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| Date | Events | Whereabouts | Works |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presumably 1839 | Bertel Thorvaldsen, A880, fragment of a sketch. Thorvaldsen’s head from the preparatory model, Nysø36, of Bertel Thorvaldsen with the Statue of Hope. | ||
| Presumably 1839 | Aesculapius, A784, fragment of A20. | ||
| Presumably 1839 | Johann Wolfgang Goethe, A139. | ||
| Presumably 1839 | Frederik 6. encourages Thorvaldsen to stay in Copenhagen. | ||
| Presumably 1839 - 1840 | Wilckens starts collecting Thorvaldsen memorabilia. | ||
| Presumably 1839 - 1840 | Wilckens saves locks of Thorvaldsen’s hair. | ||
| Presumably 1839 - 1840 | Nominates Emilius Bærentzen for admission to the Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, but Bærentzen does not receive enough votes. | ||
| Presumably 1839 - 1841 | Buys several vedute (cityscapes) by H.G.F. Holm, e.g. D836. | ||
| Presumably 1839 - 1841 | Doctor Joachim Lund Drejer (1792-1853) has Thorvaldsen make a plaster cast of the sculptor’s juvenile work, A864, Ernst Heinrich Løffler, A630. | ||
| Presumably 1839 - 1841 | The pantomimist Adolph Price (1805-1890) creates tableaux vivants after Thorvaldsen’s works and collections. Thorvaldsen sees several of Price’s pantomimes. | ||
| Presumably 1839 - 1843 | A.B. Rothe gives Thorvaldsen Tyge Rothe, A225. | ||
| Presumably 1839 - 1843 | Oehlenschläger writes a poem on The Ages of Love, A426. | ||
| Presumably 1839 - 1843 | Gives C.F. Høyer the bust of his mother, Sophie Dorothea Høyer, A763. | ||
| 1839 | Boy Sitting on a Stair, Nysø65, preparatory work for A560. | ||
| 1839 | Child Walking with Palm Branch, Nysø67, preparatory work for A560. | ||
| 1839 | Hercules, A16, first preparatory work for A14. | ||
| 1839 | Head of apostle, Nysø109, preparatory work for Nysø18. | ||
| 1839 | Minerva, A18, first model of A17. | ||
| 1839 | Nemesis, A19a, first model of A19. | ||
| 1839 | Perseus and Andromeda, A486. | ||
| 1839 | Young Man with Palm Branches in his Arm, Nysø68, preparatory work for A560. | ||
| 1839 | Aesculapius, A21, first model of A20. | ||
| 1839 | G.F. Hetsch suggests the subject of Christ on the Road to Calvary, A560, for the altar-niche of the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen. | ||
| 1839 | Models sketches of four colossal statues for Christiansborg Palace (A16, A18, A19a, A21). | ||
| 1839 - 1840 | Horse’s head and warrior, A64. | ||
| 1839 - 1840 | Head of a child, Nysø90, preparatory work for A559. | ||
| 1839 - 1842 | Olympus, Nysø57, preparatory work for Pietro Galli’s sculpture, G5. | ||
| 1839 - 1843 | Merchant Carl Adolf Ollendorff (1816-1902) gives the museum a Grandfather Clock, N150, made by Thorvaldsen. | ||
| 1839 - 1844 | Cupid blowing a horn, Nysø112. | ||
| 2.1.1839 | Attends the 56th birthday party of the Danish painter C.W. Eckersbergs. A toast to Thorvaldsen is proposed. | ||
| 6.1.1839 | Receives a visit from the painter C.W. Eckersberg and his daughters. | ||
| 14.1.1839 | Meeting in the Comittee for the Foundation of Thorvaldsens Museum attended by Thorvaldsen. | ||
| 18.1.1839 | Dines at the home of J.S. Møsting in the company of Joseph Hambro, the zoologist J. Reinhardt (1776-1845), the philologist Carl Christian Rafn, Johan Gunder Adler, C.W. Eckersberg, and others. | ||
| 20.1.1839 | Received in the Royal Theatre. Prologue by Adam Oehlenschläger is recited. | ||
| 29.1.1839 | Receives a visit from the Danish painter C.W. Eckersberg. | ||
| February 1839 | Marble version of Baptismal Font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555,3, A555,4, arrives in Iceland and is installed in the cathedral in Reykjavik. | ||
| 6.2.1839 | Receives a visit from the Danish painter C.W. Eckersberg. | ||
| 8.2.1839 | Is godfather to Carl Christian Nielsen Grenaae’s (1798-?) daughter, Thorvaldine Wilhelmine Juliane Grenaae (1839-presumably 1839), in Garnison Church, Copenhagen. | ||
| 16.2.1839 | Receives a visit from the Danish painter C.W. Eckersberg. | ||
| 17.2.1839 | Sits for his portrait by C.A. Jensen Portrait of the Sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen. Today at the Museum of National History, Fredriksborg Castle, inv.no. A 80. | ||
| Presumably spring 1839 | J.V. Gertner draws Thorvaldsen at Charlottenborg, e.g. D825. | ||
| Spring 1839 | Baptismal Font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555,3, A555,4, is consecrated in the cathedral in Reykjavik. | ||
| Spring 1839 | H.E. Freund erects the marble Christ, cf. A82, in the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen. | ||
| Spring 1839 | Apostles in plaster are replaced by marble versions, the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen. | ||
| 2.3.1839 | Visits the painter C.W. Eckersberg. | ||
| 8.3.1839 | Receives a visit from C.W. Eckersberg, who introduces Hans Henrik Dithmer. | ||
| 8.3.1839 | Thorvaldsen’s Roman birthday is celebrated by the society of De danske Romeres in Copenhagen . The artist is hosting 48 guests. Two songs | ||
| 16.3.1839 | Attends a party given by the Danish officer Joseph Abrahamson. Accompanied home by C.W. Eckersberg at 2 am. | ||
| 24.3.1839 | The Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen, is reopened with the completed decorations, i.e. the newly installed marble sculptures by Thorvaldsen. | ||
| 24.3.1839 | Thorvaldsen is godfather to Hermann Ernst Freund’s daughter in the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen. The Baptismal Angel Kneeling, cf. A112, is being used for a baptism for the first time. | ||
| April 1839 | Christine Stampe møder Thorvaldsen hos sin svigerfamilie, Susette og J.F. Schouw på Charlottenborg. De aftaler, at han skal besøge Nysø. | ||
| 25.4.1839 | The evening before General Prayer Day (Danish public holiday). Visits Antoinette Thomasine Liebenberg, and goes for a walk on the ramparts (popular activity on this particular day in Copenhagen) with his goddaughter, Maria Liebenberg and her brother F.L. Liebenberg. | ||
| 26.4.1839 | Receives a visit from the painter C.W. Eckersberg. | ||
| 28.4.1839 | Is godfather to Georg Daniel von Hindenburg’s son, Albert Thorvald Hindenburg (1839-1906) in Garnison Church, Copenhagen. | ||
| 30.4.1839 | Attends the wedding party of Heinrich Eddelien. | ||
| Beginning of May 1839 | The corvette Galathea sails from Copenhagen bound for Leghorn in order to fetch Thorvaldsen’s works. | ||
| 3.5.1839 | Dines at the house of Jørgen Koch in the company of Adam Oehlenschläger, Hans Puggaard, A.C. Kierulff, C.W. Eckersberg, and others. | ||
| 4.5.1839 | First honorary member of De Massmanske Søndagsskoler. | ||
| 8.5.1839 |
Concert in the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen, celebrating the unveiling of the Schiller monument, cf. A770, in Stuttgart the same day. The surplus from the concert goes to the future Thorvaldsens Museum. Song by Oehlenschläger and music by Weyse etc. is performed. |
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| 8.5.1839 | The Schiller monument, cf. A770, is unveiled in Stuttgart. | ||
| 16.5.1839 | Is godfather to Just Mathias Thiele’s son, Thorvald Nicolai Thiele (1838-1910), in Christiansborg Palace Church. | ||
| 20.5.1839 | Becomes godfather to Peder Brønnum Scavenius’ son, Jacob Frederik Scavenius (1838-1915), in Holtug Chuch near Store Heddinge. | ||
| 27.5.1839 | 140 students from Lund University pay tribute to Thorvaldsen at Charlottenborg. He shows his studio museum. | ||
| 28.5.1839 | Attends the 28. Mai Selskabets political meeting at the Shooting Range in Copenhagen. Among the ca. 200 participants are: H.N. Clausen, H.P. Hansen, L.N. Hvidt, C.N. David, H.P. Holst and P.C. Stenersen Gad. | ||
| Summer 1839 | Wilhelm 1. visit Thorvaldsen’s workshop and commissions a marble version of the statue Cupid and the Graces, cf. A29, Further, he buys the reliefs The Seasons, cf. A642, A643, A644, A645, Shepherdess with a Nest of Cupids, cf. A425, and Cupid Complains to Venus about a Bee Sting, cf. A780. The reliefs are today at the Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart. | ||
| June - August 1839 | Christ Blessing the Children, Nysø23. | ||
| Beginning of June 1839 | Almost completes the modelling of Ludvig Holberg, A876. | ||
| 2.6.1839 | Evening party hosted by Susette and J.F. Schouw. H.C. Ørsted is among the guests. . | ||
| 3.6.1839 | Christine Stampe arrives in Copenhagen and invites Thorvaldsen to come with her to Nysø. | ||
| 4.6.1839 | From Copenhagen to Nysø Manor near Præstø, where he arrives for the first time after his return in 1838. | ||
| 4.6.1839 - 24.3.1844 | Residence at Nysø, near Præstø, South Zealand. However, he lives alternately at Nysø, at Charlottenborg, and in Rom until his death. | ||
| 12.6. - 14.6.1839 | Trip to Sorø. | ||
| 13.6.1839 | At Sorø Academy. The students sing a song to Thorvaldsen by B.S. Ingemann. | ||
| 21.6.1839 | Trip to Mogenstrup. | ||
| 22.6.1839 | After a dinner at Johan Ferdinand de Neergaard’s Thorvaldsen receives a visit from B.S. Ingemann, Lucie Ingemann and Carsten Hauch. | ||
| 23.6.1839 | Lunch at Nysø with songs for Thorvaldsen by Carsten Hauch and Peter Wulff. B.S. Ingemann was also present. | ||
| 23.6.1839 | Trip to Jungshoved. | ||
| 23.6.1839 | Impromptu evening party on Præstø Bay, where lights are floated in the water in Thorvaldsen’s honour. | ||
| Presumably 24.6.1839 | Bertel Thorvaldsen with the Statue of Hope, Nysø36, preparatory model for Nysø1. | ||
| 28.6. - 29.6.1839 | From Nysø to Altona / Hamburg with Christine Stampe. Probably stays at the hotel Zum Holsteinischen Hause. | ||
| 29.6.1839 | Visits Conrad Hinrich Donner in Altona. They go to the opera for a performance of I puritani (The Puritans) by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835). | ||
| 30.6.1839 | Meets with Georg Ernst Harzen. Visits August Abendroth’s richly decorated mansion. At a large party in the evening. | ||
| July 1839 - 5.10.1839 | Bertel Thorvaldsen with the Statue of Hope, Nysø1. | ||
| July 1839 - 5.10.1839 | Head of Thorvaldsen, Nysø96, preparatory work for Nysø1. | ||
| 1.7.1839 | Large dinner party at Conrad Hinrich Donner’s with C.C. Zahrtmann, Sophie Elisabeth Zahrtmann, Christine Stampe, Peter von Scholten (1784-1854) and others. | ||
| 2.7.1839 | Lunch with the art dealers Georg Ernst Harzen and Matthias Commeter (1791–1869). Visits August Abendroth’s mansion in Hamburg once more. | ||
| 2.7.1839 | Departure from Altona / Hamburg bound for Lübeck. | ||
| 3.7.1839 | Arrival Copenhagen with the steamboat Frederik VI from Lübeck. | ||
| 5.7.1839 | Receives a visit from C.W. Eckersberg. | ||
| 9.7.1839 | From Copenhagen to Elsinore in the company of Christine Stampe, Henrik Stampe, Henrik Stampe, Holger Stampe-Charisius and Elise Stampe. Meets Christian Wulff and Henriette Wulff. | ||
| 9.7.1839 | Transfer to Helsingborg. Lunch in Ramlösa with Scanian dignitaries. From here via Höganäs to Kullen with the Stampe family. The party spends the night here. | ||
| 10.7.1839 | From Kullen via a visit to count Carl De Geer (1781–1861) at Kulla Gunnarstorp to Helsingborg – a party is held celebrating Thorvaldsen and Danish-Swedish brotherhood. Leaving Helsingborg the sculptor is cheered by a large crowd and an orchestra. | ||
| 10.7.1839 | In Elsinore the town council arranges a party at the Shooting Range celebrating Thorvaldsen with music, song and salutes. | ||
| 11.7.1839 | Travels from Elsinore to Copenhagen via Sorgenfri, where he visits Prince Christian (8.) Frederik and Caroline Amalie. | ||
| Presumably 12.7.1839 | From Copenhagen to Nysø. | ||
| Middle of July 1839 - August 1839 | Kneeling Angel, A159. | ||
| Middle of July 1839 - September 1839 | Thorvaldsen has his portrait painted by J.V. Gertner, probably Thorvaldsen modelling the bust of Adam Oehlenschläger, Dep.35, and Thorvaldsen in his studio, B430. | ||
| Presumably 19.7. - 23.7.1839 | Trip to Møn with Adam Oehlenschläger and Hans Puggaard. | ||
| 19.7.1839 | Attends the 80th birthday of the merchant Christopher Friedenreich Hage at Stege. A large number of guests arrive from Copenhagen with the steam boat Queen Marie. | ||
| 20.7.1839 | Thorvaldsen and Adam Oehlenschläger are celebrated with a party and singing in Klinteskoven on Møn. Spends the night with Ole Johan Freuchen in his vicarage at Magleby. | ||
| 21.7.1839 | N.F.S. Grundtvig preaches in Udby church. Thorvaldsen, Adam Oehlenschläger, and Hans Puggaard are probably present . | ||
| 23.7.1839 | Returns to Nysø. | ||
| 23.7.1839 | Evening gathering at Nysø, including a song in Thorvaldsen’s honour probably written by A.C. Petersen. | ||
| 24.7.1839 | Thorvaldsen’s studio in the garden of Nysø – “Wayland’s smithy” – is inaugurated in the presence of Oehlenschläger, Grundtvig, Hans Puggaard and many others. | ||
| 25.7.1839 | Trip to Hollænderskoven. | ||
| 26.7.1839 | From Nysø to Sorø in the company of the Stampe family. | ||
| 26.7.1839 | With B.S. Ingemann and Adam Oehlenschläger, godfather to Carsten Hauch’s daughter, who is baptized “Albertine” after Thorvaldsen by N.F.S. Grundtvig in Sorø Klosterkirke. | ||
| 27.7.1839 | From Sorø to Nysø with Christine Stampe and her family. | ||
| End of July 1839 - 29.9.1839 | Adam Oehlenschläger, A226, marked: “Nysøe den 29. Set. 1839”. | ||
| 13.8.1839 | G. Bindesbøll’s project for Thorvaldsens Museum is chosen by a majority of the members of the Comitteen for Oprettelsen af Thorvaldsens Museum (The Committee for the Foundation of Thorvaldsen’s Museum). | ||
| 15.8.1839 | H.C. Andersen arrives at Nysø. | ||
| 16.8.1839 | The clay model of Ludvig Holberg is cast in plaster, A876. | ||
| 26.8.1839 | Probably visits Gustav Holck-Winterfeldt (1802-1885) and Christiane Danneskiold-Samsøe (1809-1873) at Grevensvænge in the company of the Stampe family and H.C. Andersen. Return to Nysø the same evening. | ||
| 26.8.1839 | The corvette Galathea arrives in Copenhagen with 42 crates containing various casts of Thorvaldsen’s works and antique sculptures. | ||
| 30.8.1839 | Probably from Nysø to Gisselfeld for the celebration in honour of Crown Prince Christian (8.) Frederik and Crown Princess Caroline Amalie. In the company of, among others, the Stampe family and H.C. Andersen. Return to Nysø the same evening. | ||
| 31.8.1839 | From Nysø to Bregentved to celebrate Christian (8.) Frederik and Caroline Amalie. In the company of, among others, the Stampe family and H.C. Andersen. Invited by Adam Wilhelm Moltke to spend the night there. | ||
| 31.8.1839 | Crates with plaster casts of both Thorvaldsen’s works and antique sculptures are unloaded from the recently arrived corvette Galathea and taken to Charlottenborg. | ||
| Autumn 1839 | Head of Judas, Nysø77, preparatory work for A558. | ||
| Autumn 1839 | Head of a bearded man, Nysø76, preparatory work for A559. | ||
| Autumn 1839 | The Entry into Jerusalem, A559. | ||
| Autumn 1839 | Perseus and Andromeda, A742. | ||
| Autumn 1839 - spring 1840 | Christ on the Road to Calvary, A560. | ||
| 1.9.1839 | Taken from Bregentved to Køge by Adam Wilhelm Moltke in the company of Carl Stampe (1806-1880) and H.C. Andersen. On to Copenhagen from Køge. | ||
| 2.9.1839 | Visit from Christian (8.) Frederik at Charlottenborg during the unpacking of plaster casts from Rome. | ||
| 2.9. - 4.9.1839 | Supervises the unpacking and placing at Charlottenborg of both his own works and antique sculptures, which have arrived from Rome on board the corvette Galathea. | ||
| 4.9.1839 | Visits C.W. Eckersberg at Charlottenborg. | ||
| 4.9.1839 | Is godfather to H.N. Clausen’s daughter, Johanne Marie Elisabeth Clausen (1839-1918), in the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen. | ||
| 4.9.1839 | Leaves Copenhagen for Nysø in the evening, after having unpacked the plaster casts. | ||
| 6.10.1839 | Arrives in Copenhagen from Nysø. | ||
| 8.10. - 11.10.1839 | Attends a military manoeuvre in Copenhagen together with Christine and Henrik Stampe. Meets Frederik 6.. | ||
| 9.10.1839 | Visits C.W. Eckersberg, who is working on the painting Thorvaldsen’s arrival in the Copenhagen roadstead, September 17th 1838, B217. | ||
| 12.10.1839 | Maximilian 1., cf. A128, is unveiled in the Wittelsbacherplatz in Munich. | ||
| 15.10.1839 | Goes to Nysø. | ||
| 20.10.1839 | The municipal authorities in Copenhagen adopt the final plans for the construction of Thorvaldsens Museum. | ||
| 13.11.1839 | Frederik 6. approves the final plans for the construction of Thorvaldsens Museum. | ||
| 18.11.1839 | Awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Dannebrog as the first artist ever. Thorvaldsen, however, is not presented with the cross until the following day, his birthday 19.11.1839 at Nysø. | ||
| 19.11.1839 | Woman and Boy with Palm Branch, Nysø66. | ||
| 19.11.1839 | Thorvaldsen’s birthday is celebrated at Nysø with tableaux-vivants, singing, and dancing. The Stampe family, Johan Ferdinand de Neergaard, Wilhelm Matthiä, Benjamin Wolff and others are present. | ||
| 21.11.1839 | Arrival in Copenhagen. A short stay in order to thank Frederik 6. for the Grand Cross of the Order of Dannebrog. | ||
| 22.11.1839 | Visits C.W. Eckersberg. | ||
| 23.11.1839 | Sees August Bournonville’s ballet The Festival in Albano in the Royal Theatre. | ||
| 27.11.1839 | Visits C.W. Eckersberg and pays 100 rix-dollars in advance for the painting Thorvaldsen’s arrival in the Copenhagen roadstead, September 17th 1838, B217. | ||
| Presumably 28.11.1839 | Returns to Nysø from København. | ||
| End of November 1839 | Short stay at Gisselfeld. | ||
| Not earlier than December 1839 | Denmark, A550. | ||
| 3.12.1839 | Frederik 6. dies. | ||
| Not earlier than 3.12.1839 - beginning of January 1840 | Frederik 6., A141. | ||
| 5.12.1839 | Thiele writes to Thorvaldsen immediately after the death of Frederik 6. and proposes that he create a monument to the late King. This proposal eventually results in Monument to Frederik 6. on the hill at Skanderborg Castle. | ||
| Completed 6.12.1839 | Henriette Danneskiold-Samsøe, A215. | ||
| 24.12.1839 | Christmas Eve at Nysø. Among those present are Henriette Wulff and Peter Wulff. | ||
| Completed 28.12.1839 | Christ at Emmaus, Nysø18. | ||
| 31.12.1839 | New Year’s Eve at Nysø. | ||
| At the turn of 1839 - 40 | The construction of Thorvaldsens Museum is begun. | ||
| End of December 1839 | Visits to Nysø’s neighbouring manor houses, owned by the families Danneskiold-Samsøe at Gisselfeld, Wolff at Engelholm and Neergaard at Lindersvold. | ||
| End of 1839 | Makes a draft for his coat of arms, which depicts the God Thor with his hammer, C559b, to be hung in Frederiksborg Castle. The device is Freedom and Love for the Fatherland. Cf. N152 and E2286. |