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