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| Date | Events | Whereabouts | Works |
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| 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 (? |
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| 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 6th 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. |