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| Date | Events | Whereabouts | Works |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 50th 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. |
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| 26.11.1820 | Leaves Vienna. | ||
| 26.11.1820 |
Arrives at Wiener Neustadt. Stays overnight. Visits St. George’s Church. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 (3rdclass) 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 2nd 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. |
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| 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. |