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19.11.1770 Thorvaldsen is born in Copenhagen.
19.11.1770 - 1771 Residence at 7 Grønnegade, the side wing, 2nd floor, Copenhagen.
1771 - presumably 1775 Residence at 12 Vingårdstræde, Copenhagen.
Presumably 1775 - 1780 Residence in Dronningens Tværgade, in a garret in a back building, Copenhagen.
Presumably 1780 - 1787 Residence at 12 Ny Adelgade, Copenhagen.
October 1781 Thorvaldsen is admitted to the first part of the Academy of Fine Art’s freehand drawing school (1. frihåndsskole).
October 1782 Thorvaldsen is admitted to the second part of the Academy of Fine Art’s freehand drawing school (2. frihåndsskole).
Presumably 1785 - 1790 Grandfather Clock, N150.
3.1.1785 Advances to the plaster school of the Academy of Fine Arts.
2.1.1786 Advances to the model school of the Academy of Fine Arts.
1787 Works on a portrait bust in clay, seen by Wilhelm Theodor Ferrini in Thorvaldsen’s home. It is not known who was portrayed.
2.1.1787 Awarded the small silver medal of the Academy of Fine Arts.
Not later than March 1787 Residence at 20 Laksegade, ground floor, 20, Copenhagen.
15.4.1787 Confirmation in Holmen’s Church, Copenhagen.
Presumably 1789 - 1790 Residence at 13 Åbenrå, one half of the first floor, Copenhagen.
1789 The Royal Coat of Arms, A787.
1789 Executes four stone lions for two gates at Frederiksberg Runddel outside Frederiksberg Gardens.
Spring 1789 Cupid Resting, A756.
30.5.1789 Awarded the large silver medal of the Academy of Fine Arts for the relief Cupid Resting, A756.
Beginning of the 1790s Forms a society for drawing with C.D. Fritzsch, Heinrich Grosch and Carl Probsthayn in order to practise composition drawing for the competitions of Academy of Fine Arts.
Not later than 14.9.1790 Marie Sophie Frederikke, portrait medallion, plaster, location unknown.
Completed 14.9.1790 Executes three statues, Fama, Denmark and The Patron Gods of Norway, height c. 230 cm, for a temporary triumphal gate at Kongens Nytorv celebrating the arrival of Crown Princess Marie Sophie Frederikke in Copenhagen.
1791 Residence in Store Brøndstræde or Lille Brøndstræde, Copenhagen.
1791 - 29.8.1796 Residence and workroom at 13, Åbenrå, the entire first floor, Copenhagen.
1.6.1791 - August 1791 Helidorus Driven out of the Temple, A829.
15.8.1791 Awarded the small gold medal of the Academy of Fine Arts for the relief Helidorus Driven out of the Temple, A829.
Autumn 1791 Achilles and Priam, A791.
1792 Hercules and Omphale, A749.
1792 Numa Pomphilius and Egeria, A748, first version.
1792 Man on Horseback, A872.
1792 Member of the Holstein theatrical society Det Holstenske Dramatiske Selskab.
31.3.1792 Helidorus Driven out of the Temple, A829 is displayed in the assembly hall of the Academy of Fine Arts as are the other prizewinning works of art.
Not later than 1793 Models a portrait of the painter Nicolaus Wolff. Whether a medaillon or a bust is unknown.
Presumably 1793 Johanne Cathrine Rosing, A816.
1793 Mother and Two Children, A750.
1793 The Children of Simon Jensen, A766, and A769.
1793 Charlotte Kirstine Reiersen, A897.
1793 Eleonora Maria Jensen, A765, and A768.
1793 Elisabeth Christine Saxtorph, A904.
1793 Holger Christian Reiersen, A896.
1793 Louise Augusta, A818.
1793 Matthias Saxtorph, A903.
1793 Michael Rosing, A815.
1793 Simon Jensen, A764, and A767.
June - July 1793 Peter and John Healing a Lame Man, Nysø127r. Sketch for A830.
June - July 1793 Peter and John Healing a Lame Man, Nysø127v. Sketch for A830.
June 1793 - 7.8.1793 Peter and John Healing a Lame Man, A830.
14.8.1793 Awarded the large gold medal of the Academy of Fine Arts, F35, for the relief Peter and John Healing a Lame Man, A830.
Autumn 1793 Member of Det dramatiske-literaire Selskab, known as Borups Selskab (The Dramatic and Literary Society, Borup’s Society).
30.12.1793 Awarded a one-year scholarship of 100 rix-dollars by the Academy of Fine Arts. The scholarship was known as the “The copperplate engraver’s pension” (Kobberstikker-Pensionen).
1794 The Hours, A772.
1794 The Hours, Dep.22, executed from a sketch by Abildgaard.
1794 The Hours, plaster relief, Christian VIII’s Palace at Amalienborg Castle, Copenhagen.
1794 Euterpe, A757.
1794 Euterpe, statue, stucco, Christian VIII’s Palace at Amalienborg Castle, Copenhagen.
1794 Self-portrait, C885.
1794 Terpsichore, A758.
1794 Terpsichore, statue, stucco, Christian VIII’s Palace at Amalienborg Castle, Copenhagen.
1794 Two Muses, statues, stucco, Christian VIII’s Palace at Amalienborg Castle, Copenhagen.
1794 The Seasons, Dep.21, from Abildgaard’s sketch.
1794 The Seasons, plaster relief, Christian VIII’s Palace at Amalienborg Castle, Copenhagen.
1794 Jon Erichsen, cf. casts A795 og A862.
1794 Olav Olavsen, drawing, location unknown.
1794 Meets Johan Tobias Sergel while working at Amalienborg.
1.1.1794 Watercolour drawing for Sophie Amalie Kurtzhals, CX11 [Dep.19].
Not later than 31.3.1794 Minotaurus(?), clay, location unknown.
Middle of May 1794 Portrait of Peter Olivarius Bugge, now lost drawing for the engraving E2297.
Presumably 19.5.1794 Attends a memorial ceremony for the late Peter Olivarius Bugge at the Shooting Society in Coprenhagen.
November - December 1794 Numa Pompilius and Egeria, A748, final version of the relief from 1792.
Presumably 1795 Unknown, A913.
Presumably 1795 - 1796 Christian Ulrich Detlev von Eggers, C747.
Presumably 1795 - 1796 Hans Marcussen Ammitzbøll, watercolour and pencil on paper, Vejle Kunstmuseum.
1795 A.P. Bernstorff, A724.
1795 A.P. Bernstorff, A856.
1795 C. Pram, private collection, drawing for the engraving E2299.
1795 Christian Ulrich Detlev von Eggers, drawing for the engraving E2296.
1.1.1795 Watercolour drawing for Sophie Probsthayn, C821.
5.1.1795 Shows the relief Numa Pompilius and Egeria, A748, to the Academy of Fine Arts, with the result that his one-year scholarship of 100 rix-dollars is extended.
23.2.1795 Receives a visit from the portrait painter Hans Hansen in his home Åbenrå 13, Copenhagen.
2.11.1795 Applies for the travel grant of the Academy of Fine Arts, which is awarded on the same day.
December 1795 Carl Wilhelm Anton Eegholm, C754.
Not later than 1796 Bernt Anker?, A782.
Not later than 1796 Cecilia Kirstine Monrad, A745 og A747.
Not later than 1796 Peter Johan Monrad, A744 og A746.
Not later than 1796 Thomas Thaarup, drawing, the Theatre Museum, Copenhagen, drawing for the engraving E2298.
Presumably 1796 Unknown, A888.
1796 A.P. Bernstorff, A743.
1796 A.P. Bernstorff, A817.
Not later than January 1796 Ole Johan Samsøe, C755.
Spring 1796 With the help of A.P. Bernstorff and encouraged by Peder Horrebow Haste, among others, Thorvaldsen obtains the permission of the Admiralty to travel to Italy with the frigate Thetis on her expedition to the Mediterranean.
6.3.1796 Is godfather to Henriette Johanne and Peder Friis’ daughter, Petrine Christine Engelbrechtine Friis (1796-1820).
9.3.1796 Takes part in the wedding celebration of Frederike Dorothea and Peter Hanning Hammer.
Not later than middle of March 1796 Frederike Dorothea Hammer, C746.
Not later than middle of March 1796 Peter Hanning Hammer, portrait drawing, private collection.
Not later than middle of March 1796 Peter Hanning Hammer, portrait medallion, location unknown.
Not later than 27.3.1796 Ernst Heinrich Løffler, A864 og A630.
31.3.1796 A.P. Bernstorff, A856, is shown to Hereditary Prince Frederik at the Academy of Fine Arts.
20.5.1796 - 30.8.1796 Charlotte Amalie Fisker, portrait drawing, location unknown.
Presumably June 1796 Commemorative pamphlet for Ole Johan Samsøe, drawing for engraved vignette in the magazine Thalia.
Summer 1796 F.C. Willerup, bust, probably plaster, location unknown.
1.7.1796 Thorvaldsen’s travel grant takes effect officially.
Not later than August 1796 Hans Christopher Sonnin, portrait drawing, private collection.
Not later than August 1796 Jens Ulstrup, portrait drawing, private collection.
Not later than August 1796 Johanne Ulstrup, portrait drawing, private collection.
Middle of August 1796 Farewell party for Thorvaldsen at the Royal Shooting Range. A song by Peder Horrebow Haste is sung.
23.8.1796 Receives Instructions from the Academy of Fine Arts concerning his journey.
29.8.1796 Thorvaldsen goes on board the frigate Thetis.
30.8.1796 Thorvaldsen leaves Copenhagen on board the frigate Thetis.
31.8.1796 Thetis passes Skagen.
3.9.1796 Thetis passes Dogger Bank.
6.9. - 7.9.1796 The frigate Thetis shoots at English ships in the North Sea.
8.9.1796 Thetis passes North Foreland Lighthouse and enters the English Channel.
9.9.1796 Thetis anchors near Dover due to fog.
11.9.1796 Thetis passes Isle of Wight.
13.9. - 15.9.1796 Thetis lies off the isle of Portland in the English Channel.
16.9.1796 Thetis passes Prawle Point.
19.9.1796 Thetis passes Eddystone Lighthouse off Plymouth.
20.9.1796 Thetis leaves the English Channel.
21.9. - 6.10.1796 Gerhard Sievers Bille, C750.
23.9.1796 Thetis passes the island Ushant.
29.9.1796 Johan Christian Gustav Hohlenberg, C756.
30.9.1796 Thetis passes Cape Finisterre.
October or December 1796 Laurits Jensen Grove, portrait drawing, location unknown.
2.10.1796 The frigate Thetis exchanges a few shots with two Portuguese frigates off the coast of Portugal.
4.10.1796 Thetis passes Cape St. Vincent.
7.10.1796 Thetis passes Gibraltar.
8.10.1796 Thetis anchors at Malaga.
Thorvaldsen and others go ashore. He calls on the Danish consul. Visits churches and goes to the theatre, etc.
9.10.1796 The frigate Thetis waits for favourable wind. Thorvaldsen and Peder Pavels go ashore in Malaga, visit a hospital, some churches, and a coffee house.
10.10.1796 Thorvaldsen, Peder Pavels, H.A. Schmidt o.a. går igen i land i Malaga og besøger kirker, kaffehus m.m.
11.10.1796 The frigate Thetis weighs anchor and leaves Malaga, heading for Algiers.
16.10.1796 The frigate Thetis reaches Algiers and leaves its companion, the “present ship” Laurentius, there.
17.10. - 22.10.1796 The frigate Thetis sails towards Malta in stormy weather.
24.10.1796 The frigate Thetis reaches Malta and is quarantined against the risk of plague.
26.10. - 6.11.1796 Lorens Henrich Fisker, portrait drawing, Frederiksborg, Hillerød.
26.10. - 6.11.1796 Lorens Henrich Fisker, portrait drawing, location unknown.
29.10.1796 Under Thetis’ karantæne tager fregattens officerer, H.A. Schmidt, Peder Pavels og Thorvaldsen på rotur rundt i Vallettas havn.
Beginning of November 1796 Charlotte Amalie Fisker, portrait drawing, Frederiksborg, Hillerød.
3.11.1796 Maltas sundhedskommission fastholder 40 dages karantæne for Thetis fra den dag fregatten forlod Algier. Plus 20 dage, hvis Thetis i mellemtiden sejler til Tripoli.
7.11.1796 The frigate Thetis leaves Malta and heads for Tripoli.
13.11.1796 The frigate Thetis anchors in the harbour of Tripoli.
14.11. - 15.11.1796 Thetis’ kaptajn, Lorens Henrich Fisker forhandler forgæves fred med pashaen af Tripoli, Sidi Yussef.
15.11.1796 Thorvaldsen, Christian Georg Hansen and Peder Pavels go ashore in Tripoli.
The same night the frigate Thetis has to weigh anchor due to stormy weather.
16.11. - 22.11.1796 En kraftig storm tvinger Thetis østpå, og først efter fire dage bliver det muligt at sejle tilbage mod Tripoli.
23.11.1796 The frigate Thetis returns to the harbour of Tripoli and is reunited with its captain. Sails two days later towards Malta or Sicily.
Presumably December 1796 G.F. Rørbye, C751.
2.12.1796 The frigate Thetis returns to Malta, in quarantine against the plague until the 18th of December.
Middle of December 1796 The Centaur Chiron Teaching Achilles Medicin, C499, drawing for the album of the ship’s doctor Hansen.
16.12.1796 H.A. Schmidt, portrait drawing, location unknown.
18.12.1796 The quarantine of the frigate Thetis against the plague is raised, and Thorvaldsen and the crew goes ashore in Valletta.
20.12.1796 - beginning of January 1797 Stays at Scamp’s Palace in Valletta for three weeks together with Pavels while the frigate Thetis is being careened.
21.12.1796 Til middag hos den danske konsul på Malta Joseph Abela (Habela) sammen med bl.a. Lorens Henrich Fisker
26.12.1796 Visits the town of Mdina on Malta accompanied by Peder Pavels, Christian Georg Hansen, G.F. Rørbye and H.A. Schmidt.
At the turn of 1796 - 97 Outline of Fort St. Angelo in the harbour of Valletta, C818r (part of the motive).
End of December 1796 Makes a satiric drawing of an officer of the quarantine board for Peder Pavels, location unknown.