
Presumably autumn 1831			Cupid Riding on a Lion, A390.
Presumably autumn 1831			Hylas and the Water Nymphs, A483.
Presumably autumn 1831			Shepherdess with a Nest of Cupids, A425.
Not earlier than September 1831			Cupid and a Dog, A396.
Not earlier than September 1831			Cupid and a Butterfly, A397.
Not earlier than September 1831			Cupid and Jupiter, A391.
Not earlier than September 1831			Cupid, Jupiter and Juno, A393.
11.9.1831	Threatens to resign from the Accademia di S. Luca, Rome.
14.9.1831	The Accademia di S. Luca asks Thorvaldsen to withdraw his resignation of 11.9.1831.
20.9.1831	Portrayed in a painting by Samuel Morse.
Presumably October 1831			Bernhard von Eichthal, A243.
Completed October 1831			Jacob Loewy?, A885.
Completed October 1831			Ludwig 1.’s version of Adonis, cf. A53, marble, Neue Pinakothek, Munich is finished. The statue was commissioned autumn 1808.
20.10.1831	Receives, through Torlonia, the third and last instalment (5,000 scudi) of the 9,000 Roman scudi that Christian (8.) Frederik borrowed from Thorvaldsen in 1821.
9.11.1831			Ludwig 1. is pleased with the completion of Adonis, cf. A53, and inquires about Maximilian 1., cf. A128.
Presumably 1832			The Graces Dancing, A374.
Presumably 1832			Hylas and the Water Nymphs, A482.
Presumably 1832			Charles James Patrick Mahon?, A286.
Presumably 1832			Horace Vernet, A884.
Presumably 1832 - 1833			Ulysses Receiving the Arms of Achilles, A497.
Presumably 1832 - 1833			Julia Potocka, A269.
Presumably 1832 - 1838			Vulcan, A10, preparatory work for A9.
1832			Alexander the Great Sets Fire to Persepolis, A515.
1832			Horace Vernet, A254.
1832	Publication of Angelo Maria Ricci’s book Anacreonte novissimo with line engravings of Thorvaldsen’s reliefs.
1832 - 1834			Cupid and Hymen, A454.
3.3.1832	The city of Mainz contacts Thorvaldsen regarding a monument to Johann Gutenberg.
8.3.1832	Thorvaldsen’s Roman birthday is celebrated by the Society of Danish Romans at Christianshavns Borgerdydsskole without the sculptor’s presence.
April - May 1832	Walter Scott is in Rome and visits Thorvaldsen.
Summer 1832 - summer 1833			Horse, A129, preparatory work for A128.
Begun June 1832			The Procession to Parnassus, A339.
8.8.1832	Applies for permission to adopt his daughter Elisa before her forthcoming marriage to Fritz Paulsen.
8.8.1832			The city of Mainz commissions a monument to Johan Gutenberg, cf. A114.
Not earlier than 8.8.1832		Travels to Carrara with his daughter Elisa in order to inspect Christ, cf. A82.
Not earlier than 8.8.1832	Thorvaldsen requests and receives study material on Johann Gutenberg for the execution of the Gutenberg monument, cf. A114, A115, A116.
21.8.1832			Receives a commission for four statues of his own choice from Slotsbygningskommissionen (Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace) for the Great Hall in Christiansborg Palace.
Presumably September 1832		Travels from Carrara via Genoa to Vicenza with Elisa in order to ask the clergy to allow the Catholic Elisa to marry the Protestant Fritz Paulsen.
Not later than 30.10.1832		Leaves Elisa in a convent in Vinenza. This is not according to Thorvaldsen’s own wish, but according to a demand made by Fritz Paulsen, his coming son in law.
30.10.1832		Travels alone from Vicenza to Milan via Padua.
November 1832		Stays in Milan, where he visits, among others, Heinrich Mylius, who commissions a work for his late son Julius’ chapel in Loveno on Lake Como.
November 1832		During his stay in Milan THorvaldsen visits Novara, where he views the high altar in the Basilica di S. Gaudenzio, for which he receives a commission for two bas-reliefs in bronze from Alessandro Antonelli.
Beginning of November 1832		Returns to Rome.
24.11.1832 - 11.6.1835	Considers travel to Copenhagen, but postpones the plan.
21.12.1832	Fritz Paulsen and Elisa Thorvaldsen leave Vicenza for Laibach (Ljubljana) in order to get married there.
24.12.1832	Gives a Christmas party for Danes in Rome; among the guests is C.H. Donner.
25.12.1832	Thorvaldsen’s daughter Elisa marries Fritz Paulsen in Laibach (Ljubljana).
Presumably 1833			Hylas and the Water Nymphs, A484.
1833			Conradin, A151, preparatory work for A150.
1833			Conradin, A820, cast of A151.
1833			Hovering Angels, A590. Model of bronze reliefs for the high altar in the Basilica di S. Gaudenzio, Novara (see november 1832), commissioned by Alessandro Antonelli”:/personer/antonelli-alessandro.
1833			Hovering Angels, A591. Model of bronze reliefs for the high altar in the Basilica di S. Gaudenzio, Novara (see november 1832), commissioned by Alessandro Antonelli”:/personer/antonelli-alessandro.
1833			Executes the relief Thorvaldsen at the meta. Present location unknown.
Not earlier than 1833			The Genii of Music Playing, A587.
Not earlier than 1833			The Genii of Music Singing, A585.
1833 - 1835			John, A578.
1833 - 1835			Matthew, A575.
1833 - 1835			Maximilian 1., A762.
1833 - 1846	Thorvaldsen’s “studio museum” in his extended residence at Charlottenborg.
16.1.1833			Caritas, marble relief, cf. A598, which had been given to Hans Henrik Gunnerus, is bought by Kirkebygningskommissionen and placed in the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen.
28.1.1833	Probably attends the celebration of Frederik 6.’s birthday by Danes in Rome. A song by Ludvig Bødtcher is sung.
Presumably spring 1833	The Ponte Molle Society arranges a triumphal procession in Thorvaldsen’s honour and probably presents him with the bajocco order, N90.
March 1833	Buys Wilhelm Bendz’ Artists in Finck’s Coffee-house in Munich, B197.
8.3.1833	Thorvaldsen’s Roman birthday is celebrated by the Society of Danish Romans at Christianshavns Borgerdydsskole without the sculptor’s presence. 33 men attend. A song by F.C. Hillerup is sung.
12.3.1833	Frederik 6. gives Thorvaldsen permission to adopt his daughter Elisa.
28.3.1833	Appointed director of the The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, due to Thorvaldsen’s message about his approaching return.
Presumably completed April 1833			The marble version of Charles James Patrick Mahon?, cf. A286, is completed. Location unknown.
6.4.1833	Recommends H.W. Bissen for the execution of the frieze for Christiansborg Palace, cf. the later Ceres og Bacchus (burned 1884).
12.4.1833	Elected honorary member of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Ravenna.
14.4.1833			Heinrich Mylius commissions a funerary monument to his son Julius, inspired by a treatise by Johann Gottfried von Herder (1744-1803) on Nemesis, cf. A364.
1.5.1833	The corvette Galathea leaves Copenhagen bound for Tangier, Tripoli, Malta, Naples, and Leghorn.
19.5.1833	Elected honorary member of L’Ateneo di Brescia.
Not earlier than 27.5.1833 - not later than 6.8.1833	65 crates with Thorvaldsen’s art works are transported from Rome to Leghorn by boat.
Presumably summer 1833			Bacchante and a Satyr, A355.
Presumably summer 1833			The Abduction of Ganymede, A349.
Presumably summer 1833			The Abduction of Ganymede, A350.
Presumably summer 1833			Hebe and Ganymede, A351.
Presumably summer 1833			Hylas and the Water Nymphs, A485, reworked version of A483.
Presumably summer 1833			John, A582.
Presumably summer 1833			Luke, A581.
Presumably summer 1833			Luke, A583.
Presumably summer 1833			Luke, A584.
Presumably summer 1833			Mark, A580.
Presumably summer 1833			Matthew, A579.
Presumably summer 1833			The Genii of Music Playing, A588.
Presumably summer 1833			The Genii of Music Singing, A586.
Presumably summer 1833			The Fates, A366.
Summer 1833	Disagreement between Thorvaldsen and P.O. Brøndsted about Brøndsted’s collections, which have been given as security against a loan from Thorvaldsen.
Begun summer 1833 - completed 28.6.1834			The monument Johann Gutenberg, A114, is executed by H.W. Bissen under Thorvaldsen’s supervision.
Not earlier than summer 1833 - 28.6.1834			Preparatory work for the base of the Gutenberg Monument, A709.
Not earlier than 16.7.1833 - not later than 6.8.1833	The marble version of Christ, cf. A82, for the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen is sailed from Carrara to Leghorn.
23.7.1833 - 28.7.1833	The corvette Galathea is in Naples.
31.7.1833	Elected member of Det Kongelige Nordiske Oldskriftselskab (The Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries).
Not later than August 1833			Sketch The Invention of the Movable Types, C395 for the relief, A115. Part of the Gutenberg Monument, A114.
Not later than August 1833			Sketches of clay models of the monument Johann Gutenberg, A114 are sent to the Gutenberg Commission.
Begun August 1833			Maximilian 1., A128.
4.8.1833 - 6.8.1833	The corvette Galathea spends two days in quarantine before entering the port of Livorno.
7.8.1833	The corvette Galathea is loaded with 65 crates containing several of Thorvaldsen’s works.
Not earlier than 8.8.1833	The corvette Galathea leaves Leghorn bound for Copenhagen, carrying 65 crates with Thorvaldsen’s art works.
Autumn 1833	Ludvig Bødtcher helps Thorvaldsen in legal matters concerning his testament.
Autumn 1833			Sketch of The Invention of the Printing Press, A118 (preparatory work for A116, executed by H.W. Bissen). Part of the Gutenberg Monument, A114.
Autumn 1833 - 28.6.1834			The Invention of the Printing Press, A116 is executed by H.W. Bissen under Thorvaldsen’s supervision. Part of the Gutenberg Monument, A114.
Autumn 1833 - 28.6.1834			The Invention of the Movable Types, A115 is executed by H.W. Bissen under Thorvaldsen’s supervision. Part of the Gutenberg Monument, A114.
14.9.1833	Attends the opening of Raphael’s grave in the Pantheon. The event is depicted in Francesco Diofebi’s painting, B73, the tomb itself is shown in E1100.
20.9.1833	The corvette Galathea arrives in Copenhagen, carrying 65 crates with Thorvaldsen’s art works.
5.10.1833	H.C. Andersen sees in Campo Santo in Pisa Thorvaldsen’s newly erected funerary monument to Andrea Vaccà Berlinghieri, cf. A613
18.10.1833	H.C. Andersen arrives in Rome.
18.10.1833	Attends the re-funeral of Rafael in the Pantheon. H.C. Andersen sees Thorvaldsen for the first time.
19.10.1833	H.C. Andersen visits Thorvaldsen in Casa Buti, introduced by Christen Christensen.
Completed 20.10.1833			Monument to Raphael, A611.
21.10.1833	Christen Christensen works on an unknown portrait of Thorvaldsen.
22.10.1833	Awarded the silver cross of the Order of Dannebrog.
23.10.1833	Attends a soirée at the residence of Princess Charlotte Frederikke, where H.C. Andersen reads from his works.
26.10.1833	Asks Jonas Collin for help in financial matters.
27.10.1833	H.C. Andersen sees Thorvaldsen’s monument to Pius 7. in St. Peter’s, cf. A142, A143, A144, A145, A146 and A147.
7.11.1833	H.C. Andersen visits Thorvaldsen’s studios and sees Psyche in plaster, A26, and George Gordon Byron in marble, cf. A130.
Middle of November 1833	Christ in marble, cf. A82, is taken to the Church of Our Lady but is not erected until spring 1839.
18.11.1833	Attends a party in the Ponte Molle Society with Scandinavian and German artists, among them H.C. Andersen.
28.11.1833	Attends a magnificent party at the Palazzo Torlonia in Piazza Venezia given by Anna Maria Torlonia. H.C. Andersen and Horace Vernet are among the guests.
6.12.1833	Visits H.C. Andersen, who reads his Agnete and the Merman. Also present are H.W. Bissen, Fritz Petzholdt, Andreas Ludvig Koop and Henrik Hertz.
24.12.1833	Celebrates Christmas Eve at the Villa Borghese with a party of Scandinavian artists, including H.C. Andersen, Ditlev Blunck, Johan Niklas Byström, Ludvig Bødtcher, Christen Christensen, Thomas Fearnley, Henrik Hertz, and J.L. Jensen, Carl Gustaf Plagemann, Ludvig Zeuthen.
Begun 1834			Horace Vernet, A253.
1834			Children Praying, for the Monument to Artur Potocki, A628.
1834			Luke, A577.
1834			Mark, A576.
1834	Bronze versions of the reliefs Hovering Angels (A590 and A591) are placed at the high altar of the Basilica di S. Gaudenzio, Novara.
Not earlier than 1834			Bacchante and a Satyr, A354.
1834 - 1838			Leonardo Fibonacci, A187.
1834 - 1838			Leonardo Fibonacci, A722.
1.1.1834	His grandson Alberto is born.
1.1. - 8.1.1834			Nemesis attended by the Genii of Punishment and Reward, A364, for Heinrich Mylius’ funerary monument to his son Julius.
2.1.1834	His grandson Alberto is baptized in St. Peter’s. Charlotte Frederikke is godmother and Thorvaldsen and Luigi Chiaveri godfathers.
8.1.1834	H.C. Andersen visits Thorvaldsen, who encourages him. Andersen gives his poem The Dying Child to the sculptor.
15.1.1834	Thorvaldsen is about to fall from a scaffold during the modelling of the horse for the monument to Maximilian 1. (A128).
24.1.1834	Elected member of the Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti, Genoa.
28.1.1834	Frederik 6.’s birthday is celebrated by Princess Charlotte Frederikke and the Danes living in Rome. Thorvaldsen is probably present.
February 1834	Gives up his plans for returning to Denmark this winter.
Begun 3.2.1834 - completed 28.6.1834			The statue for the monument Johann Gutenberg, A114. Clay model for the plaster cast, cf. A117 is executed by H.W. Bissen under Thorvaldsen’s supervision.
11.2.1834	Frederik 6. approves Thorvaldsen’s donation of his own works and collections to Denmark.
March - May 1834			Walter Scott, cf. A255, marble, 58 cm, National Galleries of Scotland.
8.3.1834	Thorvaldsen’s Roman birthday is celebrated by the Society of Danish Romans at Christianshavns Borgerdydsskole without the sculptor’s presence. 31 men attend. A song by Christian Winther and a song to Thorvaldsen by F.C. Hillerup are sung.
29.3.1834	Walks with H.C. Andersen in Rome.
31.3.1834	Says goodbye to the departing H.C. Andersen, writes a greeting in his album, and shows him Nemesis attended by the Genii of Punishment and Reward, A364.
18.4.1834	Elected honorary member of the Accademia dei Filomati di Scienze, Lettere e Belle Arti in Lucca.
Summer 1834			Huntress on a Horse, A647.
2.8.1834	H.W. Bissen leaves Rome.
Autumn 1834	G.F. Hetsch drafts a proposal for the conversion of the ruins of the Marble Church into a museum dedicated to Thorvaldsen.
Beginning of October 1834	Ludwig 1. besøger Thorvaldsen i Rom.
23.10.1834	Receives a visit from Martinus Rørbye and Ditlev Blunck.
26.10.1834	Is godfather to Adam Gottlob Moltke-Huitfeldt’s (1798-1876) son, Vladimir von Moltke-Huitfeldt (1834-1894), in the German Protestant chapel, Palazzo Caffarelli, Rom.
Completed November 1834			Hunter on a Horse, A646.
1.12.1834	Visits Horace Vernet’s workshop in the company of Peter Wulff and Martinus Rørbye.
Not later than 18.12.1834			Monument to the two Poninski Children, A617, prepatory work for A616.
1835			Lyre, A708.
1835			The Genius of Poetry, A526.
1835	Receives a visit from the French author Alexandre Dumas père during the latter’s journey through Italy.
1835 - 1836			Charlotte Dorothea Fischer, A871.
1835 - 1846	Thorvaldsen’s “Pre-Museum” at Christiansborg Palace.
Presumably completed January 1835	Horace Vernet paints Portrait of Thorvaldsen modelling the bust of Vernet, B95.
January 1835			The marble version of George Gordon Byron, AX682, arrives in London, but is not placed in Westminster Abbey due to controversies about Byron’s reputation.
28.1.1835	Frederik 6.’s birthday is celebrated by Danes in Rome. A song by Ludvig Bødtcher is sung.
31.1.1835	Attends Horace Vernet’s farewell party in the Palazzo Ruspoli. Vernet is fined 100 scudi for breaking the fast.
Beginning of February 1835	Horace Vernet leaves Rome.
18.2.1835	Possibly at the theatre to see Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard’s play Der Jahrmarkt zu Borgo di Trastullo.
8.3.1835	Thorvaldsen’s Roman birthday is celebrated by the Cociety of Danish Romans at Christianshavns Borgerdydsskole without the sculptor’s presence. 45 men attend. A song about Rome and Thorvaldsen by H.C. Andersen and two songs by F.C. Hillerup are sung.
18.3.1835	Awarded honorary citizenship of Mainz, cf. N35. Does not receive the diploma until his visit to the city 1.7.1841.
20.4.1835	Elected honorary member of the Accademia Aretina di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in Arezzo.
27.4.1835			Signs a contract with Helena Poninska for the Monument to the two Poninski Children, cf. A616.
Beginning of May 1835	The frigate Bellona leaves Copenhagen.
Summer 1835			Friedrich Schiller, A138, preparatory work for A770.
8.6.1835	The frigate Bellona reaches Leghorn.
9.7.1835	The frigate Bellona leaves Leghorn bound for Copenhagen, carrying Thorvaldsen’s works.
20.7.1835	Honorary member of the Società Petrarchina di Scienze e Belle Arti in Arezzo.
Autumn 1835			Monument to the two Poninski Children is begun, cf. A616 and A917.
Autumn 1835			The Judgement of Solomon, A554.
September 1835			The Resurrection, A561.
5.9.1835	The frigate Bellona arrives in Copenhagen with some of Thorvaldsen’s works.
9.9.1835			Formanden for Schiller-foreningen udtrykker glæde over Karl von Kolbs beskrivelse af den færdige skitse til Schiller-statuen, A138.
End of October 1835	The Danish merchant Hans Puggaard arrives in Rome with his wife, the painter Bolette Puggaard, and his daughter Marie. Together with a young relative, they spend six months in the city – often in Thorvaldsen’s company.
1.11.1835	Receives a visit from the Puggaard family.
2.11.1835	Shows the Puggaard family round his studios, where work is being done on Maximilian I., A128. Gathers roses in his garden for Marie and Bolette Puggaard.
5.11.1835	Evening party at the house of the Puggaard family in Via degli Avignonesi.
Presumably 23.11.1835	Aftenselskab hos familien Puggaard. Møder her Constantin Hansen, der lige er ankommet til Rom.
Presumably winter 1835 - 1836			Restores the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius in the Campidoglio.
Not earlier than December 1835 - not later than February 1836			Thomas Dyke Acland and Lydia Elizabeth, neé Hoare (1786-1856) acquire or are given two terracotta reliefs of Night , cf. A369, and Day, cf. A370, as a remembrance of their stay in Rome. The reliefs are still in the library of the Ackland family’s former home Killerton House, Devon, England.
13.12.1835	Attends an evening party at the house of the Puggaard family, along with the German painters Joh. Christian Reinhart and Franz Ludwig Catel. The daughter of the house Marie serves pancakes.
22.12.1835	Elected member of the Koninklijk Instituut van Wetenschappen, Amsterdam.
24.12.1835	Celebrates Christmas with the other Danes in Rome, among them the Puggaard family, the painters Jørgen V. Sonne, who made the Christmas porridge, Ditlev Blunck and Fritz Petzholdt.
End of 1835			Marble version of Nemesis Attended by the Genii of Punishment and Reward, cf. A364, is completed and placed in Julius Mylius’ chapel in Loveno.
Presumably 1836			The Hovering Graces, A338.
1836			Cupid with the Lyre, A33, copy in marble presumably executed by Johann Scholl after A786.
1836			The Graces Listening to Cupid’s Song, A601.
1836			The Gutenberg Monument, cf. A114, A115, A116 cast in bronze by Charles Crozatier (1795-1855) in Paris.
1836			Alteration of the original model Jason With the Golden Fleece, A52, from 1802-03.
Beginning of 1836			Childhood or Spring, A642.
Beginning of 1836			Manhood or Autumn, A644.
Beginning of 1836			Faith, Hope and Charity, A599.
Beginning of 1836			Youth or Summer, A643.
Presumably January 1836			Old Age or Winter, A645.
10.1.1836	Attends a merry party in the evening along with Joseph Anton Koch, Ditlev Blunck, Fritz Petzholdt, the Puggaard family, and others. Plays the tambourine and dances.
6.2.1836	Dines at the house the Puggaard family.
7.2.1836	Carneval celebration at the house of the Puggaard family in Via degli Avignonesi, in the company of Ditlev Blunck, Constantin Hansen, Ferdinand Flor, Fritz Petzholdt, Leopold Pollack, and others.
8.3.1836	Celebrates his Roman birthday at the house of the Puggaard family in Rome with tableaux inspired by his own and Raphael’s works and arranged by Ferdinand Flor. Song by Heinrich Jakob Fried. Music with lyrics by Scipione Barberi. The text for a song by Henrik Hertz for the same date suggests that a party was held in Denmark that same evening.
8.3.1836	Thorvaldsen’s Roman birthday is celebrated by the Society of Danish Romans at Christianshavns Borgerdydsskole without the sculptor’s presence. Prologue by Jørgen Jørgensen, a song by H.C. Andersen and another one about Rome and Thorvaldsen by Henrik Hertz are sung.
10.3.1836	Visits the Puggaard family and gives Marie Puggaard an antique ring with a reproduction of The Goddess of Hope, cf. A47.
11.3.1836	Visits Bolette Puggaard.
23.3.1836		Excursion to Nemi and Monte Gentile near Ariccia, arranged by the Puggaard family.
31.3.1836	Thorvaldsen’s post as director of Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi (The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen) is extended.
7.4.1836	Visits the Puggaard family in the evening.
22.4.1836	Evening party at the house of the Puggaard family.
24.4.1836	Takes leave of the Puggaard family, who set out for Naples at 5 o’clock in the morning.
Presumably summer 1836			Apollo, A326.
Presumably summer 1836			Conradin, A150.
Presumably summer 1836			Erato, Muse of Lyric and Love Poetry, A333.
Presumably summer 1836			Euterpe, Muse of Music, A329.
Presumably summer 1836			Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry, A336.
Presumably summer 1836			Clio, Muse of History, A328.
Presumably summer 1836			The Genius of Light with Pegasus, A327.
Presumably summer 1836			Maximilian 1., cf. A128, is completed.
Presumably summer 1836			Melpomene, Muse of Tragedy, A331.
Presumably summer 1836			Minerva, A325.
Presumably summer 1836			Mnemosyne and Harpocrates, A337.
Presumably summer 1836			Polyhymnia, Muse of Religious Poetry, A334.
Presumably summer 1836			Terpsichore, Muse of Dancing, A332.
Presumably summer 1836			Thalia, Muse of Comedy, A330.
Presumably summer 1836			Urania, Muse of Astronomy, A335.
Presumably autumn 1836	Arranges the collections in the Museo Gregoriano Estrusco, which opens in 1837.
Autumn 1836			Alexander the Great Sets Fire to Persepolis, A516, reworked version of A515.
Not later than September 1836			Maximilian 1., cf. A128, arrives in Munich.
Not later than 9.9.1836			Friedrich Schiller, cf. A770, modelled by Wilhelm Matthiä, is completed.
Not later than 9.9.1836			The Apotheosis of Friedrich Schiller, A135, is modelled by Wilhelm Matthiä.
Not later than 9.9.1836			Griffin and Lyre, A707, modelled by Wilhelm Matthiä.
Not later than 9.9.1836			The Genius of Poetry, A136, is modelled by Wilhelm Matthiä.
Not later than 9.9.1836			The Goddess of Victory, A137, is modelled by Wilhelm Matthiä.
Winter 1836 - 1837			Achilles and Patroclus, A494.
Winter 1836 - 1837			Achilles and Penthesilia, A496.
31.12.1836	The Accademia di S. Luca decides to strike a gold medal in Thorvaldsen’s honour, F8. The medal depicts the emblem of the academy and the art of painting, St. Luke the evangelist, after Thorvaldsen’s relief, A581.
End of December 1836	Comitteen for Oprettelsen af Thorvaldsens Museum (The Committee for the Foundation of Thorvaldsen’s Museum) is appointed.
Presumably 1837			Amor, Jupiter and Juno, cf. A394, commissioned in marble by Alessandro Torlonia. Now in the inner courtyard of the Palazzo Giraud-Torlonia, Rome.
Presumably 1837			Briseis and Achilles, cf. A491, commissioned in marble by Alessandro Torlonia. Now in the inner courtyard of the Palazzo Giraud-Torlonia, Rome.
Presumably 1837			Hector with Paris and Helen, cf. A500, commissioned in marble by Alessandro Torlonia. Now in the inner courtyard of the Palazzo Giraud-Torlonia, Rome.
Presumably 1837			Hector and Andromache, cf. A501, commissioned in marble by Alessandro Torlonia. Now in the inner courtyard of the Palazzo Giraud-Torlonia, Rome.
Presumably 1837			Hylas and the Water Nymphs, cf. A483, commissioned in marble by Alessandro Torlonia. Now in the inner courtyard of the Palazzo Giraud-Torlonia, Rome.
Presumably 1837			Ulysses Receiving the Arms of Achilles, cf. A498, commissioned in marble by Alessandro Torlonia. Now in the inner courtyard of the Palazzo Giraud-Torlonia, Rome.
Presumably 1837			Priam Pleads with Achilles for Hector’s Body, cf. A492, commissioned in marble by Alessandro Torlonia. Now in the inner courtyard of the Palazzo Giraud-Torlonia, Rome.
Presumably 1837			Venus, Mars and Cupid in the Smithy of Vulcan, cf. A419, commissioned in marble by Alessandro Torlonia. Now in the inner courtyard of the Palazzo Giraud-Torlonia, Rome.
1837			Head of a Woman with Tiara, A723.
1837			Maximilian 1., cf. A128, is cast in bronze by Stiegelmayer in munich.
1837			The Invention of the Movable Types, A115 (part of the Gutenberg Monument, cf. A114) is sent from the bronze caster Charles Crozatier (1795-1855) to Frankfurt am Main, where it is prepared by J.J. Barth (? ~~after 1837) and cast by J.G.B. Beyer (?~~ after 1860).
1837			Frederik Siegfried Vogt, A221.
1837			Frederik Siegfried Vogt, A222.
1837			Carlo Torlonia commissions a series of bas-reliefs for Castelgandolfo, the villa of the Torlonia family. The reliefs are executed during the years 1838-1842 by Pietro Galli after Thorvaldsen’s sketches.
1837			Wilhelm 1. commissions marble versions of Childhood or Spring, cf. A642, Youth or Summerer, cf. A643, Manhood or Autumn, cf. A644, Old Age or Winter, cf. A645, Shepherdess with a Nest of Cupids, cf. A425, and Cupid Complains to Venus about a Bee Sting, cf. A780. Today all in the Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart.
Not earlier than 1837			Achilles and Penthesilia, A495.
Not earlier than 1837			Old Age or Winter, A641.
Not earlier than 1837			Childhood or Spring, A638 og A910.
Not earlier than 1837			Manhood or Autumn, A640.
Not earlier than 1837			Youth or Summer, A639.
Beginning of 1837			Briseis and Achilles, A491, reworked version of A490.
Beginning of 1837			Chiron and Achilles, A488.
Beginning of 1837			Hector with Paris and Helen, A500, reworked version of A499.
Beginning of 1837			Hector and Andromache, A501.
Beginning of 1837			Homer Singing for the People, A502.
Beginning of 1837			The Genius of Justice, A531.
Beginning of 1837			The Genius of Governmemt, A530.
Beginning of 1837			Thetis and Achilles, A487.
10.1.1837	Comitteen for Oprettelsen af Thorvaldsens Museum (The Committee for the Foundation of Thorvaldsen’s Museum) initiates a national collection, i.e. an ‘Invitation to contribute to a museum for Thorvaldsen’.
Not later than 29.1.1837	Presents a version of the relief Cupid on the Lion’s Back, cf. A388 or A389 and A390 to Melchiorre Missirini.
30.1.1837	Awarded two silver medals and a gilt bronze medal by Gregory 16. for his efforts on behalf of Museo Gregoriano Etrusco.
8.2.1837	Awarded the grand cross of the Friedrich Order by Wilhelm 1. of Württemberg, N15.
Spring 1837			The Art Society in Frankfurt tries again to persuade Thorvaldsen to execute a Goethe monument; a project which, however, is abandoned.
25.3.1837	Thorvaldsen donates plaster casts to the Stuttgart Art School.
27.3.1837	A poem by Henrik Hertz for the benefit of the building of Thorvaldsens Museum is recited in the Royal Theatre as part of the evening’s programme.
Beginning of April 1837	Attends the Cervaro festival with 200 participants.
21.4. - 4.11.1837			Alexander the Great in his Chariot, cf. A508, commissioned in marble by Alessandro Torlonia. Now in the inner courtyard of the Palazzo Giraud-Torlonia, Rome. Executed by Johann Scholl.
12.5.1837	The Students’ Association performs a play for the benefit of the planned Thorvaldsens Museum. The performance takes place at Pettoletti’s Theatre in Vesterbro in København.
15.5.1837			The models for the Schiller monument arrives from Rome at Munich to be cast in bronze by Johann Baptist Stiglmaier at the Königliche Erzgießerei.
28.5.1837	On the occasion of the 6^th anniversary of the establishment of the provincial consultative chambers, a celebration is held at the Royal Shooting Range in Copenhagen. A song is sung to Thorvaldsen, who is not present.
Summer 1837			Apollo and the Shepherds, A344.
Summer 1837			Bacchante with Bird, A648.
Summer 1837	Outbreak of cholera in Rome.
21.6.1837	The Comittee for the Establishment of Thorvaldsens Museum holds a general meeting in the Students’ Association in Copenhagen. A new board of 15 is elected.
24.6.1837	Gottlieb Bindesbøll sends a project for Thorvaldsens Museum to Jonas Collin.
1.7.1837			Ludwig 1. rejects the erection of the bronze casts of A530 and A531 on the pedestal of the Maximilian Monument (cf. A128).
4.7.1837			Goethe-kommissionen bestiller et monument for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe til byen Frankfurt am Main.
August 1837			Cupid and Hygieia, A372.
August 1837			Young Dancing Girl, A181.
August 1837			Young Dancing Girl, A182, preparatory work for A181.
Not earlier than August 1837			Cupid and Hygieia, A371.
August - September 1837	In company with the two german doctors Karl von Pfeuffer (1806-1869) og Lorenz Melchior Geist (1807-1867).
13.8.1837 - 16.8.1837	The Gutenberg Monument, cf. A114, A115, A116 is unveiled in Mainz at a four-day celebration. Thorvaldsen is not present.
Autumn 1837			Cupid with Roses and Thistles, A405.
Autumn 1837			Cupid with Roses and Thistles, A406, reworked version of A405.
October 1837		Excurion to La Storta outside Rome.
November 1837			Adam and Eve with Cain and Abel, A552, preparatory work for A551.
9.11.1837	Honorary member of the Archaeological Society of Athens.
19.11.1837	In Rome, Thorvaldsen is celebrated by numerous friends on his birthday. He shows his new relief Adam and Eva with Cain and Abel, A552.
27.11.1837	Meets the English painter George Richmond.
Winter 1837 - 1838	Thorvaldsen meets Frances Mackenzie again in Rome, and they are reconciled.
9.12.1837	Receives a visit from Sulpiz Boisserée.
Presumably 1838			Martin Luther, A160.
Presumably 1838			Pan and a Nymph, A356.
Presumably 1838			Philipp Melanchton, A161.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Adonis, A476, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			The Genius of Agriculture, A543, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Actaeon Torn by his Dogs, A461, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Actaeon Torn by his Dogs, A779, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Cupid and the Sleeping Psyche, A434, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Cupid and the Sleeping Psyche, A437, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Cupid and the Sleeping Psyche, A438, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Cupid and Diana, A465, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Cupid Reviving Psyche, A446, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Apollo and Daphne, A478, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			The Genius of Astronomy, A544, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Atalanta, A473, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Chione and Daedalion, A464, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			The Genius of Dancing, A536, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Diana Killing Orion, A462, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Diana with her Hind, A459, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Diana Surprised at her Bath, A460, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Endymion, A466, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			The Genius of Trade, A540, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			The Genius of Gardening, A542, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Heros, A475, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Jupiter’s Eagle and Psyche, A443, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Callisto, A472, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			The Genius of Comedy, A534, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			The Genius of War, A538, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			The Flight of Latona, A458, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			The Genius of Medicine, A541, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Meleager, A474, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			The Genius of Music, A535, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Narcissus and Cupid, A477, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Nymph with Bow, A467, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Nymph with a Torch, A470, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Hunting Nymph, A471, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Nymph with Arrow, A468, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Nymph and a Young Girl, A469, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Orion Dying, A463, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Pan and Cupid, A479, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			The Genius of Poetry, A532, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Psyche and Cupid, A440, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Psyche and Cupid, A448, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Psyche and Cerberus, A445, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Psyche and Charon, A444, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Psyche and her Sisters, A439, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Psyche and Mercury, A447, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Psyche and Pan, A441, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Psyche’s Father and the Oracle, A435, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			The Genius of Religion, A545, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Six Genii, A547, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			The Genius of Governmemt, A537, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Seven Genii, A546, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			The Genius of Navigation, A539, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			The Genius of Tragedy, A533, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Venus and Cupid, A433, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Venus and Psyche, A442, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838.
Presumably 1838 - 1842			Zephyr and Psyche, A436, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838.
1838			Child’s Head, A907.
1838			Christ, A882.
Not earlier than 1838			Pan and a Nymph, A728.
Beginning of 1838			Adam and Eve with Cain and Abel, A551.
Beginning of 1838			Vulkan, A9.
20.1.1838	Accepts the offer to sail to Copenhagen on board the frigate Rota in the summer of 1838.
24.1.1838	Elected member of the learned society in Providence, Rhode Island Historical Society.
Not later than April 1838			Vulcan, A8 in marble is begun in Thorvaldsen’s Roman workshop. The statue was later transported to Copenhagen and completed 1861. Originally planned as a never realized decoration inside Christiansborg Palace consisting of Vulcan, and versions of Mars and Cupid, cf. A6, and Venus with the Apple, cf. A853.
22.6.1838	A cargo ship from Rome arrives at Leghorn with 62 crates with Thorvaldsen’s art which are to be reloaded to the frigate Rota in order to be transported to Copenhagen.
24.6.1838	Receives a visit from August Gottlieb Eberhard.
10.7.1838	The frigate Rota reaches Leghorn.
Not earlier than 10.7.1838 - not later than 4.8.1838			At the request of Angelo Maria Ricci, among others, Thorvaldsen models a portrait medallion of Lucrezia Ripanti.
23.7.1838	Rudolf Lützow issues Thorvaldsen’s passport.
5.8.1838		Starts his journey back to Copenhagen, leaving Rome at midnight via Civitavecchia to Leghorn. Accompanied by Wilhelm Matthiä and Blunck.
9.8.1838		The frigate Rota leaves Leghorn bound for Copenhagen, with Thorvaldsen and his travelling companions on board.
Middle of August 1838	Pietro Galli and his family move temporarily into Thorvaldsen’s rooms in Casa Buti during Thorvaldsen’s stay in Denmark.
10.9.1838	Appointed “konferensråd” (honorary title, now obsolete) on board of the frigate Rota. Thorvaldsen receives the message 16.9.1838.
15.9.1838		The Rota lies to near Hammermøllen, north west of Elsinore.
16.9.1838		The Rota anchors north west of Elsinore waiting for favourable currents and winds. Thorvaldsen attends a Danish-Swedish celebration in his honour on board the steamship Dronning Marie. Two songs for the sculptor are sung.
17.9.1838		The frigate Rota is towed round Kronborg in the morning, and is greeted by cheers of hurray and music in boats from Helsingborg. Passes Trekroner at Copenhagen in the afternoon.
17.9.1838		Amid great jubilation, Thorvaldsen disembarks at the Copenhagen Custom House after 42 years of exile.
17.9.1838	On the balcony of Charlottenborg Thorvaldsen is cheered by a crowd in Kongens Nytorv.
17.9.1838	Young artists pay tribute to Thorvaldsen with a torchlight procession in the Botanical Gardens behind Charlottenborg. A song by Christian Winther is sung.
17.9.1838 - 24.3.1844		Residence and workshop at Charlottenborg, 1 Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen. However, he lives alternately at Charlottenborg, at Nysø, and in Rome until his death.
18.9.1838		Joins the Academy of Fine Arts in a picnic to Sorgenfri and Bellevue celebrating the birthday of Christian (8.) Frederik.
19.9.1838	For the first time since his return Thorvaldsen acts as director of The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, at a meeting in the academy. A welcome speech is held by Just Mathias Thiele. Shown Christen Christensen’s Thorvaldsen Medal, F13, which is to be awarded to artists as the highest appraisal of the Academy of Fine Arts.
20.9.1838	Learns that he has been awarded honorary citizenship of Copenhagen by Just Henrik Mundt and Peder Johannes Friedenreich.
20.9.1838	Thorvaldsen’s crates and belongings are brought from the Custom House to Charlottenborg.
20.9.1838	Dines at Court with Christian 8. and Caroline Amalie.
24.9.1838	Elected honorary member of Studenterforeningen (The Students’ Association).
26.9.1838	Stays at home for several days due to an injury to his foot. Receives a visit from the painter C.W. Eckersberg.
End of September 1838	Party given by J.L.A. Kolderup-Rosenvinge.
1.10.1838	Attends a meeting in Akademiforsamlingen (the Fellows of the Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen). Promises to furnish “the model of the month”.
2.10.1838	Honoured in the evening by about 70 members of De danske Romeres selskab (The Society of Danish Romans). The party takes place in the hall of Borups selskab, which for the occasion has been decorated as a Roman osteria. Two songs to Thorvaldsen by F.C. Hillerup and N.C.L. Abrahams are sung.
4.10.1838		Visits the assembly of the Estates of the Realm in Roskilde and attends in the afternoon a party with songs and speeches in Thorvaldsen’s honour. In the evening at the dinner of the delegates of the Estates of the Realm hosted by A.S. Ørsted. Later organ concert in the Cathedral of Roskilde.
5.10.1838		Visits the Cathedral of Roskilde again early in the morning. Travels 10.15 AM to Copenhagen.
5.10.1838	Attends J.P. Møller’s birthday party.
6.10.1838	Attends the quarterly meeting of Det Kongelige Nordiske Oldskriftselskab (The Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries). Receives the book Antiquitates Americanæ (still in Thorvaldsen’s book collection, M575), with his genealogical table. Speech by Finnur Magnússon.
7.10.1838	Celebration in Thorvaldsen’s honour for 300 guests at the Hotel d’Angleterre in Copenhagen with songs, poems, speeches etc. by Adam Oehlenschläger, J.L. Heiberg, H.C. Andersen, H.P. Holst, Thomas Overskou, and N.F.S. Grundtvig.
10.10.1838			The completion of the bronze casting of Friedrich Schiller, cf. A770, is celebrated in Munich with a big party for bronze casters and artists in the city. Thorvaldsen is not present.
12.10.1838	The governors of the University of Copenhagen offer Thorvaldsen 34.000 rix-dollars for the completion of his works for the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen.
13.10.1838	Celebration in Thorvaldsen’s honour in Studenterforeningen (The Students’ Association) with several songs by Ole Bang, Adam Oehlenschläger, H.C. Andersen, F.J. Hansen, and H.P. Holst.
16.10.1838	Mht. den endnu manglende udsmykning af Vor Frue Kirke tilbyder Thorvaldsen de 12 apostle og fire profeter i marmor, frisen Vandringen til Golgatha evt. i brændtler og to statuer til vestibulen. Betalingen skal gå til Thorvaldsens Museum.
23.10.1838			Present at the installation of the pediment group Johannes Døberens prædiken, modelled 1821-1822, jf. A59, A60, A61, A62, A63, A64, A65, A66, A67, A68, A69 og A70, above the main entrance to the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen.
24.10.1838	Attends an afternoon gathering at J.S. Møsting’s house in the company of the professors of the Academy of Fine Arts, including C.W. Eckersberg.
24.10.1838	Honoured by the members of Borups Selskab (The Dramatic and Literary Society, Borup’s Society)
25.10.1838	Dinner with the architect C.F. Hansen, the painter C.W. Eckersberg, and others.
31.10.1838	Attends a private party. Oehlenschläger writes a song for the occasion.
Presumably November 1838	C.F. Wilckens is engaged as Thorvaldsen’s valet.
Not earlier than November 1838	Engages Charlotte Amalie Wilckens (ca 1809-1867) as housekeeper.
19.11.1838			The pediment group for the facade of the cathedral of Copenhagen, John the Baptist Preaching, A59-A70, is unveiled. Installed by H.E. Freund.
19.11.1838	Thorvaldsen invites the members of De danske Romeres Selskab (The Society of Danish Romans) to celebrate his birthday. The party is held in Copenhagen. Songs by N.C.L. Abrahams and F.C. Hillerup are sung.
Not later than 20.11.1838	The vicar C.H. Visby (1801-1871) asks Thorvaldsen to intercede with Frederik 6. for the robber and murderer Petri Worm (1814-1838).
21.11.1838	Awarded honorary citizenship of Copenhagen at the city hall, cf. diploma N36. Later a celebration at The Royal Shooting Range.
22.11.1838	Kunstforeningen af 1825 (The Art Society of Copenhagen) arranges a competition for a painting with the subject: “Thorvaldsen’s Arrival and Reception at the Copenhagen Custom House”. The winner is Fritz Westphal’s Thorvaldsen’s Reception at the Custom House on September 17, 1838, B453.
26.11.1838	Probably present at Grundtvig’s historical lectures at Borch’s Kollegium, Copenhagen.
December 1838	Intervenes in the competition for the gold medal of the Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, in favour of Adam Müller, who receives a special travel grant to Rome.
4.12.1838	Receives a visit from the painter C.W. Eckersberg and shows him some of the works of art brought home from Rome.
7.12.1838	Tea party at the home of factory manager O.J. Rawert (1786-1851) together with C.W. Eckersberg and many others.
10.12.1838	Visits the painter C.W. Eckersberg and sees a version of the painting Thorvaldsen’s Arrival in the Copenhagen Roadstead, September 17^th 1838, cf. B217, which pleases him.
11.12.1838	Sends a deed of gift to the corporation of Copenhagen, thereby donating his works and collections to the city.
11.12.1838	Visits the painter C.W. Eckersberg, who on that day has begun work on the painting Thorvaldsen’s Arrival in the Copenhagen Roadstead, September 17^th 1838, B217.
19.12.1838	The corporation of Copenhagen thanks Thorvaldsen for the bequest.
21.12.1838	Receives a visit from the Danish painter C.W. Eckersberg.
22.12.1838	Attends Akademiforsamlingen (The Fellows of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen), where the decision is made to give a travel grant to the painter Heinrich Eddelien in preference to Adam Müller. Furthermore, the architect Gottlieb Bindesbøll is unanimously elected member of the academy. Afterwards Thorvaldsen joins the other professors in a banquet with Prince Christian (8.) Frederik.
24.12.1838			The governors of the University of Copenhagen commission Jude Thaddeus, cf. A105, Andrew, cf. A108 og Christ on the Road to Calvary, cf. A560, plus Martin Luther, A188 and Philipp Melanchton, A161. Four statues of prophets are also commissioned but not executed.
30.12.1838	At Jørgen Koch’s suggestion, Frederik 6. donates a carriage yard, which forms the foundation of Thorvaldsens Museum.
End of 1838			The Child’s Guardian Angel, A596.
Presumably 1839			Bertel Thorvaldsen, A880, fragment of a sketch. Thorvaldsen’s head from the preparatory model, Nysø36, of Bertel Thorvaldsen with the Statue of Hope.
Presumably 1839			Aesculapius, A784, fragment of A20.
Presumably 1839			Johann Wolfgang Goethe, A139.
Presumably 1839	Frederik 6. encourages Thorvaldsen to stay in Copenhagen.
Presumably 1839 - 1840	Wilckens starts collecting Thorvaldsen memorabilia.
Presumably 1839 - 1840	Wilckens saves locks of Thorvaldsen’s hair.
Presumably 1839 - 1840	Nominates Emilius Bærentzen for admission to the Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, but Bærentzen does not receive enough votes.
Presumably 1839 - 1841	Buys several vedute (cityscapes) by H.G.F. Holm, e.g. D836.
Presumably 1839 - 1841			Doctor Joachim Lund Drejer (1792-1853) has Thorvaldsen make a plaster cast of the sculptor’s juvenile work, A864, Ernst Heinrich Løffler, A630.
Presumably 1839 - 1841	The pantomimist Adolph Price (1805-1890) creates tableaux vivants after Thorvaldsen’s works and collections. Thorvaldsen sees several of Price’s pantomimes.
Presumably 1839 - 1843	A.B. Rothe gives Thorvaldsen Tyge Rothe, A225.
Presumably 1839 - 1843	Oehlenschläger writes a poem on The Ages of Love, A426.
Presumably 1839 - 1843	Gives C.F. Høyer the bust of his mother, Sophie Dorothea Høyer, A763.
1839			Boy Sitting on a Stair, Nysø65, preparatory work for A560.
1839			Child Walking with Palm Branch, Nysø67, preparatory work for A560.
1839			Hercules, A16, first preparatory work for A14.
1839			Head of apostle, Nysø109, preparatory work for Nysø18.
1839			Minerva, A18, first model of A17.
1839			Nemesis, A19a, first model of A19.
1839			Perseus and Andromeda, A486.
1839			Young Man with Palm Branches in his Arm, Nysø68, preparatory work for A560.
1839			Aesculapius, A21, first model of A20.
1839			G.F. Hetsch suggests the subject of Christ on the Road to Calvary, A560, for the altar-niche of the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen.
1839			Models sketches of four colossal statues for Christiansborg Palace (A16, A18, A19a, A21).
1839 - 1840			Horse’s head and warrior, A64.
1839 - 1840			Head of a child, Nysø90, preparatory work for A559.
1839 - 1842			Olympus, Nysø57, preparatory work for Pietro Galli’s sculpture, G5.
1839 - 1843	Merchant Carl Adolf Ollendorff (1816-1902) gives the museum a Grandfather Clock, N150, made by Thorvaldsen.
1839 - 1844			Cupid blowing a horn, Nysø112.
2.1.1839	Attends the 56^th birthday party of the Danish painter C.W. Eckersbergs. A toast to Thorvaldsen is proposed.
6.1.1839	Receives a visit from the painter C.W. Eckersberg and his daughters.
14.1.1839	Meeting in the Comittee for the Foundation of Thorvaldsens Museum attended by Thorvaldsen.
18.1.1839	Dines at the home of J.S. Møsting in the company of Joseph Hambro, the zoologist J. Reinhardt (1776-1845), the philologist Carl Christian Rafn, Johan Gunder Adler, C.W. Eckersberg, and others.
20.1.1839	Received in the Royal Theatre. Prologue by Adam Oehlenschläger is recited.
29.1.1839	Receives a visit from the Danish painter C.W. Eckersberg.
February 1839	Marble version of Baptismal Font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555,3, A555,4, arrives in Iceland and is installed in the cathedral in Reykjavik.
6.2.1839	Receives a visit from the Danish painter C.W. Eckersberg.
8.2.1839	Is godfather to Carl Christian Nielsen Grenaae’s (1798-?) daughter, Thorvaldine Wilhelmine Juliane Grenaae (1839-presumably 1839), in Garnison Church, Copenhagen.
16.2.1839	Receives a visit from the Danish painter C.W. Eckersberg.
17.2.1839	Sits for his portrait by C.A. Jensen Portrait of the Sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen. Today at the Museum of National History, Fredriksborg Castle, inv.no. A 80.
Presumably spring 1839	J.V. Gertner draws Thorvaldsen at Charlottenborg, e.g. D825.
Spring 1839	Baptismal Font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555,3, A555,4, is consecrated in the cathedral in Reykjavik.
Spring 1839			H.E. Freund erects the marble Christ, cf. A82, in the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen.
Spring 1839			Apostles in plaster are replaced by marble versions, the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen.
2.3.1839	Visits the painter C.W. Eckersberg.
8.3.1839	Receives a visit from C.W. Eckersberg, who introduces Hans Henrik Dithmer.
8.3.1839	Thorvaldsen’s Roman birthday is celebrated by the society of De danske Romeres in Copenhagen . The artist is hosting 48 guests. Two songs
16.3.1839	Attends a party given by the Danish officer Joseph Abrahamson. Accompanied home by C.W. Eckersberg at 2 am.
24.3.1839	The Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen, is reopened with the completed decorations, i.e. the newly installed marble sculptures by Thorvaldsen.
24.3.1839	Thorvaldsen is godfather to Hermann Ernst Freund’s daughter in the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen. The Baptismal Angel Kneeling, cf. A112, is being used for a baptism for the first time.
April 1839	Christine Stampe møder Thorvaldsen hos sin svigerfamilie, Susette og J.F. Schouw på Charlottenborg. De aftaler, at han skal besøge Nysø.
25.4.1839	The evening before General Prayer Day (Danish public holiday). Visits Antoinette Thomasine Liebenberg, and goes for a walk on the ramparts (popular activity on this particular day in Copenhagen) with his goddaughter, Maria Liebenberg and her brother F.L. Liebenberg.
26.4.1839	Receives a visit from the painter C.W. Eckersberg.
28.4.1839	Is godfather to Georg Daniel von Hindenburg’s son, Albert Thorvald Hindenburg (1839-1906) in Garnison Church, Copenhagen.
30.4.1839	Attends the wedding party of Heinrich Eddelien.
Beginning of May 1839	The corvette Galathea sails from Copenhagen bound for Leghorn in order to fetch Thorvaldsen’s works.
3.5.1839	Dines at the house of Jørgen Koch in the company of Adam Oehlenschläger, Hans Puggaard, A.C. Kierulff, C.W. Eckersberg, and others.
4.5.1839	First honorary member of De Massmanske Søndagsskoler.
8.5.1839	Concert in the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen, celebrating the unveiling of the Schiller monument, cf. A770, in Stuttgart the same day. The surplus from the concert goes to the future Thorvaldsens Museum. Song by Oehlenschläger and music by Weyse etc. is performed.
8.5.1839	The Schiller monument, cf. A770, is unveiled in Stuttgart.
16.5.1839	Is godfather to Just Mathias Thiele’s son, Thorvald Nicolai Thiele (1838-1910), in Christiansborg Palace Church.
20.5.1839	Becomes godfather to Peder Brønnum Scavenius’ son, Jacob Frederik Scavenius (1838-1915), in Holtug Chuch near Store Heddinge.
27.5.1839	140 students from Lund University pay tribute to Thorvaldsen at Charlottenborg. He shows his studio museum.
28.5.1839	Attends the 28. Mai Selskabets political meeting at the Shooting Range in Copenhagen. Among the ca. 200 participants are: H.N. Clausen, H.P. Hansen, L.N. Hvidt, C.N. David, H.P. Holst and P.C. Stenersen Gad.
Summer 1839			Wilhelm 1. visit Thorvaldsen’s workshop and commissions a marble version of the statue Cupid and the Graces, cf. A29, Further, he buys the reliefs The Seasons, cf. A642, A643, A644, A645, Shepherdess with a Nest of Cupids, cf. A425, and Cupid Complains to Venus about a Bee Sting, cf. A780. The reliefs are today at the Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart.
June - August 1839			Christ Blessing the Children, Nysø23.
Beginning of June 1839			Almost completes the modelling of Ludvig Holberg, A876.
2.6.1839	Evening party hosted by Susette and J.F. Schouw. H.C. Ørsted is among the guests. .
3.6.1839	Christine Stampe arrives in Copenhagen and invites Thorvaldsen to come with her to Nysø.
4.6.1839		From Copenhagen to Nysø Manor near Præstø, where he arrives for the first time after his return in 1838.
4.6.1839 - 24.3.1844		Residence at Nysø, near Præstø, South Zealand. However, he lives alternately at Nysø, at Charlottenborg, and in Rom until his death.
12.6. - 14.6.1839		Trip to Sorø.
13.6.1839	At Sorø Academy. The students sing a song to Thorvaldsen by B.S. Ingemann.
21.6.1839		Trip to Mogenstrup.
22.6.1839	After a dinner at Johan Ferdinand de Neergaard’s Thorvaldsen receives a visit from B.S. Ingemann, Lucie Ingemann and Carsten Hauch.
23.6.1839	Lunch at Nysø with songs for Thorvaldsen by Carsten Hauch and Peter Wulff. B.S. Ingemann was also present.
23.6.1839		Trip to Jungshoved.
23.6.1839	Impromptu evening party on Præstø Bay, where lights are floated in the water in Thorvaldsen’s honour.
Presumably 24.6.1839			Bertel Thorvaldsen with the Statue of Hope, Nysø36, preparatory model for Nysø1.
28.6. - 29.6.1839		From Nysø to Altona / Hamburg with Christine Stampe. Probably stays at the hotel Zum Holsteinischen Hause.
29.6.1839	Visits Conrad Hinrich Donner in Altona. They go to the opera for a performance of I puritani (The Puritans) by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835).
30.6.1839	Meets with Georg Ernst Harzen. Visits August Abendroth’s richly decorated mansion. At a large party in the evening.
July 1839 - 5.10.1839			Bertel Thorvaldsen with the Statue of Hope, Nysø1.
July 1839 - 5.10.1839			Head of Thorvaldsen, Nysø96, preparatory work for Nysø1.
1.7.1839	Large dinner party at Conrad Hinrich Donner’s with C.C. Zahrtmann, Sophie Elisabeth Zahrtmann, Christine Stampe, Peter von Scholten (1784-1854) and others.
2.7.1839	Lunch with the art dealers Georg Ernst Harzen and Matthias Commeter (1791–1869). Visits August Abendroth’s mansion in Hamburg once more.
2.7.1839		Departure from Altona / Hamburg bound for Lübeck.
3.7.1839		Arrival Copenhagen with the steamboat Frederik VI from Lübeck.
5.7.1839	Receives a visit from C.W. Eckersberg.
9.7.1839		From Copenhagen to Elsinore in the company of Christine Stampe, Henrik Stampe, Henrik Stampe, Holger Stampe-Charisius and Elise Stampe. Meets Christian Wulff and Henriette Wulff.
9.7.1839		Transfer to Helsingborg. Lunch in Ramlösa with Scanian dignitaries. From here via Höganäs to Kullen with the Stampe family. The party spends the night here.
10.7.1839		From Kullen via a visit to count Carl De Geer (1781–1861) at Kulla Gunnarstorp to Helsingborg – a party is held celebrating Thorvaldsen and Danish-Swedish brotherhood. Leaving Helsingborg the sculptor is cheered by a large crowd and an orchestra.
10.7.1839	In Elsinore the town council arranges a party at the Shooting Range celebrating Thorvaldsen with music, song and salutes.
11.7.1839		Travels from Elsinore to Copenhagen via Sorgenfri, where he visits Prince Christian (8.) Frederik and Caroline Amalie.
Presumably 12.7.1839		From Copenhagen to Nysø.
Middle of July 1839 - August 1839			Kneeling Angel, A159.
Middle of July 1839 - September 1839	Thorvaldsen has his portrait painted by J.V. Gertner, probably Thorvaldsen modelling the bust of Adam Oehlenschläger, Dep.35, and Thorvaldsen in his studio, B430.
Presumably 19.7. - 23.7.1839		Trip to Møn with Adam Oehlenschläger and Hans Puggaard.
19.7.1839		Attends the 80^th birthday of the merchant Christopher Friedenreich Hage at Stege. A large number of guests arrive from Copenhagen with the steam boat Queen Marie.
20.7.1839	Thorvaldsen and Adam Oehlenschläger are celebrated with a party and singing in Klinteskoven on Møn. Spends the night with Ole Johan Freuchen in his vicarage at Magleby.
21.7.1839	N.F.S. Grundtvig preaches in Udby church. Thorvaldsen, Adam Oehlenschläger, and Hans Puggaard are probably present .
23.7.1839		Returns to Nysø.
23.7.1839	Evening gathering at Nysø, including a song in Thorvaldsen’s honour probably written by A.C. Petersen.
24.7.1839	Thorvaldsen’s studio in the garden of Nysø – “Wayland’s smithy” – is inaugurated in the presence of Oehlenschläger, Grundtvig, Hans Puggaard and many others.
25.7.1839		Trip to Hollænderskoven.
26.7.1839		From Nysø to Sorø in the company of the Stampe family.
26.7.1839	With B.S. Ingemann and Adam Oehlenschläger, godfather to Carsten Hauch’s daughter, who is baptized “Albertine” after Thorvaldsen by N.F.S. Grundtvig in Sorø Klosterkirke.
27.7.1839		From Sorø to Nysø with Christine Stampe and her family.
End of July 1839 - 29.9.1839			Adam Oehlenschläger, A226, marked: “Nysøe den 29. Set. 1839”.
13.8.1839	G. Bindesbøll’s project for Thorvaldsens Museum is chosen by a majority of the members of the Comitteen for Oprettelsen af Thorvaldsens Museum (The Committee for the Foundation of Thorvaldsen’s Museum).
15.8.1839	H.C. Andersen arrives at Nysø.
16.8.1839			The clay model of Ludvig Holberg is cast in plaster, A876.
26.8.1839		Probably visits Gustav Holck-Winterfeldt (1802-1885) and Christiane Danneskiold-Samsøe (1809-1873) at Grevensvænge in the company of the Stampe family and H.C. Andersen. Return to Nysø the same evening.
26.8.1839	The corvette Galathea arrives in Copenhagen with 42 crates containing various casts of Thorvaldsen’s works and antique sculptures.
30.8.1839		Probably from Nysø to Gisselfeld for the celebration in honour of Crown Prince Christian (8.) Frederik and Crown Princess Caroline Amalie. In the company of, among others, the Stampe family and H.C. Andersen. Return to Nysø the same evening.
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.
Autumn 1839			Head of Judas, Nysø77, preparatory work for A558.
Autumn 1839			Head of a bearded man, Nysø76, preparatory work for A559.
Autumn 1839			The Entry into Jerusalem, A559.
Autumn 1839			Perseus and Andromeda, A742.
Autumn 1839 - spring 1840			Christ on the Road to Calvary, A560.
1.9.1839		Taken from Bregentved to Køge by Adam Wilhelm Moltke in the company of Carl Stampe (1806-1880) and H.C. Andersen. On to Copenhagen from Køge.
2.9.1839	Visit from Christian (8.) Frederik at Charlottenborg during the unpacking of plaster casts from Rome.
2.9. - 4.9.1839	Supervises the unpacking and placing at Charlottenborg of both his own works and antique sculptures, which have arrived from Rome on board the corvette Galathea.
4.9.1839	Visits C.W. Eckersberg at Charlottenborg.
4.9.1839	Is godfather to H.N. Clausen’s daughter, Johanne Marie Elisabeth Clausen (1839-1918), in the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen.
4.9.1839		Leaves Copenhagen for Nysø in the evening, after having unpacked the plaster casts.
6.10.1839		Arrives in Copenhagen from Nysø.
8.10. - 11.10.1839	Attends a military manoeuvre in Copenhagen together with Christine and Henrik Stampe. Meets Frederik 6..
9.10.1839	Visits C.W. Eckersberg, who is working on the painting Thorvaldsen’s arrival in the Copenhagen roadstead, September 17^th 1838, B217.
12.10.1839	Maximilian 1., cf. A128, is unveiled in the Wittelsbacherplatz in Munich.
15.10.1839		Goes to Nysø.
20.10.1839	The municipal authorities in Copenhagen adopt the final plans for the construction of Thorvaldsens Museum.
13.11.1839	Frederik 6. approves the final plans for the construction of Thorvaldsens Museum.
18.11.1839	Awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Dannebrog as the first artist ever. Thorvaldsen, however, is not presented with the cross until the following day, his birthday 19.11.1839 at Nysø.
19.11.1839			Woman and Boy with Palm Branch, Nysø66.
19.11.1839	Thorvaldsen’s birthday is celebrated at Nysø with tableaux-vivants, singing, and dancing. The Stampe family, Johan Ferdinand de Neergaard, Wilhelm Matthiä, Benjamin Wolff and others are present.
21.11.1839		Arrival in Copenhagen. A short stay in order to thank Frederik 6. for the Grand Cross of the Order of Dannebrog.
22.11.1839	Visits C.W. Eckersberg.
23.11.1839	Sees August Bournonville’s ballet The Festival in Albano in the Royal Theatre.
27.11.1839	Visits C.W. Eckersberg and pays 100 rix-dollars in advance for the painting Thorvaldsen’s arrival in the Copenhagen roadstead, September 17^th 1838, B217.
Presumably 28.11.1839		Returns to Nysø from København.
End of November 1839		Short stay at Gisselfeld.
Not earlier than December 1839			Denmark, A550.
3.12.1839	Frederik 6. dies.
Not earlier than 3.12.1839 - beginning of January 1840			Frederik 6., A141.
5.12.1839	Thiele writes to Thorvaldsen immediately after the death of Frederik 6. and proposes that he create a monument to the late King. This proposal eventually results in Monument to Frederik 6. on the hill at Skanderborg Castle.
Completed 6.12.1839			Henriette Danneskiold-Samsøe, A215.
24.12.1839	Christmas Eve at Nysø. Among those present are Henriette Wulff and Peter Wulff.
Completed 28.12.1839			Christ at Emmaus, Nysø18.
31.12.1839	New Year’s Eve at Nysø.
At the turn of 1839 - 40	The construction of Thorvaldsens Museum is begun.
End of December 1839	Visits to Nysø’s neighbouring manor houses, owned by the families Danneskiold-Samsøe at Gisselfeld, Wolff at Engelholm and Neergaard at Lindersvold.
End of 1839			Makes a draft for his coat of arms, which depicts the God Thor with his hammer, C559b, to be hung in Frederiksborg Castle. The device is Freedom and Love for the Fatherland. Cf. N152 and E2286.
Presumably 1840 - 1841	Participates in popinjay shooting at The Royal Shooting Range in the company of Crown Prince Frederik (7.) and others. Is presented with the order of The Royal Shooting Society the day before, N88.
1840			Head of Jeanina Emilie Stampe as Psyche, Nysø107, preparatory work for A174.
1840			Minerva and Prometheus, A323, reduced version of A319.
1840			Christian 8.s Coronation Medal, A711.
January - April 1840		Occasional trips from Nysø to Copenhagen in order to attend to his works for the Church of Our Lady.
January - June 1840			The Entry into Jerusalem, The Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen, enlarged version of A559, started by H.E. Freund.
January - June 1840			Christ on the Road to Calvary, The Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen, enlarged version of A560, executed by Andreas Kolberg and Gotthelf Borup under Thorvaldsen’s supervision.
1.1.1840			The Genius of the New Year, A548.
11.1.1840		From Nysø to Copenhagen on the occasion of Frederik 6.’s funeral. However, Thorvaldsen does not attend due to a bad foot.
15.1.1840	Watches the funeral procession for Frederik 6. from a window at Charlottenborg with, among others, Christine Stampe.
16.1.1840	Frederik 6. is entombed in Roskilde Cathedral.
18.1.1840			Christian 8. commissions a statue of Christian 4., cf. A152, for Roskilde Cathedral.
18.1.1840	Thorvaldsen pays tribute to Christian 8. six weeks after his accession to the throne. Thorvaldsen excuses himself on the plea that he has been at Nysø and also had a bad foot.
21.1.1840	Proposal for a monument to Frederik 6. in Jutland is published in Aarhus Stiftstidende. The proposal gives rise to a long discussion in newspapers in Jutland.
28.1.1840	Probably attends the funeral ceremony at the university for the late Frederik 6.
31.1.1840	Receives a visit from the Danish painter C.W. Eckersberg.
31.1.1840		From Copenhagen to Nysø.
February - March 1840		Stays frequently in Copenhagen.
Presumably 5.2.1840	Gathering in Borups Selskab.
12.2.1840	Gathering in Borups Selskab.
13.2.1840	At 2 pm Christian 8. and Caroline Amalie visit Thorvaldsen’s studio at Charlottenborg to see his latest works from Nysø.
17.2.1840	Decides that C.F. Wilckens is to be engaged as attendant in the museum after Thorvaldsen’s death.
24.2.1840	Receives a visit from C.W. Eckersberg and pays 200 rix-dollars more in advance for the painting Thorvaldsen’s arrival in the Copenhagen roadstead, September 17^th 1838, B217.
Presumably spring 1840			Cupid and Psyche, A450.
Spring 1840			Cupid and Hymen, A452, the subject reused on the medal F25.
8.3.1840	Thorvaldsen’s Roman birthday is celebrated in Copenhagen. On Christine Stampe’s initiative he receives a Pompeian-inspired suite, N106-N119, with embroideries executed by 30 women.
21.3.1840	Elected member of the Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna in Stockholm.
31.3.1840	Attends Akademiforsamlingen (The Fellows of the Academy of Fine Arts) on the day of the foundation of the Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen.
20.4.1840			Diana and Jupiter, A345.
20.4.1840		From Copenhagen to Nysø in order to celebrate Christine Stampe’s birthday.
24.4.1840			Hygiea and Cupid, A373 – also called Love and Health.
29.4.1840		From Nysø to Copenhagen with the Stampe family. Return to Nysø shortly after.
30.4.1840	Christian 8. inspects the progress of the statue of Christian 4., cf. A152.
Presumably May 1840			The Head of Christian 4., Nysø80, preparatory work for A152.
Presumably May 1840			Johann Wolfgang Goethe, A140, alteration of A139.
Not later than May 1840			Cupid and Hymen, A453.
Not later than May 1840			Receives a commission for a monument to Napoleon 1., which, however, is not executed.
May 1840			Christian 4., plaster, Nysø9, sketch for A152.
4.5.1840	Is godfather to N.C.L. Abrahams’ søn, Albert Peter Carl Abrahams (1839-1909), in Garnison Church, Copenhagen.
19.5.1840		From Nysø to Copenhagen with the Stampe family.
22.5.1840	Participates in the celebration of Christian 8. and Caroline Amalie’s silver wedding.
Summer 1840	Attends a party at H.N. Clausen’s country house Søbakken on the Sound near Tårbæk. Salomon Ludwig Steinheim was also present.
Presumably June 1840 - March 1841			Satyr Dancing with a Bacchante, A357.
Presumably June 1840 - March 1841			Satyr Dancing with a Bacchante, A358.
4.6.1840		From Copenhagen to Nysø.
Not later than 24.6.1840		From Nysø to Copenhagen on the occasion of Christian 8.’s coronation.
24.6.1840	Receives a visit from the painter C.W. Eckersberg.
28.6.1840	Does not participate in the coronation of Christian 8. in Frederiksborg Chapel, allegedly because problems with dress regulations.
28.6.1840	Dinner at the home of Laurids Fog Muus (1795-1856) and Christiane Muus (1802-1859) instead of participating in the coronation.
End of June 1840	Several meetings with the Steffens family, once during an excursion to the Round Tower.
2.7.1840		From Copenhagen to Nysø.
13.7. - 16.7.1840			Henrich Steffens, A633.
13.7. - 16.7.1840	Heinrich Steffens and his family stay at Nysø for three days with Grundtvig, Oehlenschläger and Sibbern.
Not earlier than 25.7. - not later than 30.7.1840	A.C.T. Neubourg takes a daguerreotype of Thorvaldsen; the first portrait photograph in Scandinavia, N267.
Not later than 27.7.1840		From Nysø to Copenhagen.
27.7.1840	Attends a meeting at the Academy of Fine Arts.
28.7.1840			Receives a commision for a monument to Frederik 6. for Skanderborg Palace Mound.
30.7.1840		From Copenhagen to Roskilde in order to be attend the assembly of the Estates of the Realm for some days in the company of the Stampe family. From here probably to Nysø.
Presumably August 1840	In preparation for their planned journey to Italy in September 1840, Christine Stampe and Thorvaldsen burn many of his papers and letters.
Presumably August 1840	Supports a marine painter, probably Anton Melbye, who is represented in the collections with B263 and B264.
August 1840	Plans going to Italy in September, 1840.
6.8.1840	Copenhagen City Council stops the construction of Thorvaldsens Museum because of G.N. Sibbern’s claim that the design of the building was not solid enough.
Not earlier than 6.8.1840		Travels to Copenhagen prompted by the cessation of the building of the museum by the Copenhagen municipality.
Completed not later than 26.8.1840			Conrad Hinrich Donner, A242.
26.8.1840	Meeting with F.C. Olsen regarding a list of the works executed by Thorvaldsen since his return to Denmark 17.9.1838.
27.8.1840		From Copenhagen to Nysø in the company of Christine Stampe.
27.8.1840	Celebrates Holger Stampe-Charisius’ birthday at Nysø.
29.8.1840	Copenhagen City Council withdraws its protest dated 6.8.1840 against continuing the building of Thorvaldsens Museum. However, part of the construction had already been resumed a couple of days before.
September 1840			Sketches models for Andrew, Nysø32, and probably for Judas Thaddaeus, location unknown. Neither used for the statues A108 and A105.
9.9.1840	Postpones the planned journey to Italy until the spring of 1841 at the request of Christian 8., who in turn has been prompted by Christine Stampe.
14.9.1840	Accompanies Jens Arenholt Gottfred Hartmann and Wilhelm Matthiä to the Custom House, from where the steamboat to Lübeck leaves. The same evening in the Royal Theatre.
Beginning of October 1840			Head of Christine Stampe, Nysø101, preparatory work for Nysø38.
Beginning of October 1840			Head of Elisa Stampe, Nysø100, preparatory work for Nysø38.
Beginning of October 1840			Head of Henrik Stampe the Younger, Nysø102, preparatory work for Nysø39.
Beginning of October 1840			Head of Henrik Stampe the Elder, Nysø98, preparatory work for Nysø39.
Beginning of October 1840			Head of Holger Stampe, Nysø99, preparatory work for Nysø39.
Beginning of October 1840			Head of Jeanina Stampe, Nysø97, preparatory work for Nysø38.
3.10.1840	Christian 8. and Caroline Amalie pay a one-day visit to Præstø and Nysø in order to see Thorvaldsen and his statue of himself, Nysø1. A party for 60 persons at Nysø.
4.10.1840	Party given by the Moltke family at Bregentved, attended by Christian 8., Caroline Amalie, the Stampe family, and others.
Completed 5.10.1840			Thorvaldsen with the Stampe family, Nysø38.
Completed 10.10.1840			Henrik Stampe and two sons, Nysø39.
Middle of October 1840		Brief stay in Copenhagen, then return to Nysø.
15.10.1840	Thorvaldsen’s putative illegitimate daugther Nicoline Marie Berggren is born in Copenhagen.
November - December 1840			Head of Camel Driver, Nysø105, preparatory work for A553.
November - December 1840			Head of a Woman, Nysø92, preparatory work for A553.
November 1840 - 26.1.1841			Rebecca and Eliezer, A553.
Beginning of November 1840			Cupid on a Swan, A421.
Completed 12.11.1840			Jeanina Emilie Stampe as Psyche, A174.
Completed 17.11.1840			Hans Holsten, A213.
19.11.1840	Thorvaldsen’s birthday is celebrated at Nysø with songs, poems, a lottery, and a performance of Johan Herman Wessel’s play Love without Stockings. Besides Thorvaldsen and the residents of the house, A.C. Petersen, Nicolai Søtoft, August Beck, Johan Ferdinand de Neergaard and Just Mathias Thiele are also present.
23.11.1840		Travels from Nysø to Copenhagen accompanied by Just Mathias Thiele.
Not later than 26.11.1840		Arrives at Nysø from Copenhagen.
26.11.1840	Christian 8. sees the original plaster model of Christian 4., cf. A152.
Not earlier than 26.11.1840			Christian 4., A152, is cast in bronze and chased by Jørgen Dalhoff.
30.11.1840			Cupid on a Swan, A422.
Not earlier than 7.12.1840	Sees August Bournonville’s ballet The Toreador at the Royal Theatre again.
Not later than 8.12.1840		Travels from Nysø to Copenhagen.
9.12.1840	Is godfather to Ludvig Müller’s son, Peter Erasmus Müller (1840-1926), in the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen.
12.12.1840			Goethe-kommissionen trækker sig fra samarbejdet med Thorvaldsen om et monument for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
End of 1840	Refuses to pay the tax on rank and titles. Christian 8. complies with Thorvaldsen’s demand.
Presumably not later than 1841			Shepherd Boy, cf. A177, marble version with a panpipe at his left foot completed. Location unknown.
Presumably 1841			Achilles and Patroclus, A493.
1841			Andrew, A109, preparatory work for A108.
1841			Jude Thaddeus, A107, preparatory work for A105.
1841			A Woman’s Head, A814, relief fragment of Satyr Dancing with a Bacchante, A358.
1841	Buys Emilius Bærentzen’s Portrait of the actress Johanne Luise Heiberg, B205.
1841 - 1844			Cupid’s Head, A806.
1841 - 1844			Cupid’s Torso, A805.
1841 - 1844			Cupid’s Wing, A807_
1841 - 1844			Foot with Ankle, A809.
1841 - 1844			Psyche’s Head, A808.
Completed 3.2.1841			Leda and the Swan, A423.
Completed 10.2.1841			Christ and the Woman of Samaria, A568.
Not later than 18.2.1841			Cupid and the Sleeping Psyche, A428.
Not later than 18.2.1841			Psyche and the Sleeping Cupid, A429.
March 1841			The Genius of Light, A519.
3.3.1841	Member of the Academia de Bellas-Artes de Lisboa, Lisbon.
Not later than 5.3.1841			Head of Hans Madsen, Nysø111, preparatory work for A603.
Not later than 5.3.1841			Head of Johan Rantzau, Nysø106, preparatory work for A603.
Completed 5.3.1841			Hans Madsen and Johan Rantzau, A603.
Completed 8.3.1841			Jesus as a Child in the Temple, A567.
Middle of March 1841		Short stay in Copenhagen.
18.3.1841	Receives a visit from the painter C.W. Eckersberg and the clergyman and writer Carsten Friis Wiborg (1813-1885).
21.3.1841	Receives a visit from the painter C.W. Eckersberg, Lise and Jette Bagge, and the unidentified “Miss Baier”.
18.4.1841	Attends Elise Stampe’s confirmation at Susette and J.F. Schouw in Copenhagen.
20.4.1841			Harmony, drawing for Christine Stampe’s birthday, possibly C1160.
20.4.1841	Attends the celebration of Christine Stampe’s birthday in Copenhagen.
End of April 1841	Preparatory to the journey to Rome Christine Stampe and Thorvaldsen burn many of his papers and letters, “which it would be better to burn” – according to the sculptor.
Middle of May 1841		Short stay in Copenhagen.
18.5.1841	Farewell dinner with Christian 8. at Sorgenfri Castle before his journey to Rome.
19.5.1841		Travels from Copenhagen to Nysø accompanied by Susette Schouw.
19.5.1841	Om eftermiddagen på Nysø i selskab med bl.a. J.P. Mynster.
23.5.1841			Justice, Nysø31.
24.5.1841			Cupid and Psyche, Nysø47, also called “Goodbye to Nysø”.
25.5.1841			Departure from Nysø Msy 25, 1841, C1063.
25.5.1841		Begins his journey to Rome with Christine Stampe and her family. Rides in his own carriage with coachman Niels Rasmussen. Farewell ceremony on Præstø harbour. With the royal steam boat Kiel to Warnemünde. On board the captain Peter Wulff, Henriette Wulff, C.W. Eckersberg, G.F. Ursin, Carl Dahl, and C.F. Wilckens.
25.5.1841	Honorary member of the society Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam.
26.5.1841		Takes leave of C.W. Eckersberg, G.F. Ursin, Carl Dahl, Henrik Stampe junior and C.F. Wilckens in Warnemünde.
27.5.1841		Arrival at Neustrelitz.
27.5.1841	Visits the Court at Neustrelitz. Meets the author Christian Winther.
28.5.1841		Departure from Neustrelitz at 7 a.m.
29.5.1841		Arrival in Berlin.
29.5.1841	In the afternoon, visits the Tiergarten in Berlin in the company of H. Steffens. In the evening, in the opera to see Lucia de Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848).
30.5.1841	Meets with a deputation from the Kunstverein in Berlin and presents his latest works by the means of line engravings. At 12 o’clock a concert with the pianist and composer Fanny Hensel.
30.5.1841	Visits Friedrich Wilhelm 4. at Schloss Schönhausen in the evening; also present are H. Steffens, C.D. Rauch and A.W. Schlegel. Dinner at the house of H. Steffens and then goes to the theater to watch Oberon written by Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826).
31.5.1841	Dinner at the home of the sculptor Ludwig Wilhelm Wichmann. Friedrich Tieck is present.
Beginning of June 1841	Sees Consul Joachim Heinrich Wilhelm Wageners (1782-1861) collection of paintings in company with the art historian G.F. Waagen. Accidentally exchanges hats with Wagener, who keeps his hat as a treasure.
Beginning of June 1841	Visits the architect Wilhelm Stier.
Beginning of June 1841	Once again visits Fanny and Wilhelm Hensel. Thorvaldsen is portrayed by Wilhelm Hensel.
Beginning of June 1841	Visits artists’ studios and collections in Berlin. Visits Karl Friedrich Schinkel.
Beginning of June 1841		Travels by train for the first time from Berlin to Potsdam with the Stampe family and Heinrich Steffens.
Beginning of June 1841	Dinner at the home of Mathilde von Waldenburg.
Beginning of June 1841	Meets the writer and artist Bettina von Arnim.
3.6.1841	Banquet with Berlin artists and scientist in the Jagorscher Saal in Unter den Linden. A portrait bust of Thorvaldsen is crowned with laurels by the statue of Victoria by Christian Daniel Rauch. Speeches and poems are performed. Present are Peter von Cornelius, August Wilhelm Schlegel and others.
4.6.1841	Meets Wilhelm Dorow in Berlin.
5.6.1841	Thorvaldsen is portrayed by four artist in one sitting – Eduard Magnus, Wilhelm Hensel, B437, Franz Krüger og Karl Joseph Begas in the latter’s studio in Berlin.
6.6.1841	At 6 in the morning, Thorvaldsen again poses for Franz Krüger’s portrait at the home of Karl Joseph Begas.
6.6.1841		Visits the castles at Potsdam – Sanssouci and Glienicke – with the Steffens family. Meets children of the Royal Family, and Princess Charlotte of Hessen Kassel (1789-1864). Continues towards Dresden.
6.6.1841		Leaves Berlin.
9.6.1841		Arrives in Dresden, stays at the Hôtel de France.
9.6.1841	Meets J.C. Dahl and sees Mozart’s Don Giovanni in the recently inaugurated court theatre in Dresden.
10.6.1841	Dinner with J.C. Dahl is interrupted in favour of a visit to Friedrich August 2. of Saxony at Schloss Pillnitz.
10.6. - 13.6.1841	Christine Stampe presents the sculptor Ernst Rietschel with a lock of Thorvaldsen’s hair.
10.6. - 13.6.1841	Visits several art collections in Dresden in the company of J.C. Dahl.
Presumably 11.6.1841	Dinner with the Saxon minister Bernhard von Lindenau (1779-1854) on Brühl’s Terrace in Dresden.
12.6.1841	Dinner at the house of the banker Martin Wilhelm Oppenheim (1781-1863) in the Villa Rosa, desined by the architect Gottfried Semper (1803-1879). Among those present is the banker’s son-in-law, August Grahl.
12.6.1841	In the evening, a gala performance in the Court Theatre in Dresden, hosted by Friedrich August 2. of Saxony, with an epilogue in Thorvaldsens’s honour. Subsequent banquet at the theatre.
13.6. - 21.6.1841		Spends a week with Friederike and major Serre at the Maxener Schloss in Maxen near Dresden together with J.C. Dahl and Raden Saleh.
14.6.1841	Meets Ernst von Brunnow in Dresden.
15.6.1841		Excursion from Maxen to the Königstein Fortress in Saxony. Meets the commandant of the fortress and minister for war, Johann Adolf von Zezschwitz (1779-1845). A cannonade is fired in Thorvaldsen’s honour. From there to Pirna, where the night is spent.
16.6.1841		From Pirna to the romantic Bastei rock formation. From there return to Maxen.
17.6.1841			Cupid and Psyche, relief, original plaster, Skulpturensammlung, Dresden (cast Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek).
17.6.1841	Elected honorary member of the Kunstverein München.
17.6.1841	At Maxen Thorvaldsen is portrayed twice: First in a painting begun by Raden Saleh and finished by J.C. Dahl, B467; then in another portrait painted solely by Raden Saleh.
20.6.1841	Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein portrays Thorvaldsen at Maxen (pencil, 35×24 cm, Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden).
21.6.1841		Leaves Maxen for Dresden early in the morning.
21.6.1841	Meets Franz Pettrich in Dresden.
21.6.1841		Travels by train from Dresden to Leipzig in the company of the Dahls and the Serres. Stays at the inn Stadt Hamburg. Is received by a cheering crowd and musicians. Visits the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
22.6.1841	Visits the Schlettersche Galerie and Heinrich Brockhaus’ printing house. Later in Wilhelm Gerhard’s garden by the river Elster, close to the place where Józef Poniatowski was drowned.
22.6.1841	Attends a “musical celebration” at 1 o’clock p.m., arranged by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, followed by dinner at the Hôtel de Saxe in Leipzig.
22.6.1841		Leaves Leipzig.
Presumably 23.6.1841		Stays overnight at Weimar.
25.6.1841	The Russian Grand Duke Konstantin (1827-1892), son of Nikolaj 1., visits the absent Thorvaldsen’s studio in Rome.
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.
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.
30.6.1841	Dinner in Mainz with President von Lichtenberg.
1.7.1841		Visits the antiquarian museum in Wiesbaden in the morning with Jakob Kraetzer. Returns to Mainz the same day.
1.7.1841	The city of Mainz gives a dinner in Thorvaldsen’s honour at the city hall. Receives the freedom of the city (diploma, N35). Gala performance at the Stadttheater. Cheered from the balcony of the theatre by a large crowd in Gutenbergplatz. Both the square and the Gutenberg-statue are lit by torches. Songs and poems are performed.
2.7.1841		Trip by steamship up the Rhine from Mainz to St. Goar near the Lorelei with Georg Christian Strecker (1800-1874), Ludwig Christian Christoph von Lichtenberg, Johann Heinrich Schramm and others. Back the same day. In the evening a concert in Neue Anlage – today Stadtpark in Mainz.
3.7.1841		Travels from Mainz. Is briefly accompanied by Ludwig Christian Christoph von Lichtenberg.
3.7. - 5.7.1841		Brief stay at Mannheim. Is shown around by Jakob Götzenberger. Continues to Karlsruhe via Schwetzingen.
Presumably 5.7. - 6.7.1841		Brief stay at Bad Wildbad with Christine Stampe’s friend.
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.
7.7.1841		Excursion from Stuttgart.
7.7. - 9.7.1841	Visits several sights in Stuttgart and the surrounding country, among them Joseph Anton Gegenbaur’s frescoes in Neues Schloss, Schloss Rosenstein, and the mausoleum to the royal family of Württemberg in Rotenberg with two statues of evangelists after Thorvaldsen’s sketch.
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.
10.7.1841		Travels from Stuttgart.
11.7.1841		Brief stay at Ulm. In the cathedral, Thorvaldsen is recognized. A chorus comes and sings for him.
12.7.1841		Short stop in Augsburg. Visits a church and an art collection guided by Andreas Eigner (1801-1870).
13.7.1841		Arrives in Munich and immediately visits Maximilian 1., cf. A128, in the Wittelsbacherplatz.
13.7.1841	Receives many visitors, among others, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling. Visits Ludwigskirche. Later Don Carlos at the opera.
14.7.1841	Visits the royal palace Munich Residenz.
Middle of July 1841	Visits the bronze caster Stiglmaier, Schwantaler, Heideck, and others. Also a visit to Leo von Klenze’s Glyptothek.
15.7.1841	Grand celebration in Thorvaldsen’s honour in the society “Die Zwanglosen” in Munich, attended by F.W.J. Schelling, and artists and scientists. Many poems to Thorvaldsen is read.
16.7.1841	Dinner with Therese af Sachsen-Hildburghausen.
17.7.1841	Informed of his honorary membership of the Kunstverein München.
17.7.1841	Awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael, N11.
19.7.1841	Celebrated by young artists from Munich at a party in Knorr’s beer cellar in Marsfeld. Poems and a play are performed.
20.7.1841	Om formiddagen audiens hos kronprins Maximilian (2.) i München.
21.7.1841	Farewell party with Danish artists residing in Munich, e.g. Wilhelm Marstrand and Frederik Ludvig Storch (1805-1883).
22.7.1841		Travels from Munich to Hohenschwangau, where Thorvaldsen calls on the Bavarian Royal Family.
Presumably 24.7. - 25.7.1841		Travels through Lindau to Friedrichshafen. From here crossing the Bodensee by boat.
Presumably 25.7.1841		Arrives in Konstanz by boat. Travels on right away.
26.7.1841		Passes through Schaffhausen and sees the Rhine Falls. Onwards to Zürich.
Presumably 27.7.1841		From Zürich to Goldau.
Presumably 28.7.1841			Up the Rigi, Nysø125.
Presumably 28.7.1841		Climbing Mount Rigi, from (Arth-)Goldau, with an overnight stop on the mountain.
Presumably 29.7.1841		Down the Rigi, by boat to Lucerne. Visits Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119.
30.7.1841	Celebration in Thorvaldsen’s honour in Lucerne, at the Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119 music is played, and torches are lit.
Presumably 1.8.1841		Leaves Luzern by steamboat on the Vierwaldstättersee. Arrives in Flüelen.
Presumably 1.8. - 2.8.1841		Crosses the St. Gotthard pass.
Presumably 3.8.1841		Arrives in Lugano. Crosses the Lake Lugano per boat. From here onwards to Como.
Presumably 4.8.1841		Arrives in Milan.
4.8.1841	A board is formally elected to attend to the business of the commission for a monument to Frederik 6. in a general meeting at Skanderborg.
Presumably 5.8. - 7.8.1841	During his stay in Milan, Thorvaldsen sees the Brera Art Museum and visits several artists, among others Giovanni Servi. Dines with Heinrich Mylius in Milan and at his country house at Sesto San Giovanni.
Presumably 7.8.1841		Departs from Milan.
9.8.1841		Arrives at Genoa.
Presumably 12.8. - 14.8.1841		Stays at Carrara for three days.
Presumably 13.8. - 14.8.1841	Visits the marble quarries in Carrara and Seravezza.
Presumably 15.8. - 31.8.1841		Stays at Leghorn at Christian Dalgas. Excursions to Montenero.
Autumn 1841			Jude Thaddeus, A106, preparatory work for A105.
Autumn 1841			The Days of the Week Dancing, C1046 and C1111 (sketch for C1046) and The Days of the Week Dancing, C1047.
Presumably 1.9.1841		Travels from Leghorn to Pisa.
2.9.1841		Arrival in Florence.
Not earlier than 2.9. - not later than 4.9.1841	Thorvaldsen visits the American sculptor Hiram Powers’ in his studio in Florence.
2.9. - 3.9.1841	Meets the merchant Alfred Hage (1803-1872) and his family in Florence. Invites for dinner.
2.9. - 4.9.1841	Visits engraver Luigi Bardi, who gives Thorvaldsen a print of Rafael’s Transfiguration, engraved by Raphael Morghen, E839.
2.9. - 4.9.1841	Dinner at the home of Pietro Benvenuti.
3.9.1841	Party hosted by the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Leopold II (1797-1870).
4.9.1841		Leaves Florence.
Presumably 8.9. - 9.9.1841		Passes through Perugia and Asissi. Sees Johann Friedrich Overbeck’s fresco Frants’ Rosenunder, 1829, in Santa Maria degli Angeli near Assisi.
12.9.1841		Reaches La Storta, Rome, and is welcomed by Danish, German, Italian, and Russian artists, etc. Is also welcomed by a deputation at Ponte Molle, and presumably presented with the bajoccoorder of the Ponte Molle Society, N89.
12.9.1841	Lodged in an apartment in Via di Capo le Case 75 close to Casa Buti with the Stampe family. Visits Elisa Paulsen.
Not earlier than 12.9.1841	Daily visits from the painters Albert Küchler, Constantin Hansen, Adam Müller and the writer H.P. Holst.
13.9.1841	Received in the Accademia di S. Luca.
13.9.1841	Thorvaldsen shows the Stampe family round Rome. Dinner at the home of Karl von Kolb.
Presumably 15.9.1841	Is received in his workshop by his assistants. A bust of Thorvaldsen, crowned with a laurel wreath, is presented, and an unidentified assistant recites a poem in the sculptor’s honour.
18.9.1841	Celebrates Christian 8.’s birthday at Karl von Kolb’s. Also Jeanina Stampe’s birthday is celebrated.
19.9.1841	Celebration of Thorvaldsen’ return to Rome in Teatro Fiano, attended by international artists there. Thorvaldsen is carried in a torchlight procession to his home in Via Sistina.
28.9.1841	Visits the Pantheon with the Stampe family. Climbs the dome.
29.9.1841	Vincenzo Camuccini presents Christine Stampe with Luigi Durantini’s drawn copy of Camuccini’s portrait of Thorvaldsen, Nysø150.
29.9.1841	Attends the public art and craftsman examinations in Ospizio di San Michele. Meets here Vincenzo Camuccini and Alexandra von Dietrichstein.
End of September 1841	Visits the painter Carl Werner.
9.10.1841	H.W. Bissen and his family arrive in Rom.
9.10.1841		Excursion to Albano, Castel Gandolfo, Ariccia, Genzano and Nemi ith the Stampe family and others.
Not earlier than 10.10.1841	Thorvaldsen and Christine Stampe show Emilie Bissen, née Møller, (married to H.W. Bissen) round Rome.
31.10.1841	Godfather to Heinrich Eddelien’s son Viggo Thorvald Eddelien, in the German Protestant Chapel in Palazzo Caffarelli, Rome. Party in the evening for all Danes in Rome.
Presumably November 1841	Visits J.F. Overbeck and sees the cartoon of Beweinung Christi, St. Marien zu Lübeck.
November 1841	Thorvaldsen is ill.
November 1841	Thorvaldsen and Christine Stampe burn “quite a few” of the sculptor’s “old things” in his rooms in Rome – probably letters and drawings.
Middle of November 1841	Moves into his own apartment in Casa Buti from the rented rooms in which he has stayed since his arrival in Rome 12.9.1841.
19.11.1841	Celebrates his birthday with dinner at the home of Elisa and Fritz Paulsen. Later Danish artists perform H.P. Holst’s comedy The Fairy Felic’idea, written for the occasion, in the Roman apartment of the Stampe family.
18.12.1841	Topping-out ceremony at Thorvaldsen’s Museum.
23.12.1841 - 13.1.1842	Ludvig Müller goes to Rome with his mother and his sister to care for his sick brother, Adam Müller. He carries a letter from Christian 8. to Thorvaldsen.
24.12.1841	Christine Stampe holds a Christmas celebration for Thorvaldsen and a number of Danish artists, among them H.P. Holst, Küchler, Breinholm, Jerichau, Holbech, Petersen, Adam Müller, Constantin Hansen, Peter Raadsig, Jespersen, Bravo, Thøming and Henrik Stampe.
24.12.1841	H.P. Holst gives Thorvaldsen a modelling tool for Christmas.
24.12.1841	Portrayed by Henri Lehmann in Rome (pencil, 18,4×13,2 cm, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt).
24.12.1841	Gives Christine Stampe the drawing Mary with Jesus and John, Nysø129, for Christmas.