| Date | Events | Whereabouts | Works |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |