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| Date | Events | Whereabouts | Works |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presumably 1843 | Christmas Joy in Heaven, A855. | ||
| Presumably 1843 | Minerva, A783, fragment of A17. | ||
| 1843 | Cupid and Erato, Nysø128,1 | ||
| 1843 | Hercules, A15, preparatory work for A14. | ||
| 1843 | Hymen, A457. | ||
| 1843 | Minerva, A17. | ||
| 1843 | Nemesis, A19. | ||
| 1843 | Aesculapius, A20. | ||
| Presumably January 1843 | Jørgen Dalhoff succeeds in firing terracotta for the first time in Copenhagen. | ||
| January 1843 | Returns to Copenhagen after a stay at Nysø. | ||
| 1.1.1843 | Pietro Alberto Paulsen as a Hunter’s Boy, A175. The work was commissioned by Christian 8. as a marble statue, but it was never executed. | ||
| Completed 9.1.1843 | Personifications of Justice and Strength, A609, prepatory work for A606. | ||
| Completed 15.1.1843 | Genii enwreathe the Arts and Sciences, A610, prepatory work for A607. | ||
| 25.1.1843 | Thorvaldsen revises his testament. | ||
| Presumably February 1843 | Delegates the execution of a terracotta pediment for Christiansborg Palace after Jupiter, Minerva and Nemesis, A316, to Goffhelf Borup. | ||
| February 1843 | Resumed negotiations with Slotsbygningskommissionen (Building Commission for Christiansborg Palace) regarding the decoration of Christiansborg Palace. | ||
| 9.2.1843 | Visits the painter C.W. Eckersberg in the company of Christine Stampe and the painter Hermania Neergaard (1799-1875). | ||
| 20.2.1843 | Attends the meeting of Akademiforsamlingen (the Fellows of the Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen). | ||
| Presumably March 1843 | Visits his mausoleum in the museum. | ||
| Beginning of March 1843 | Disagreement between Christine Stampe and Elisa Paulsen about the celebration of Thorvaldsen’s Roman birthday. | ||
| 4.3.1843 | Probably dines with H.C. Ørsted and his family. | ||
| 6.3.1843 | Justice, A606. | ||
| Completed 6.3.1843 | Protection of the Arts and Sciences, A607. | ||
| 8.3.1843 | Thorvaldsen’s Roman birthday is celebrated by Elisa Paulsen, who also celebrates her own birthday. Among those present are: Fritz Paulsen’s brother Friederich Nicolai Wilhelm Paulsen and sister-in-law, J.L. Jensen and his wife. | ||
| 16.3.1843 | The College of Arms reminds Thorvaldsen of the request for a draft of his coat of arms. | ||
| April 1843 | Students at the University of Copenhagen remind Thorvaldsen of the commission for Martin Luther, cf. A188, and Philipp Melanchton, cf. A161. | ||
| 18.4.1843 | Congratulates the painter C.W. Eckersberg on his 25th anniversary as professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen. Has arranged a dinner in Eckersberg’s honour, attended by Jonas Collin, Just Mathias Thiele, J.L. Lund, and others . | ||
| 20.4.1843 | Thorvaldsen gives Christine Stampe a bracelet made of gold and his own hair on her 46th birthday. | ||
| 6.5.1843 | Genius, A785. | ||
| 13.5.1843 | Visits Just Mathias Thiele in the company of the painters C.W. Eckersberg, Wilhelm Marstrand, Ernst Meyer, the art historian N.L. Høyen, and the architect Gottlieb Bindesbøll. | ||
| 17.5.1843 | Christian 8. sees Thorvaldsen’s collection of paintings at Charlottenborg. | ||
| 23.5.1843 | Probably in the Royal Theatre with Christine Stampe. | ||
| 7.6.1843 | Thorvaldsen’s son-in-law Fritz Paulsen dies after a long period of illness. | ||
| Presumably 21.6.1843 | Moves from Copenhagen to Nysø for the summer. | ||
| Presumably July 1843 | Visit at Nysø from Ernst Meyer and Wilhelm Marstrand. | ||
| Presumably July 1843 | Excursion lasting a couple of days from Nysø to Møn with the Stampe family, Ernst Mayer, Wilhelm Marstrand and probably Susette Schouw. Visits to Møns Klint and Stege. | ||
| July 1843 | The Genius of Sculpture, A522. | ||
| July 1843 | Head of the Muse of Comedy, Nysø88, preparatory work for A342. | ||
| July 1843 | Head of the Muse of Tragedy, Nysø85, preparatory work for A342. | ||
| July 1843 | The Mask of Comedy, Nysø93. | ||
| July 1843 | The Muses of Tragedy and Comedy, A342. | ||
| July or August 1843 | The Genii of Painting, Architecture and Sculpture, A525. | ||
| Completed 1.7.1843 | Cupid’s Swan Song, A456. | ||
| 3.7.1843 | Is appointed member of the Kurfürstlichen Akademie der bildenden Künste, Kassel. | ||
| 19.7.1843 | Horace Vernet calls in vain on Thorvaldsen in his home at Charlottenborg in Copenhagen. | ||
| Completed 21.7.1843 | The Genius of Painting, A520. | ||
| Completed 30.7.1843 | The Genii of Poetry and Harmony, A528. | ||
| August 1843 | Returns to Copenhagen. | ||
| August - November 1843 | Hercules, A14. | ||
| Presumably autumn 1843 | The Ages of Love, A739. | ||
| Autumn 1843 | Christian 8. visits Thorvaldsen’s studio. | ||
| 14.9.1843 | Receives a vist from the painter C.W. Eckersberg. | ||
| 7.11.1843 | Er sandsynligvis til stede ved et mindre selskab hos Johanne Luise og J.L. Heiberg i København. | ||
| Middle of November 1843 | Stays for a couple of weeks at Nysø. | ||
| 19.11.1843 | Celebrates his birthday at Nysø. H.C. Andersen reads fairy tales, and a play by J.L. Heiberg is performed. Present are the Stampe family and Nicolai Søtoft, Julie and Carl Vilhelm Raben-Levetzau, Juliane and Benjamin Wolff, Charlotte and Johan Ferdinand de Neergaard. Songs by Andersen, Søtoft and Henrik Stampe. | ||
| End of November 1843 | Several dinner parties given at manor houses close to Nysø, i.e. by Julie and Carl Vilhelm Raben-Levetzau, Juliane and Benjamin Wolff, Charlotte and Johan Ferdinand de Neergaard. | ||
| End of November 1843 | From Nysø to Copenhagen via Vallø Castle. | ||
| Presumably December 1843 | Hymen, A731. | ||
| Presumably December 1843 | An arm on the clay model for Aesculapius, cf. sketch model A20, falls of. The same model crashed entirely after the death of Thorvaldsen 26.6.1844. | ||
| Presumably December 1843 | Dinner at the house of Consul Alfred Hage, where the writer Constant Dirckinck-Holmfeld (1799-1880) criticizes Thorvaldsen’s Museum. Also present are Christine Stampe, Orla Lehmann and Anton Frederik Tscherning (1795-1874). | ||
| December 1843 | Frequent soirées with ”the Italian singers”. | ||
| Completed 3.12.1843 | The Genius of Architecture, A521. | ||
| 13.12.1843 | Appointed free member of the Institute of Fine Arts in London. | ||
| Middle of December 1843 | During a visit to Christian 8. and Caroline Amalie, Thorvaldsen is referred to Doctor Johan Peter Jacobsen because of a legsore. | ||
| Middle of December 1843 - beginning of January 1844 | Thorvaldsen is confined to his bed because of a leg sore. He is attended by the doctors Jacobsen and Bang, who disagree on the treatment. | ||
| 17.12.1843 | Receives a visit at Charlottenborg from the painter C.W. Eckersberg, whom he – in spite of a bad leg – subsequently calls on, also at Charlottenborg, in the company of Christine Stampe. | ||
| Not later than 22.12.1843 | Given a painting by C.W. Heideck, Scene from the defence of a Spanish town during a guerrilla war, B118. | ||
| 24.12.1843 | Given three watercolours by Ernst Meyer, probably D848, D849, D850. | ||
| 24.12.1843 | Christmas at Charlottenborg. Christmas Stampe presents Thorvaldsen with Heinrich Buntzen’s Nysø Manor with Thorvaldsen in front of his Studio, B203. H.N. Clausen and his wife Birgitte Francisca are present. | ||
| 31.12.1843 | On New Year’s Eve, Thorvaldsen, who is confined to his bed, is visited by Christine and Henrik Stampe, N.F.S. Grundtvig and his wife Elisabeth Christina Margrethe Blicher (1787-1851), N.L. Høyen and his wife Edele Birgitte Westengaard (1799-1883). |