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