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| Date | Events | Whereabouts | Works |
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| Presumably 1842 | Two Children, Nysø10, after A68. | ||
| 1842 | Day, A906. | ||
| 1842 | Head of an Angel, A908. | ||
| 1842 | Head of a child, Nysø101, preparatory work for A589. | ||
| 1842 | The Entry into Jerusalem, A574. | ||
| 1842 | Night, A905. | ||
| 1842 | Pietro Alberto Paulsen as a Hunter’s Boy, Nysø55, preparatory work for A175. | ||
| 1842 | Abolition of Villeinage, Nysø27, sketch for A604. | ||
| Not earlier than 1842 | Omphale, Nysø56. | ||
| Beginning of 1842 | The Fligth into Egypt, A571. | ||
| 1842 - 1843 | The Establishment of Provincial Consultative Chambers, A605. | ||
| 1842 - 1844 | Cupid and Hymen, A451. | ||
| Presumably January 1842 | Sketches for four prophets for the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen, Ezekiel, C1087, Daniel, C1089, Isaiah, C1090, and Jeremiah, C1092. | ||
| January 1842 | Drawings of two Angels of the Last Judgement, C1015r and C1017, meant for the entrance to a cemetery. | ||
| Presumably January 1842 - March 1842 | Andrew, A108. | ||
| January - March 1842 | Illness in the Stampe family, especially Elise Stampe . | ||
| 1.1.1842 | Excursion to Fontana dell’Aqua Acetosa at Ponte Molle with the Stampe family and H.P. Holst. | ||
| Completed 1.1.1842 | The Adoration of the Shepherds, A570. | ||
| 7.1.1842 | Giacomo Giustiniani asks Thorvaldsen to resume his sculpture teaching at the Accademia di S. Luca – the request is, however, declined. | ||
| 8.1.1842 | The Ponte Molle Society celebrates Thorvaldsen’s “second” arrival in Rome 12.9.1841 in a big party in Palazzo Fiano, Piazza di San Lorenzo, in Rome. He is placed on a throne, the artists pay tribute to him with lights and song, and he is presented with the bajocco order, N91, of the society. | ||
| 19.1.1842 | Celebrates Karl von Kolb’s birthday at a soirée in Rome. | ||
| 22.2.1842 | Probably attends an evening party hosted by the American consul George Washington Greene. | ||
| Spring 1842 | Controversy with August Riedel about a version of the painting Sakuntala. | ||
| Spring 1842 | Controversy about the packing of Thorvaldsen’s works and belongings with Johan Bravo, who is dismissed from the job. | ||
| Spring 1842 | Meets the painter Penry Williams and John Gibson. | ||
| Spring 1842 | Attends a party given by Ferdinand Hiller. | ||
| March 1842 - 10.4.1842 | Jude Thaddeus, A105. | ||
| 7.3.1842 | Disagreement with Pietro Galli, who moves out of Thorvaldsen’s apartment in Casa Buti. Thorvaldsen and C.F. Holbech moves in. Galli stops working for Thorvaldsen. | ||
| 8.3.1842 | Thorvaldsen’s Roman birthday is celebrated with dinner given by Karl von Kolb in Rome with the participation of the Stampe family. | ||
| 11.3.1842 | Celebrates Elise Stampe’s 18th birthday after her recovery from serious illness. | ||
| Completed 20.3.1842 | The Annunciation, A569. | ||
| End of March 1842 | Sees the Girandola / fireworks over Castel Sant’Angelo at the home of Alessandro Torlonia. Meets Alexandre Dumas père. | ||
| End of March 1842 | Thorvaldsen and Christine Stampe burn “a lot of old things” in the sculptor’s Roman home – probably papers, drawings, etc. | ||
| April - May 1842 | Besøg i Villa Wolkonsky hos Zinaida Volkonskaia. | ||
| April - May 1842 | Henrik Stampe forlader Rom på egen hånd og efterlader sin hustru, Christine Stampe og sine tre børn. Sandsynligvis som følge af et ægteskabeligt opgør. | ||
| 2.4.1842 | Christian Dalgas arrives in Rome with his wife, Louisa Salvetti. Thorvaldsen accompanies them on excursions. | ||
| 20.4.1842 | Presents Christine Stampe with a bronze version of Christ, a Ganymedes in marble and a drawing for her birthday. | ||
| 24.4.1842 | Attends the celebration of Christian Dalgas’ birthday in Rome. | ||
| 28.4.1842 | Celebrates the coming of spring with the Ponte Molle Society at the Cervaro Caves, approximately 8 kilometres north east of Rome. Is awarded the Vielzuvielverdienstorden of the society, N92. | ||
| End of April 1842 | Ludwig 1. arrives in Rome and stays at Villa Malta. Thorvaldsen receives him. | ||
| Presumably May 1842 | Ludwig 1. admires the bust Christine Stampe (cf. A217). | ||
| May 1842 | Jesus as a Child in the Temple, A572. | ||
| May 1842 | Christine Stampe, A217. | ||
| May 1842 | Often invited to dinner with Ludwig 1., who also pays frequent visits to his workshops. | ||
| May 1842 - 23.6.1842 | The Graces with Cupid’s Arrow, and Cupid Playing a Lyre, A32, reworked version of A29. | ||
| Presumably 1.5.1842 | At a charity tombola in the Villa Borghese with Christine Stampe. There he meets Ludwig 1. | ||
| 5.5.1842 | Excursion to Torre di Quinto with Franz Ludwig Catel and the Stampe family. | ||
| Summer 1842 | Reminded of the commission for a model of an equestrian statue of Ludwig 1., which, however, is not executed. | ||
| June 1842 | In Rome, Thorvaldsen receives five crates with plaster models of works executed in Denmark that are to be carved in marble. | ||
| 2.6.1842 | Excursion to Albano, Genzano and Nemi with, among others, the Stampe family and C.F. Holbech. | ||
| 4.6.1842 | Alessandro Torlonia holds a celebration in Villa Torlonia in Rome on the occasion of the erection of an obelisk in the park of the villa. Among those present, besides Thorvaldsen, are Ludwig 1., Gregor 16., Byron’s mistress Teresa Guiccioli (1801-1873) and the Stampe family. | ||
| 6.6.1842 | Christine Stampe, her children and servants leave Rome in their coach, bound for Denmark. | ||
| 6.6.1842 | Dinner with Karl von Kolb. | ||
| 10.6.1842 | Christine Stampe, her children and servants arrive at Leghorn on their journey from Rome to Copenhagen. They stay with Stampe’s brother, Christian Dalgas. | ||
| 16.6.1842 | Awarded the order Pour le Mérite by Friedrich Wilhelm 4. | ||
| 19.6.1842 | Christine Stampe, her children and servants leave Leghorn bound for Milan on their journey back to Denmark. | ||
| 19.6.1842 | Visit from the painter Ferdinand Flor and the cameo engraver Tommaso Saulini. | ||
| 21.6.1842 | Approves a block of marble for The Graces with Cupid’s Arrow, and Cupid Playing a Lyre, cf. A32. | ||
| 22.6.1842 | Dinner with Alessandro Torlonia, visits Karl von Kolb in the evening. | ||
| 23.6.1842 | Visit from Ludwig Ross. | ||
| 24.6.1842 | Visit from Constantin Hansen and Peter Raadsig. | ||
| 24.6.1842 | Dinner party at the home of J.M. von Wagner. | ||
| 26.6.1842 | Visit from the sculptor B.E. Fogelberg and the painter G.W. Palm (1810-1890). | ||
| 26.6.1842 | Excursion to Torre di Quinto with Johan Bravo and C.F. Holbech. | ||
| 26.6.1842 | Visits Vincenzo Camuccini in the evening. | ||
| 28.6. - 29.6.1842 | Excursions in Rome to see, among others things, the Girandola fireworks with Antonio Savorelli. | ||
| 29.6. - 3.7.1842 | Repairs damaged plaster models, sent from Copenhagen, among others Christ at Emmaus, cf. Nysø18, and Bertel Thorvaldsen with the Statue of Hope, cf. Nysø1. | ||
| 1.7.1842 | Dinner with Kolb. | ||
| 4.7.1842 | Evening party with tombola at Thorvaldsen’s place in Casa Buti. | ||
| 7.7.1842 | Sees Carlo Goldoni’s (1707-1793) comedy Il Ventaglio in the afternoon, and Romeo and Juliet in the evening. | ||
| 8.7. - 12.7.1842 | Completes the marble version of Monument to the two Poninski Children (cf. A616). Subsequently erected in the Palace Chapel in Czerwonogród. Now in L’viv Art Gallery, Ukraine. | ||
| 9.7.1842 | Receives Penry Williams’ painting A shepherd boy and a girl in the Roman Campagna, in the background Aqua Claudia, B101. | ||
| 11.7.1842 | Visits Vincenzo Camuccini. | ||
| 11.7. - 22.7.1842 | Thorvaldsen’s collection of paintings in Casa Buti are packed for transport for Copenhagen. | ||
| 12.7.1842 | Evening party with tombola at Thorvaldsen’s place in Casa Buti. | ||
| 12.7.1842 | Honorary member of The Icelandic Literary Society in Reykjavik. | ||
| 13.7.1842 | Evening party at the house of the director of the French Academy, Jean-Victor Schnetz. | ||
| 17.7.1842 | Visit from Wilhelm Matthiä and Albert Küchler. | ||
| 17.7.1842 | Large dinner party with artists and diplomats on Monte Mario. Later at Castel Sant’Angelo with C.F. Holbech. | ||
| 19.7.1842 | Evening party with tombola at Thorvaldsen’s place in Casa Buti. | ||
| 24.7.1842 | Excursion to Frascati, Tusculum and San Silvestro with Johan Bravo, Johann Martin von Wagner, C.F. Holbech and Jens Arenholt Gottfred Hartmann. | ||
| 31.7.1842 | Party at the house of Antonio Savorelli. | ||
| 31.7.1842 | Thorvaldsen “poses the model” for the pupils at the Accademia di S. Luca. | ||
| 7.8.1842 | Evening party at the house of Count Antonio Savorelli. | ||
| 9.8.1842 | Begins The Baptism of Christ, A573. | ||
| 23.8.1842 | Thorvaldsen’s belongings are transported to the Ripa Grande harbour in Rome. | ||
| Not later than September 1842 | Angel of the Last Judgement, A593. | ||
| Not later than September 1842 | Angel of the Last Judgement, A594. | ||
| Not later than September 1842 | Angel of the Last Judgement, A595. | ||
| September 1842 | The crates with Thorvaldsen’s works and belongings are sent to Leghorn. | ||
| 26.9.1842 | The frigate Thetis arrives at Leghorn to transport Thorvaldsen, his works of art and his household effects to Copenhagen. | ||
| 29.9.1842 | All the crates with Thorvaldsen’s works and other goods are loaded onto the frigate Thetis at Leghorn. | ||
| Presumably 30.9.1842 | Frederikke Wallick visits Thorvaldsen in Rome, and they agree to travel from Civitavecchia to Leghorn together. | ||
| End of September 1842 | Thorvaldsen suffers from rheumatic pains in his right hip. | ||
| 1.10.1842 | Departs from Rom for the last time bound for Civitavecchia, accompanied by Karl von Kolb. | ||
| 2.10.1842 | The frigate Thetis departs from Leghorn bound for Copenhagen with Thorvaldsen’s works and belongings, but without Thorvaldsen himself. | ||
| 2.10.1842 | Leaves Civitavecchia at 3 p.m. on board the steamship Maria Christina bound for Leghorn. He is in the company of Frederikke Wallick as previously arranged. | ||
| 3.10.1842 | Reaches Leghorn one day after the frigate Thetis has left for Denmark. Continues with the steamship Maria Christina to Marseilles instead in the company of Frederikke Wallick. | ||
| 4.10.1842 | On her way from Leghorn to Marseille, the steamship calls at Genoa. | ||
| 5.10.1842 | Arrives in Marseille. | ||
| 5.10.1842 | Spends the afternoon and the evening with Frederikke Wallick at the home of her friend, one Madame de Salle in Marseille. | ||
| 7.10.1842 | Departure from Marseille by stagecoach to Lyon. | ||
| 7.10.1842 | The keystone in the vaulted ceiling of the hall in Thorvaldsen’s Museum is placed. | ||
| 9.10.1842 | Arrives at Lyon. Leaves the same day after a few hours’ sleep, bound for Strasbourg via Dijon. | ||
| Presumably 11.10.1842 | Arrival Strasbourg by stagecoach. | ||
| 12.10.1842 | Travels by river steamer from Strasbourg to Mannheim on the Rhine. | ||
| 12.10.1842 | Supper and room at the Hotel de L’Europe, Mannheim. | ||
| 13.10.1842 | Departure very early in the morning from Mannheim to Mainz by steamship. From there on to Frankfurt am Main, probably also by boat. | ||
| 13.10.1842 | Takes rooms at the Gasthaus zum römischen Kayser, Frankfurt am Main. Meets several acquaintances, among them Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz, who gives a large party to Thorvaldsen in his home from 6 to 8.30 pm. | ||
| 13.10.1842 | Travels by stagecoach from Frankfurt am Main to Kassel at 9 p.m. | ||
| 14.10.1842 | Arrives at Kassel by stagecoach and takes rooms at the hotel zum König von Preussen. | ||
| 15.10.1842 | Departure from Kassel by stagecoach, arrival Hannover the next morning. The journey goes through Göttingen, where town officials invite Thorvaldsen to spend a day there, but in vain. | ||
| 16.10.1842 | In the evening, leaves Hannover by stagecoach to go to Altona via Celle, Harburg and Hamburg. From Celle in the company of Johanna and Salomon Ludwig Steinheim. | ||
| 17.10. - 22.10.1842 | Arrives in Altona, and stays at the hotel Zum Holsteinischen Hause. | ||
| 18.10.1842 | Celebrated in Altona by a singing society of about 40 people. | ||
| 18.10.1842 | Party at the home of Johanna and Salomon Ludwig Steinheim in Altona. | ||
| 19.10.1842 | Celebrated by the singing society Allgemeinen Altonaer Liedertafel with a song, a speech, and illuminations during his stay in Altona. About 200 people are present. | ||
| Presumably 20.10.1842 | Large party at the house of Johanna and Salomon Ludwig Steinheim in Altona. | ||
| 21.10.1842 | A deputation of about 50 people appear at the hotel Zum Holsteinischen Hause in Altona to take leave of Thorvaldsen before his departure for Copenhagen. | ||
| 22.10.1842 | Travels by stagecoach from Altona / Hamburg to Kiel at 5 o’clock in the morning. | ||
| 22.10.1842 | Sails from Kiel on board the steamship Frederik den sjette. P.W. Forchhammer tries in vain to persuade Thorvaldsen to stay for a day in Kiel. | ||
| 23.10.1842 | The steamship Frederik den sjette anchors at Vordingborg due to bad weather. | ||
| 23.10.1842 | The daughters of G.F. Hetsch and C.W. Eckersberg decorate Thorvaldsen’s studio with wreaths on the occasion of his approaching return. | ||
| 24.10.1842 | Arrives in Copenhagen between 5 and 6 p.m. on board the steamship Frederik den sjette in the company of Frederikke Wallick. He is received by J.M. Thiele, Hermann Ernst Freund, H.N. Clausen, Christine Stampe and Elisa Paulsen, Fritz Paulsen, their children, J.F. Schouw. among others. | ||
| 24.10.1842 | Dinner party given by Susette and J.F. Schouw at Charlottenborg. Among those present are: the Stampe family H.N. Clausen, Birgitte Francisca Clausen (1797-1875) and N.L. Høyen. | ||
| 25.10.1842 | Thorvaldsen visits Thorvaldsen’s Museum for the first time. The museum is decorated with garlands and members of the students’ choral society sing H.P. Holst’s Mellem disse mure (Between these high walls). | ||
| 25.10.1842 | Dinner party given by Christian 8. at Sorgenfri with, among others, Just Mathias Thiele. | ||
| 26.10.1842 | Dinner party at the home of Elisa and Fritz Paulsen. | ||
| 27.10.1842 | Dinner party at the home of Susette and J.F. Schouw. | ||
| 28.10.1842 | Visits the painter C.W. Eckersberg. | ||
| End of October 1842 | Donates 25,000 rix-dollars to the museum for the carving of marble versions, pedestals, etc. | ||
| 1.11.1842 | The frigate Thetis arrives in Copenhagen from Leghorn with parts of Thorvaldsen’s art works, his collection and other belongings. | ||
| 9.11.1842 | Receives the visit of the painter C.W. Eckersberg. | ||
| 17.11.1842 | Arrives at Nysø for the first time after his return from Italy. | ||
| 19.11.1842 | Celebrates his birthday at Nysø with, among other things, a song by Henrik Stampe. | ||
| Completed 25.11.1842 | Three Genii, A153, after the device of Christian 4., executed at the suggestion of G.F. Hetsch. | ||
| 26.11.1842 | Arrives at Charlottenborg from Nysø Saturday evening. | ||
| 27.11.1842 | Becomes godfather to C.C. Zahrtman’s daughter, Wanda Sophie Elisabeth Candia Zahrtmann (1842-1916), at 38 Bredgade, Copenhagen. | ||
| End of November 1842 | Suffers from pain in his legs after the home journey. | ||
| Not later than 2.12.1842 | Buys Adam Müller’s still unfinished painting Christ and The Evangelists, B276. | ||
| 3.12.1842 | Receives the visit of the painter C.W. Eckersberg. Suffers from a bad leg. | ||
| Completed 12.12.1842 | The Abolition of Villeinage, A604. | ||
| 24.12.1842 | Oehlenschläger celebrates Christmas with Thorvaldsen and the family Stampe at Nysø. | ||
| Completed 24.12.1842 | Christmas Joy in Heaven, A589. | ||
| 27.12.1842 | The ship, Die gute Hoffnung, is stranded, carrying works by Thorvaldsen, which are all rescued. |