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| Date | Events | Whereabouts | Works |
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| 1835 | Lyre, A708. | ||
| 1835 | The Genius of Poetry, A526. | ||
| 1835 | Receives a visit from the French author Alexandre Dumas père during the latter’s journey through Italy. | ||
| 1835 - 1836 | Charlotte Dorothea Fischer, A871. | ||
| 1835 - 1846 | Thorvaldsen’s “Pre-Museum” at Christiansborg Palace. | ||
| Presumably completed January 1835 | Horace Vernet paints Portrait of Thorvaldsen modelling the bust of Vernet, B95. | ||
| January 1835 | The marble version of George Gordon Byron, AX682, arrives in London, but is not placed in Westminster Abbey due to controversies about Byron’s reputation. | ||
| 28.1.1835 | Frederik 6.’s birthday is celebrated by Danes in Rome. A song by Ludvig Bødtcher is sung. | ||
| 31.1.1835 | Attends Horace Vernet’s farewell party in the Palazzo Ruspoli. Vernet is fined 100 scudi for breaking the fast. | ||
| Beginning of February 1835 | Horace Vernet leaves Rome. | ||
| 18.2.1835 | Possibly at the theatre to see Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard’s play Der Jahrmarkt zu Borgo di Trastullo. | ||
| 8.3.1835 | Thorvaldsen’s Roman birthday is celebrated by the Cociety of Danish Romans at Christianshavns Borgerdydsskole without the sculptor’s presence. 45 men attend. A song about Rome and Thorvaldsen by H.C. Andersen and two songs by F.C. Hillerup are sung. | ||
| 18.3.1835 | Awarded honorary citizenship of Mainz, cf. N35. Does not receive the diploma until his visit to the city 1.7.1841. | ||
| 20.4.1835 | Elected honorary member of the Accademia Aretina di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in Arezzo. | ||
| 27.4.1835 | Signs a contract with Helena Poninska for the Monument to the two Poninski Children, cf. A616. | ||
| Beginning of May 1835 | The frigate Bellona leaves Copenhagen. | ||
| Summer 1835 | Friedrich Schiller, A138, preparatory work for A770. | ||
| 8.6.1835 | The frigate Bellona reaches Leghorn. | ||
| 9.7.1835 | The frigate Bellona leaves Leghorn bound for Copenhagen, carrying Thorvaldsen’s works. | ||
| 20.7.1835 | Honorary member of the Società Petrarchina di Scienze e Belle Arti in Arezzo. | ||
| Autumn 1835 | Monument to the two Poninski Children is begun, cf. A616 and A917. | ||
| Autumn 1835 | The Judgement of Solomon, A554. | ||
| September 1835 | The Resurrection, A561. | ||
| 5.9.1835 | The frigate Bellona arrives in Copenhagen with some of Thorvaldsen’s works. | ||
| 9.9.1835 | Formanden for Schiller-foreningen udtrykker glæde over Karl von Kolbs beskrivelse af den færdige skitse til Schiller-statuen, A138. | ||
| End of October 1835 | The Danish merchant Hans Puggaard arrives in Rome with his wife, the painter Bolette Puggaard, and his daughter Marie. Together with a young relative, they spend six months in the city – often in Thorvaldsen’s company. | ||
| 1.11.1835 | Receives a visit from the Puggaard family. | ||
| 2.11.1835 |
Shows the Puggaard family round his studios, where work is being done on Maximilian I., A128. Gathers roses in his garden for Marie and Bolette Puggaard. |
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| 5.11.1835 | Evening party at the house of the Puggaard family in Via degli Avignonesi. | ||
| Presumably 23.11.1835 | Aftenselskab hos familien Puggaard. Møder her Constantin Hansen, der lige er ankommet til Rom. | ||
| Presumably winter 1835 - 1836 | Restores the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius in the Campidoglio. | ||
| Not earlier than December 1835 - not later than February 1836 | Thomas Dyke Acland and Lydia Elizabeth, neé Hoare (1786-1856) acquire or are given two terracotta reliefs of Night , cf. A369, and Day, cf. A370, as a remembrance of their stay in Rome. The reliefs are still in the library of the Ackland family’s former home Killerton House, Devon, England. | ||
| 13.12.1835 | Attends an evening party at the house of the Puggaard family, along with the German painters Joh. Christian Reinhart and Franz Ludwig Catel. The daughter of the house Marie serves pancakes. | ||
| 22.12.1835 | Elected member of the Koninklijk Instituut van Wetenschappen, Amsterdam. | ||
| 24.12.1835 | Celebrates Christmas with the other Danes in Rome, among them the Puggaard family, the painters Jørgen V. Sonne, who made the Christmas porridge, Ditlev Blunck and Fritz Petzholdt. | ||
| End of 1835 | Marble version of Nemesis Attended by the Genii of Punishment and Reward, cf. A364, is completed and placed in Julius Mylius’ chapel in Loveno. | ||
| Presumably 1836 | The Hovering Graces, A338. | ||
| 1836 | Cupid with the Lyre, A33, copy in marble presumably executed by Johann Scholl after A786. | ||
| 1836 | The Graces Listening to Cupid’s Song, A601. | ||
| 1836 | The Gutenberg Monument, cf. A114, A115, A116 cast in bronze by Charles Crozatier (1795-1855) in Paris. | ||
| 1836 | Alteration of the original model Jason With the Golden Fleece, A52, from 1802-03. | ||
| Beginning of 1836 | Childhood or Spring, A642. | ||
| Beginning of 1836 | Manhood or Autumn, A644. | ||
| Beginning of 1836 | Faith, Hope and Charity, A599. | ||
| Beginning of 1836 | Youth or Summer, A643. | ||
| Presumably January 1836 | Old Age or Winter, A645. | ||
| 10.1.1836 | Attends a merry party in the evening along with Joseph Anton Koch, Ditlev Blunck, Fritz Petzholdt, the Puggaard family, and others. Plays the tambourine and dances. | ||
| 6.2.1836 | Dines at the house the Puggaard family. | ||
| 7.2.1836 | Carneval celebration at the house of the Puggaard family in Via degli Avignonesi, in the company of Ditlev Blunck, Constantin Hansen, Ferdinand Flor, Fritz Petzholdt, Leopold Pollack, and others. | ||
| 8.3.1836 | Celebrates his Roman birthday at the house of the Puggaard family in Rome with tableaux inspired by his own and Raphael’s works and arranged by Ferdinand Flor. Song by Heinrich Jakob Fried. Music with lyrics by Scipione Barberi. The text for a song by Henrik Hertz for the same date suggests that a party was held in Denmark that same evening. | ||
| 8.3.1836 | Thorvaldsen’s Roman birthday is celebrated by the Society of Danish Romans at Christianshavns Borgerdydsskole without the sculptor’s presence. Prologue by Jørgen Jørgensen, a song by H.C. Andersen and another one about Rome and Thorvaldsen by Henrik Hertz are sung. | ||
| 10.3.1836 | Visits the Puggaard family and gives Marie Puggaard an antique ring with a reproduction of The Goddess of Hope, cf. A47. | ||
| 11.3.1836 | Visits Bolette Puggaard. | ||
| 23.3.1836 | Excursion to Nemi and Monte Gentile near Ariccia, arranged by the Puggaard family. | ||
| 31.3.1836 | Thorvaldsen’s post as director of Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi (The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen) is extended. | ||
| 7.4.1836 | Visits the Puggaard family in the evening. | ||
| 22.4.1836 | Evening party at the house of the Puggaard family. | ||
| 24.4.1836 | Takes leave of the Puggaard family, who set out for Naples at 5 o’clock in the morning. | ||
| Presumably summer 1836 | Apollo, A326. | ||
| Presumably summer 1836 | Conradin, A150. | ||
| Presumably summer 1836 | Erato, Muse of Lyric and Love Poetry, A333. | ||
| Presumably summer 1836 | Euterpe, Muse of Music, A329. | ||
| Presumably summer 1836 | Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry, A336. | ||
| Presumably summer 1836 | Clio, Muse of History, A328. | ||
| Presumably summer 1836 | The Genius of Light with Pegasus, A327. | ||
| Presumably summer 1836 | Maximilian 1., cf. A128, is completed. | ||
| Presumably summer 1836 | Melpomene, Muse of Tragedy, A331. | ||
| Presumably summer 1836 | Minerva, A325. | ||
| Presumably summer 1836 | Mnemosyne and Harpocrates, A337. | ||
| Presumably summer 1836 | Polyhymnia, Muse of Religious Poetry, A334. | ||
| Presumably summer 1836 | Terpsichore, Muse of Dancing, A332. | ||
| Presumably summer 1836 | Thalia, Muse of Comedy, A330. | ||
| Presumably summer 1836 | Urania, Muse of Astronomy, A335. | ||
| Presumably autumn 1836 | Arranges the collections in the Museo Gregoriano Estrusco, which opens in 1837. | ||
| Autumn 1836 | Alexander the Great Sets Fire to Persepolis, A516, reworked version of A515. | ||
| Not later than September 1836 | Maximilian 1., cf. A128, arrives in Munich. | ||
| Not later than 9.9.1836 | Friedrich Schiller, cf. A770, modelled by Wilhelm Matthiä, is completed. | ||
| Not later than 9.9.1836 | The Apotheosis of Friedrich Schiller, A135, is modelled by Wilhelm Matthiä. | ||
| Not later than 9.9.1836 | Griffin and Lyre, A707, modelled by Wilhelm Matthiä. | ||
| Not later than 9.9.1836 | The Genius of Poetry, A136, is modelled by Wilhelm Matthiä. | ||
| Not later than 9.9.1836 | The Goddess of Victory, A137, is modelled by Wilhelm Matthiä. | ||
| Winter 1836 - 1837 | Achilles and Patroclus, A494. | ||
| Winter 1836 - 1837 | Achilles and Penthesilia, A496. | ||
| 31.12.1836 | The Accademia di S. Luca decides to strike a gold medal in Thorvaldsen’s honour, F8. The medal depicts the emblem of the academy and the art of painting, St. Luke the evangelist, after Thorvaldsen’s relief, A581. | ||
| End of December 1836 | Comitteen for Oprettelsen af Thorvaldsens Museum (The Committee for the Foundation of Thorvaldsen’s Museum) is appointed. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Presumably 1838 | Martin Luther, A160. | ||
| Presumably 1838 | Pan and a Nymph, A356. | ||
| Presumably 1838 | Philipp Melanchton, A161. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Adonis, A476, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | The Genius of Agriculture, A543, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Actaeon Torn by his Dogs, A461, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Actaeon Torn by his Dogs, A779, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Cupid and the Sleeping Psyche, A434, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Cupid and the Sleeping Psyche, A437, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Cupid and the Sleeping Psyche, A438, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Cupid and Diana, A465, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Cupid Reviving Psyche, A446, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Apollo and Daphne, A478, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | The Genius of Astronomy, A544, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Atalanta, A473, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Chione and Daedalion, A464, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | The Genius of Dancing, A536, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Diana Killing Orion, A462, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Diana with her Hind, A459, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Diana Surprised at her Bath, A460, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Endymion, A466, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | The Genius of Trade, A540, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | The Genius of Gardening, A542, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Heros, A475, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Jupiter’s Eagle and Psyche, A443, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Callisto, A472, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | The Genius of Comedy, A534, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | The Genius of War, A538, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | The Flight of Latona, A458, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | The Genius of Medicine, A541, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Meleager, A474, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | The Genius of Music, A535, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Narcissus and Cupid, A477, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Nymph with Bow, A467, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Nymph with a Torch, A470, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Hunting Nymph, A471, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Nymph with Arrow, A468, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Nymph and a Young Girl, A469, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Orion Dying, A463, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Pan and Cupid, A479, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1837-1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | The Genius of Poetry, A532, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Psyche and Cupid, A440, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Psyche and Cupid, A448, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Psyche and Cerberus, A445, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Psyche and Charon, A444, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Psyche and her Sisters, A439, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Psyche and Mercury, A447, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Psyche and Pan, A441, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Psyche’s Father and the Oracle, A435, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | The Genius of Religion, A545, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Six Genii, A547, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | The Genius of Governmemt, A537, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Seven Genii, A546, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | The Genius of Navigation, A539, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | The Genius of Tragedy, A533, relief modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Venus and Cupid, A433, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Venus and Psyche, A442, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838. | ||
| Presumably 1838 - 1842 | Zephyr and Psyche, A436, modelled by Pietro Galli after a drawing by Thorvaldsen from 1838. | ||
| 1838 | Child’s Head, A907. | ||
| 1838 | Christ, A882. | ||
| Not earlier than 1838 | Pan and a Nymph, A728. | ||
| Beginning of 1838 | Adam and Eve with Cain and Abel, A551. | ||
| Beginning of 1838 | Vulkan, A9. | ||
| 20.1.1838 | Accepts the offer to sail to Copenhagen on board the frigate Rota in the summer of 1838. | ||
| 24.1.1838 | Elected member of the learned society in Providence, Rhode Island Historical Society. | ||
| Not later than April 1838 |
Vulcan, A8 in marble is begun in Thorvaldsen’s Roman workshop. The statue was later transported to Copenhagen and completed 1861. Originally planned as a never realized decoration inside Christiansborg Palace consisting of Vulcan, and versions of Mars and Cupid, cf. A6, and Venus with the Apple, cf. A853. |
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| 22.6.1838 | A cargo ship from Rome arrives at Leghorn with 62 crates with Thorvaldsen’s art which are to be reloaded to the frigate Rota in order to be transported to Copenhagen. | ||
| 24.6.1838 | Receives a visit from August Gottlieb Eberhard. | ||
| 10.7.1838 | The frigate Rota reaches Leghorn. | ||
| Not earlier than 10.7.1838 - not later than 4.8.1838 | At the request of Angelo Maria Ricci, among others, Thorvaldsen models a portrait medallion of Lucrezia Ripanti. | ||
| 23.7.1838 | Rudolf Lützow issues Thorvaldsen’s passport. | ||
| 5.8.1838 | Starts his journey back to Copenhagen, leaving Rome at midnight via Civitavecchia to Leghorn. Accompanied by Wilhelm Matthiä and Blunck. | ||
| 9.8.1838 | The frigate Rota leaves Leghorn bound for Copenhagen, with Thorvaldsen and his travelling companions on board. | ||
| Middle of August 1838 | Pietro Galli and his family move temporarily into Thorvaldsen’s rooms in Casa Buti during Thorvaldsen’s stay in Denmark. | ||
| 10.9.1838 | Appointed “konferensråd” (honorary title, now obsolete) on board of the frigate Rota. Thorvaldsen receives the message 16.9.1838. | ||
| 15.9.1838 | The Rota lies to near Hammermøllen, north west of Elsinore. | ||
| 16.9.1838 | The Rota anchors north west of Elsinore waiting for favourable currents and winds. Thorvaldsen attends a Danish-Swedish celebration in his honour on board the steamship Dronning Marie. Two songs for the sculptor are sung. | ||
| 17.9.1838 | The frigate Rota is towed round Kronborg in the morning, and is greeted by cheers of hurray and music in boats from Helsingborg. Passes Trekroner at Copenhagen in the afternoon. | ||
| 17.9.1838 | Amid great jubilation, Thorvaldsen disembarks at the Copenhagen Custom House after 42 years of exile. | ||
| 17.9.1838 | On the balcony of Charlottenborg Thorvaldsen is cheered by a crowd in Kongens Nytorv. | ||
| 17.9.1838 | Young artists pay tribute to Thorvaldsen with a torchlight procession in the Botanical Gardens behind Charlottenborg. A song by Christian Winther is sung. | ||
| 17.9.1838 - 24.3.1844 | Residence and workshop at Charlottenborg, 1 Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen. However, he lives alternately at Charlottenborg, at Nysø, and in Rome until his death. | ||
| 18.9.1838 | Joins the Academy of Fine Arts in a picnic to Sorgenfri and Bellevue celebrating the birthday of Christian (8.) Frederik. | ||
| 19.9.1838 |
For the first time since his return Thorvaldsen acts as director of The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, at a meeting in the academy. A welcome speech is held by Just Mathias Thiele. Shown Christen Christensen’s Thorvaldsen Medal, F13, which is to be awarded to artists as the highest appraisal of the Academy of Fine Arts. |
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| 20.9.1838 | Learns that he has been awarded honorary citizenship of Copenhagen by Just Henrik Mundt and Peder Johannes Friedenreich. | ||
| 20.9.1838 | Thorvaldsen’s crates and belongings are brought from the Custom House to Charlottenborg. | ||
| 20.9.1838 | Dines at Court with Christian 8. and Caroline Amalie. | ||
| 24.9.1838 | Elected honorary member of Studenterforeningen (The Students’ Association). | ||
| 26.9.1838 | Stays at home for several days due to an injury to his foot. Receives a visit from the painter C.W. Eckersberg. | ||
| End of September 1838 | Party given by J.L.A. Kolderup-Rosenvinge. | ||
| 1.10.1838 | Attends a meeting in Akademiforsamlingen (the Fellows of the Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen). Promises to furnish “the model of the month”. | ||
| 2.10.1838 | Honoured in the evening by about 70 members of De danske Romeres selskab (The Society of Danish Romans). The party takes place in the hall of Borups selskab, which for the occasion has been decorated as a Roman osteria. Two songs to Thorvaldsen by F.C. Hillerup and N.C.L. Abrahams are sung. | ||
| 4.10.1838 | Visits the assembly of the Estates of the Realm in Roskilde and attends in the afternoon a party with songs and speeches in Thorvaldsen’s honour. In the evening at the dinner of the delegates of the Estates of the Realm hosted by A.S. Ørsted. Later organ concert in the Cathedral of Roskilde. | ||
| 5.10.1838 | Visits the Cathedral of Roskilde again early in the morning. Travels 10.15 AM to Copenhagen. | ||
| 5.10.1838 | Attends J.P. Møller’s birthday party. | ||
| 6.10.1838 | Attends the quarterly meeting of Det Kongelige Nordiske Oldskriftselskab (The Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries). Receives the book Antiquitates Americanæ (still in Thorvaldsen’s book collection, M575), with his genealogical table. Speech by Finnur Magnússon. | ||
| 7.10.1838 | Celebration in Thorvaldsen’s honour for 300 guests at the Hotel d’Angleterre in Copenhagen with songs, poems, speeches etc. by Adam Oehlenschläger, J.L. Heiberg, H.C. Andersen, H.P. Holst, Thomas Overskou, and N.F.S. Grundtvig. | ||
| 10.10.1838 | The completion of the bronze casting of Friedrich Schiller, cf. A770, is celebrated in Munich with a big party for bronze casters and artists in the city. Thorvaldsen is not present. | ||
| 12.10.1838 | The governors of the University of Copenhagen offer Thorvaldsen 34.000 rix-dollars for the completion of his works for the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen. | ||
| 13.10.1838 | Celebration in Thorvaldsen’s honour in Studenterforeningen (The Students’ Association) with several songs by Ole Bang, Adam Oehlenschläger, H.C. Andersen, F.J. Hansen, and H.P. Holst. | ||
| 16.10.1838 | Mht. den endnu manglende udsmykning af Vor Frue Kirke tilbyder Thorvaldsen de 12 apostle og fire profeter i marmor, frisen Vandringen til Golgatha evt. i brændtler og to statuer til vestibulen. Betalingen skal gå til Thorvaldsens Museum. | ||
| 23.10.1838 | Present at the installation of the pediment group Johannes Døberens prædiken, modelled 1821-1822, jf. A59, A60, A61, A62, A63, A64, A65, A66, A67, A68, A69 og A70, above the main entrance to the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen. | ||
| 24.10.1838 | Attends an afternoon gathering at J.S. Møsting’s house in the company of the professors of the Academy of Fine Arts, including C.W. Eckersberg. | ||
| 24.10.1838 | Honoured by the members of Borups Selskab (The Dramatic and Literary Society, Borup’s Society) | ||
| 25.10.1838 | Dinner with the architect C.F. Hansen, the painter C.W. Eckersberg, and others. | ||
| 31.10.1838 | Attends a private party. Oehlenschläger writes a song for the occasion. | ||
| Presumably November 1838 | C.F. Wilckens is engaged as Thorvaldsen’s valet. | ||
| Not earlier than November 1838 | Engages Charlotte Amalie Wilckens (ca 1809-1867) as housekeeper. | ||
| 19.11.1838 | The pediment group for the facade of the cathedral of Copenhagen, John the Baptist Preaching, A59-A70, is unveiled. Installed by H.E. Freund. | ||
| 19.11.1838 | Thorvaldsen invites the members of De danske Romeres Selskab (The Society of Danish Romans) to celebrate his birthday. The party is held in Copenhagen. Songs by N.C.L. Abrahams and F.C. Hillerup are sung. | ||
| Not later than 20.11.1838 | The vicar C.H. Visby (1801-1871) asks Thorvaldsen to intercede with Frederik 6. for the robber and murderer Petri Worm (1814-1838). | ||
| 21.11.1838 | Awarded honorary citizenship of Copenhagen at the city hall, cf. diploma N36. Later a celebration at The Royal Shooting Range. | ||
| 22.11.1838 | Kunstforeningen af 1825 (The Art Society of Copenhagen) arranges a competition for a painting with the subject: “Thorvaldsen’s Arrival and Reception at the Copenhagen Custom House”. The winner is Fritz Westphal’s Thorvaldsen’s Reception at the Custom House on September 17, 1838, B453. | ||
| 26.11.1838 | Probably present at Grundtvig’s historical lectures at Borch’s Kollegium, Copenhagen. | ||
| December 1838 | Intervenes in the competition for the gold medal of the Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, in favour of Adam Müller, who receives a special travel grant to Rome. | ||
| 4.12.1838 | Receives a visit from the painter C.W. Eckersberg and shows him some of the works of art brought home from Rome. | ||
| 7.12.1838 | Tea party at the home of factory manager O.J. Rawert (1786-1851) together with C.W. Eckersberg and many others. | ||
| 10.12.1838 | Visits the painter C.W. Eckersberg and sees a version of the painting Thorvaldsen’s Arrival in the Copenhagen Roadstead, September 17th 1838, cf. B217, which pleases him. | ||
| 11.12.1838 | Sends a deed of gift to the corporation of Copenhagen, thereby donating his works and collections to the city. | ||
| 11.12.1838 | Visits the painter C.W. Eckersberg, who on that day has begun work on the painting Thorvaldsen’s Arrival in the Copenhagen Roadstead, September 17th 1838, B217. | ||
| 19.12.1838 | The corporation of Copenhagen thanks Thorvaldsen for the bequest. | ||
| 21.12.1838 | Receives a visit from the Danish painter C.W. Eckersberg. | ||
| 22.12.1838 | Attends Akademiforsamlingen (The Fellows of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen), where the decision is made to give a travel grant to the painter Heinrich Eddelien in preference to Adam Müller. Furthermore, the architect Gottlieb Bindesbøll is unanimously elected member of the academy. Afterwards Thorvaldsen joins the other professors in a banquet with Prince Christian (8.) Frederik. | ||
| 24.12.1838 | The governors of the University of Copenhagen commission Jude Thaddeus, cf. A105, Andrew, cf. A108 og Christ on the Road to Calvary, cf. A560, plus Martin Luther, A188 and Philipp Melanchton, A161. Four statues of prophets are also commissioned but not executed. | ||
| 30.12.1838 | At Jørgen Koch’s suggestion, Frederik 6. donates a carriage yard, which forms the foundation of Thorvaldsens Museum. | ||
| End of 1838 | The Child’s Guardian Angel, A596. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Presumably 1840 - 1841 | Participates in popinjay shooting at The Royal Shooting Range in the company of Crown Prince Frederik (7.) and others. Is presented with the order of The Royal Shooting Society the day before, N88. | ||
| 1840 | Head of Jeanina Emilie Stampe as Psyche, Nysø107, preparatory work for A174. | ||
| 1840 | Minerva and Prometheus, A323, reduced version of A319. | ||
| 1840 | Christian 8.s Coronation Medal, A711. | ||
| January - April 1840 | Occasional trips from Nysø to Copenhagen in order to attend to his works for the Church of Our Lady. | ||
| January - June 1840 | The Entry into Jerusalem, The Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen, enlarged version of A559, started by H.E. Freund. | ||
| January - June 1840 | Christ on the Road to Calvary, The Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen, enlarged version of A560, executed by Andreas Kolberg and Gotthelf Borup under Thorvaldsen’s supervision. | ||
| 1.1.1840 | The Genius of the New Year, A548. | ||
| 11.1.1840 | From Nysø to Copenhagen on the occasion of Frederik 6.’s funeral. However, Thorvaldsen does not attend due to a bad foot. | ||
| 15.1.1840 | Watches the funeral procession for Frederik 6. from a window at Charlottenborg with, among others, Christine Stampe. | ||
| 16.1.1840 | Frederik 6. is entombed in Roskilde Cathedral. | ||
| 18.1.1840 | Christian 8. commissions a statue of Christian 4., cf. A152, for Roskilde Cathedral. | ||
| 18.1.1840 | Thorvaldsen pays tribute to Christian 8. six weeks after his accession to the throne. Thorvaldsen excuses himself on the plea that he has been at Nysø and also had a bad foot. | ||
| 21.1.1840 | Proposal for a monument to Frederik 6. in Jutland is published in Aarhus Stiftstidende. The proposal gives rise to a long discussion in newspapers in Jutland. | ||
| 28.1.1840 | Probably attends the funeral ceremony at the university for the late Frederik 6. | ||
| 31.1.1840 | Receives a visit from the Danish painter C.W. Eckersberg. | ||
| 31.1.1840 | From Copenhagen to Nysø. | ||
| February - March 1840 | Stays frequently in Copenhagen. | ||
| Presumably 5.2.1840 | Gathering in Borups Selskab. | ||
| 12.2.1840 | Gathering in Borups Selskab. | ||
| 13.2.1840 | At 2 pm Christian 8. and Caroline Amalie visit Thorvaldsen’s studio at Charlottenborg to see his latest works from Nysø. | ||
| 17.2.1840 | Decides that C.F. Wilckens is to be engaged as attendant in the museum after Thorvaldsen’s death. | ||
| 24.2.1840 | Receives a visit from C.W. Eckersberg and pays 200 rix-dollars more in advance for the painting Thorvaldsen’s arrival in the Copenhagen roadstead, September 17th 1838, B217. | ||
| Presumably spring 1840 | Cupid and Psyche, A450. | ||
| Spring 1840 | Cupid and Hymen, A452, the subject reused on the medal F25. | ||
| 8.3.1840 | Thorvaldsen’s Roman birthday is celebrated in Copenhagen. On Christine Stampe’s initiative he receives a Pompeian-inspired suite, N106-N119, with embroideries executed by 30 women. | ||
| 21.3.1840 | Elected member of the Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna in Stockholm. | ||
| 31.3.1840 | Attends Akademiforsamlingen (The Fellows of the Academy of Fine Arts) on the day of the foundation of the Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen. | ||
| 20.4.1840 | Diana and Jupiter, A345. | ||
| 20.4.1840 | From Copenhagen to Nysø in order to celebrate Christine Stampe’s birthday. | ||
| 24.4.1840 | Hygiea and Cupid, A373 – also called Love and Health. | ||
| 29.4.1840 | From Nysø to Copenhagen with the Stampe family. Return to Nysø shortly after. | ||
| 30.4.1840 | Christian 8. inspects the progress of the statue of Christian 4., cf. A152. | ||
| Presumably May 1840 | The Head of Christian 4., Nysø80, preparatory work for A152. | ||
| Presumably May 1840 | Johann Wolfgang Goethe, A140, alteration of A139. | ||
| Not later than May 1840 | Cupid and Hymen, A453. | ||
| Not later than May 1840 | Receives a commission for a monument to Napoleon 1., which, however, is not executed. | ||
| May 1840 | Christian 4., plaster, Nysø9, sketch for A152. | ||
| 4.5.1840 | Is godfather to N.C.L. Abrahams’ søn, Albert Peter Carl Abrahams (1839-1909), in Garnison Church, Copenhagen. | ||
| 19.5.1840 | From Nysø to Copenhagen with the Stampe family. | ||
| 22.5.1840 | Participates in the celebration of Christian 8. and Caroline Amalie’s silver wedding. | ||
| Summer 1840 | Attends a party at H.N. Clausen’s country house Søbakken on the Sound near Tårbæk. Salomon Ludwig Steinheim was also present. | ||
| Presumably June 1840 - March 1841 | Satyr Dancing with a Bacchante, A357. | ||
| Presumably June 1840 - March 1841 | Satyr Dancing with a Bacchante, A358. | ||
| 4.6.1840 | From Copenhagen to Nysø. | ||
| Not later than 24.6.1840 | From Nysø to Copenhagen on the occasion of Christian 8.’s coronation. | ||
| 24.6.1840 | Receives a visit from the painter C.W. Eckersberg. | ||
| 28.6.1840 | Does not participate in the coronation of Christian 8. in Frederiksborg Chapel, allegedly because problems with dress regulations. | ||
| 28.6.1840 | Dinner at the home of Laurids Fog Muus (1795-1856) and Christiane Muus (1802-1859) instead of participating in the coronation. | ||
| End of June 1840 | Several meetings with the Steffens family, once during an excursion to the Round Tower. | ||
| 2.7.1840 | From Copenhagen to Nysø. | ||
| 13.7. - 16.7.1840 | Henrich Steffens, A633. | ||
| 13.7. - 16.7.1840 | Heinrich Steffens and his family stay at Nysø for three days with Grundtvig, Oehlenschläger and Sibbern. | ||
| Not earlier than 25.7. - not later than 30.7.1840 | A.C.T. Neubourg takes a daguerreotype of Thorvaldsen; the first portrait photograph in Scandinavia, N267. | ||
| Not later than 27.7.1840 | From Nysø to Copenhagen. | ||
| 27.7.1840 | Attends a meeting at the Academy of Fine Arts. | ||
| 28.7.1840 | Receives a commision for a monument to Frederik 6. for Skanderborg Palace Mound. | ||
| 30.7.1840 | From Copenhagen to Roskilde in order to be attend the assembly of the Estates of the Realm for some days in the company of the Stampe family. From here probably to Nysø. | ||
| Presumably August 1840 | In preparation for their planned journey to Italy in September 1840, Christine Stampe and Thorvaldsen burn many of his papers and letters. | ||
| Presumably August 1840 | Supports a marine painter, probably Anton Melbye, who is represented in the collections with B263 and B264. | ||
| August 1840 | Plans going to Italy in September, 1840. | ||
| 6.8.1840 | Copenhagen City Council stops the construction of Thorvaldsens Museum because of G.N. Sibbern’s claim that the design of the building was not solid enough. | ||
| Not earlier than 6.8.1840 | Travels to Copenhagen prompted by the cessation of the building of the museum by the Copenhagen municipality. | ||
| Completed not later than 26.8.1840 | Conrad Hinrich Donner, A242. | ||
| 26.8.1840 | Meeting with F.C. Olsen regarding a list of the works executed by Thorvaldsen since his return to Denmark 17.9.1838. | ||
| 27.8.1840 | From Copenhagen to Nysø in the company of Christine Stampe. | ||
| 27.8.1840 | Celebrates Holger Stampe-Charisius’ birthday at Nysø. | ||
| 29.8.1840 | Copenhagen City Council withdraws its protest dated 6.8.1840 against continuing the building of Thorvaldsens Museum. However, part of the construction had already been resumed a couple of days before. | ||
| September 1840 | Sketches models for Andrew, Nysø32, and probably for Judas Thaddaeus, location unknown. Neither used for the statues A108 and A105. | ||
| 9.9.1840 | Postpones the planned journey to Italy until the spring of 1841 at the request of Christian 8., who in turn has been prompted by Christine Stampe. | ||
| 14.9.1840 | Accompanies Jens Arenholt Gottfred Hartmann and Wilhelm Matthiä to the Custom House, from where the steamboat to Lübeck leaves. The same evening in the Royal Theatre. | ||
| Beginning of October 1840 | Head of Christine Stampe, Nysø101, preparatory work for Nysø38. | ||
| Beginning of October 1840 | Head of Elisa Stampe, Nysø100, preparatory work for Nysø38. | ||
| Beginning of October 1840 | Head of Henrik Stampe the Younger, Nysø102, preparatory work for Nysø39. | ||
| Beginning of October 1840 | Head of Henrik Stampe the Elder, Nysø98, preparatory work for Nysø39. | ||
| Beginning of October 1840 | Head of Holger Stampe, Nysø99, preparatory work for Nysø39. | ||
| Beginning of October 1840 | Head of Jeanina Stampe, Nysø97, preparatory work for Nysø38. | ||
| 3.10.1840 | Christian 8. and Caroline Amalie pay a one-day visit to Præstø and Nysø in order to see Thorvaldsen and his statue of himself, Nysø1. A party for 60 persons at Nysø. | ||
| 4.10.1840 | Party given by the Moltke family at Bregentved, attended by Christian 8., Caroline Amalie, the Stampe family, and others. | ||
| Completed 5.10.1840 | Thorvaldsen with the Stampe family, Nysø38. | ||
| Completed 10.10.1840 | Henrik Stampe and two sons, Nysø39. | ||
| Middle of October 1840 | Brief stay in Copenhagen, then return to Nysø. | ||
| 15.10.1840 | Thorvaldsen’s putative illegitimate daugther Nicoline Marie Berggren is born in Copenhagen. | ||
| November - December 1840 | Head of Camel Driver, Nysø105, preparatory work for A553. | ||
| November - December 1840 | Head of a Woman, Nysø92, preparatory work for A553. | ||
| November 1840 - 26.1.1841 | Rebecca and Eliezer, A553. | ||
| Beginning of November 1840 | Cupid on a Swan, A421. | ||
| Completed 12.11.1840 | Jeanina Emilie Stampe as Psyche, A174. | ||
| Completed 17.11.1840 | Hans Holsten, A213. | ||
| 19.11.1840 | Thorvaldsen’s birthday is celebrated at Nysø with songs, poems, a lottery, and a performance of Johan Herman Wessel’s play Love without Stockings. Besides Thorvaldsen and the residents of the house, A.C. Petersen, Nicolai Søtoft, August Beck, Johan Ferdinand de Neergaard and Just Mathias Thiele are also present. | ||
| 23.11.1840 | Travels from Nysø to Copenhagen accompanied by Just Mathias Thiele. | ||
| Not later than 26.11.1840 | Arrives at Nysø from Copenhagen. | ||
| 26.11.1840 | Christian 8. sees the original plaster model of Christian 4., cf. A152. | ||
| Not earlier than 26.11.1840 | Christian 4., A152, is cast in bronze and chased by Jørgen Dalhoff. | ||
| 30.11.1840 | Cupid on a Swan, A422. | ||
| Not earlier than 7.12.1840 | Sees August Bournonville’s ballet The Toreador at the Royal Theatre again. | ||
| Not later than 8.12.1840 | Travels from Nysø to Copenhagen. | ||
| 9.12.1840 | Is godfather to Ludvig Müller’s son, Peter Erasmus Müller (1840-1926), in the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen. | ||
| 12.12.1840 | Goethe-kommissionen trækker sig fra samarbejdet med Thorvaldsen om et monument for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. | ||
| End of 1840 | Refuses to pay the tax on rank and titles. Christian 8. complies with Thorvaldsen’s demand. | ||
| Presumably not later than 1841 | Shepherd Boy, cf. A177, marble version with a panpipe at his left foot completed. Location unknown. | ||
| Presumably 1841 | Achilles and Patroclus, A493. | ||
| 1841 | Andrew, A109, preparatory work for A108. | ||
| 1841 | Jude Thaddeus, A107, preparatory work for A105. | ||
| 1841 | A Woman’s Head, A814, relief fragment of Satyr Dancing with a Bacchante, A358. | ||
| 1841 | Buys Emilius Bærentzen’s Portrait of the actress Johanne Luise Heiberg, B205. | ||
| 1841 - 1844 | Cupid’s Head, A806. | ||
| 1841 - 1844 | Cupid’s Torso, A805. | ||
| 1841 - 1844 | Cupid’s Wing, A807_ | ||
| 1841 - 1844 | Foot with Ankle, A809. | ||
| 1841 - 1844 | Psyche’s Head, A808. | ||
| Completed 3.2.1841 | Leda and the Swan, A423. | ||
| Completed 10.2.1841 | Christ and the Woman of Samaria, A568. | ||
| Not later than 18.2.1841 | Cupid and the Sleeping Psyche, A428. | ||
| Not later than 18.2.1841 | Psyche and the Sleeping Cupid, A429. | ||
| March 1841 | The Genius of Light, A519. | ||
| 3.3.1841 | Member of the Academia de Bellas-Artes de Lisboa, Lisbon. | ||
| Not later than 5.3.1841 | Head of Hans Madsen, Nysø111, preparatory work for A603. | ||
| Not later than 5.3.1841 | Head of Johan Rantzau, Nysø106, preparatory work for A603. | ||
| Completed 5.3.1841 | Hans Madsen and Johan Rantzau, A603. | ||
| Completed 8.3.1841 | Jesus as a Child in the Temple, A567. | ||
| Middle of March 1841 | Short stay in Copenhagen. | ||
| 18.3.1841 | Receives a visit from the painter C.W. Eckersberg and the clergyman and writer Carsten Friis Wiborg (1813-1885). | ||
| 21.3.1841 | Receives a visit from the painter C.W. Eckersberg, Lise and Jette Bagge, and the unidentified “Miss Baier”. | ||
| 18.4.1841 | Attends Elise Stampe’s confirmation at Susette and J.F. Schouw in Copenhagen. | ||
| 20.4.1841 | Harmony, drawing for Christine Stampe’s birthday, possibly C1160. | ||
| 20.4.1841 | Attends the celebration of Christine Stampe’s birthday in Copenhagen. | ||
| End of April 1841 | Preparatory to the journey to Rome Christine Stampe and Thorvaldsen burn many of his papers and letters, “which it would be better to burn” – according to the sculptor. | ||
| Middle of May 1841 | Short stay in Copenhagen. | ||
| 18.5.1841 | Farewell dinner with Christian 8. at Sorgenfri Castle before his journey to Rome. | ||
| 19.5.1841 | Travels from Copenhagen to Nysø accompanied by Susette Schouw. | ||
| 19.5.1841 | Om eftermiddagen på Nysø i selskab med bl.a. J.P. Mynster. | ||
| 23.5.1841 | Justice, Nysø31. | ||
| 24.5.1841 | Cupid and Psyche, Nysø47, also called “Goodbye to Nysø”. | ||
| 25.5.1841 | Departure from Nysø Msy 25, 1841, C1063. | ||
| 25.5.1841 |
Begins his journey to Rome with Christine Stampe and her family. Rides in his own carriage with coachman Niels Rasmussen. Farewell ceremony on Præstø harbour. With the royal steam boat Kiel to Warnemünde. On board the captain Peter Wulff, Henriette Wulff, C.W. Eckersberg, G.F. Ursin, Carl Dahl, and C.F. Wilckens. |
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| 25.5.1841 | Honorary member of the society Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam. | ||
| 26.5.1841 | Takes leave of C.W. Eckersberg, G.F. Ursin, Carl Dahl, Henrik Stampe junior and C.F. Wilckens in Warnemünde. | ||
| 27.5.1841 | Arrival at Neustrelitz. | ||
| 27.5.1841 | Visits the Court at Neustrelitz. Meets the author Christian Winther. | ||
| 28.5.1841 | Departure from Neustrelitz at 7 a.m. | ||
| 29.5.1841 | Arrival in Berlin. | ||
| 29.5.1841 | In the afternoon, visits the Tiergarten in Berlin in the company of H. Steffens. In the evening, in the opera to see Lucia de Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848). | ||
| 30.5.1841 |
Meets with a deputation from the Kunstverein in Berlin and presents his latest works by the means of line engravings. At 12 o’clock a concert with the pianist and composer Fanny Hensel. |
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| 30.5.1841 | Visits Friedrich Wilhelm 4. at Schloss Schönhausen in the evening; also present are H. Steffens, C.D. Rauch and A.W. Schlegel. Dinner at the house of H. Steffens and then goes to the theater to watch Oberon written by Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826). | ||
| 31.5.1841 | Dinner at the home of the sculptor Ludwig Wilhelm Wichmann. Friedrich Tieck is present. | ||
| Beginning of June 1841 | Sees Consul Joachim Heinrich Wilhelm Wageners (1782-1861) collection of paintings in company with the art historian G.F. Waagen. Accidentally exchanges hats with Wagener, who keeps his hat as a treasure. | ||
| Beginning of June 1841 | Visits the architect Wilhelm Stier. | ||
| Beginning of June 1841 | Once again visits Fanny and Wilhelm Hensel. Thorvaldsen is portrayed by Wilhelm Hensel. | ||
| Beginning of June 1841 | Visits artists’ studios and collections in Berlin. Visits Karl Friedrich Schinkel. | ||
| Beginning of June 1841 | Travels by train for the first time from Berlin to Potsdam with the Stampe family and Heinrich Steffens. | ||
| Beginning of June 1841 | Dinner at the home of Mathilde von Waldenburg. | ||
| Beginning of June 1841 | Meets the writer and artist Bettina von Arnim. | ||
| 3.6.1841 | Banquet with Berlin artists and scientist in the Jagorscher Saal in Unter den Linden. A portrait bust of Thorvaldsen is crowned with laurels by the statue of Victoria by Christian Daniel Rauch. Speeches and poems are performed. Present are Peter von Cornelius, August Wilhelm Schlegel and others. | ||
| 4.6.1841 | Meets Wilhelm Dorow in Berlin. | ||
| 5.6.1841 | Thorvaldsen is portrayed by four artist in one sitting – Eduard Magnus, Wilhelm Hensel, B437, Franz Krüger og Karl Joseph Begas in the latter’s studio in Berlin. | ||
| 6.6.1841 | At 6 in the morning, Thorvaldsen again poses for Franz Krüger’s portrait at the home of Karl Joseph Begas. | ||
| 6.6.1841 | Visits the castles at Potsdam – Sanssouci and Glienicke – with the Steffens family. Meets children of the Royal Family, and Princess Charlotte of Hessen Kassel (1789-1864). Continues towards Dresden. | ||
| 6.6.1841 | Leaves Berlin. | ||
| 9.6.1841 | Arrives in Dresden, stays at the Hôtel de France. | ||
| 9.6.1841 | Meets J.C. Dahl and sees Mozart’s Don Giovanni in the recently inaugurated court theatre in Dresden. | ||
| 10.6.1841 | Dinner with J.C. Dahl is interrupted in favour of a visit to Friedrich August 2. of Saxony at Schloss Pillnitz. | ||
| 10.6. - 13.6.1841 | Christine Stampe presents the sculptor Ernst Rietschel with a lock of Thorvaldsen’s hair. | ||
| 10.6. - 13.6.1841 | Visits several art collections in Dresden in the company of J.C. Dahl. | ||
| Presumably 11.6.1841 | Dinner with the Saxon minister Bernhard von Lindenau (1779-1854) on Brühl’s Terrace in Dresden. | ||
| 12.6.1841 | Dinner at the house of the banker Martin Wilhelm Oppenheim (1781-1863) in the Villa Rosa, desined by the architect Gottfried Semper (1803-1879). Among those present is the banker’s son-in-law, August Grahl. | ||
| 12.6.1841 | In the evening, a gala performance in the Court Theatre in Dresden, hosted by Friedrich August 2. of Saxony, with an epilogue in Thorvaldsens’s honour. Subsequent banquet at the theatre. | ||
| 13.6. - 21.6.1841 | Spends a week with Friederike and major Serre at the Maxener Schloss in Maxen near Dresden together with J.C. Dahl and Raden Saleh. | ||
| 14.6.1841 | Meets Ernst von Brunnow in Dresden. | ||
| 15.6.1841 |
Excursion from Maxen to the Königstein Fortress in Saxony. Meets the commandant of the fortress and minister for war, Johann Adolf von Zezschwitz (1779-1845). A cannonade is fired in Thorvaldsen’s honour. From there to Pirna, where the night is spent. |
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| 16.6.1841 | From Pirna to the romantic Bastei rock formation. From there return to Maxen. | ||
| 17.6.1841 | Cupid and Psyche, relief, original plaster, Skulpturensammlung, Dresden (cast Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek). | ||
| 17.6.1841 | Elected honorary member of the Kunstverein München. | ||
| 17.6.1841 | At Maxen Thorvaldsen is portrayed twice: First in a painting begun by Raden Saleh and finished by J.C. Dahl, B467; then in another portrait painted solely by Raden Saleh. | ||
| 20.6.1841 | Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein portrays Thorvaldsen at Maxen (pencil, 35×24 cm, Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden). | ||
| 21.6.1841 | Leaves Maxen for Dresden early in the morning. | ||
| 21.6.1841 | Meets Franz Pettrich in Dresden. | ||
| 21.6.1841 |
Travels by train from Dresden to Leipzig in the company of the Dahls and the Serres. Stays at the inn Stadt Hamburg. Is received by a cheering crowd and musicians. Visits the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. |
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| 22.6.1841 |
Visits the Schlettersche Galerie and Heinrich Brockhaus’ printing house. Later in Wilhelm Gerhard’s garden by the river Elster, close to the place where Józef Poniatowski was drowned. |
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| 22.6.1841 | Attends a “musical celebration” at 1 o’clock p.m., arranged by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, followed by dinner at the Hôtel de Saxe in Leipzig. | ||
| 22.6.1841 | Leaves Leipzig. | ||
| Presumably 23.6.1841 | Stays overnight at Weimar. | ||
| 25.6.1841 | The Russian Grand Duke Konstantin (1827-1892), son of Nikolaj 1., visits the absent Thorvaldsen’s studio in Rome. | ||
| 27.6.1841 | Arrives in Frankfurt am Main. Portrayed by Johann Heinrich Schramm (1810-1865). | ||
| 28.6.1841 | Celebration with artists from Frankfurt, hosted by Charlotte Gontard, and arranged by Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz. A poem and a speech by Friedrich Hessemer are recited in Thorvaldsen’s honour. | ||
| 29.6.1841 | Travels from Frankfurt am Main to Mainz. | ||
| 29.6.1841 |
Moves into lodgings in Mainz, arranged by Jakob Kraetzer, in a house on the bank of the Rhine. In the evening, a torch procession and music in his honour. |
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| 30.6.1841 |
Visits the flower decorated Gutenberg Monument, cf. A114, accompanied by the president of Rheinhessen Ludwig Christian Christoph von Lichtenberg. A large crowd cheers and sings to Thorvaldsen. Visits the cathedral in Mainz. |
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| 30.6.1841 | Dinner in Mainz with President von Lichtenberg. | ||
| 1.7.1841 | Visits the antiquarian museum in Wiesbaden in the morning with Jakob Kraetzer. Returns to Mainz the same day. | ||
| 1.7.1841 | The city of Mainz gives a dinner in Thorvaldsen’s honour at the city hall. Receives the freedom of the city (diploma, N35). Gala performance at the Stadttheater. Cheered from the balcony of the theatre by a large crowd in Gutenbergplatz. Both the square and the Gutenberg-statue are lit by torches. Songs and poems are performed. | ||
| 2.7.1841 |
Trip by steamship up the Rhine from Mainz to St. Goar near the Lorelei with Georg Christian Strecker (1800-1874), Ludwig Christian Christoph von Lichtenberg, Johann Heinrich Schramm and others. Back the same day. In the evening a concert in Neue Anlage – today Stadtpark in Mainz. |
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| 3.7.1841 | Travels from Mainz. Is briefly accompanied by Ludwig Christian Christoph von Lichtenberg. | ||
| 3.7. - 5.7.1841 |
Brief stay at Mannheim. Is shown around by Jakob Götzenberger. Continues to Karlsruhe via Schwetzingen. |
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| Presumably 5.7. - 6.7.1841 | Brief stay at Bad Wildbad with Christine Stampe’s friend. | ||
| 6.7.1841 | Arrival in Stuttgart. Lodges at König von England at Schillerplatz. | ||
| 6.7.1841 | Visits the Schiller-monument, cf. A770. Meets Georg von Reinbeck and other members of Verein für Schiller’s Denkmal. The statue and the square are lit by torches, and a choir sings in Thorvaldsen’s honour. | ||
| 7.7.1841 | A deputation from the Stuttgart town government welcomes Thorvaldsen and invites him to attend celebrations in the coming two days. | ||
| 7.7.1841 | Excursion from Stuttgart. | ||
| 7.7. - 9.7.1841 | Visits several sights in Stuttgart and the surrounding country, among them Joseph Anton Gegenbaur’s frescoes in Neues Schloss, Schloss Rosenstein, and the mausoleum to the royal family of Württemberg in Rotenberg with two statues of evangelists after Thorvaldsen’s sketch. | ||
| 8.7.1841 | The Court at Württemberg gives a party in Thorvaldsen’s honour in the pump room at Bad Cannstatt, Stuttgart. | ||
| 9.7.1841 |
The city council of Stuttgart gives a party in Thorvaldsen’s honour at the resort of Silberburg. He receives the freedom of the city, cf. N37. A song for the sculptor is sung. He is escorted back to his hotel by a torchlight procession. |
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| 10.7.1841 | Travels from Stuttgart. | ||
| 11.7.1841 | Brief stay at Ulm. In the cathedral, Thorvaldsen is recognized. A chorus comes and sings for him. | ||
| 12.7.1841 | Short stop in Augsburg. Visits a church and an art collection guided by Andreas Eigner (1801-1870). | ||
| 13.7.1841 | Arrives in Munich and immediately visits Maximilian 1., cf. A128, in the Wittelsbacherplatz. | ||
| 13.7.1841 |
Receives many visitors, among others, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling. Visits Ludwigskirche. Later Don Carlos at the opera. |
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| 14.7.1841 | Visits the royal palace Munich Residenz. | ||
| Middle of July 1841 | Visits the bronze caster Stiglmaier, Schwantaler, Heideck, and others. Also a visit to Leo von Klenze’s Glyptothek. | ||
| 15.7.1841 | Grand celebration in Thorvaldsen’s honour in the society “Die Zwanglosen” in Munich, attended by F.W.J. Schelling, and artists and scientists. Many poems to Thorvaldsen is read. | ||
| 16.7.1841 | Dinner with Therese af Sachsen-Hildburghausen. | ||
| 17.7.1841 | Informed of his honorary membership of the Kunstverein München. | ||
| 17.7.1841 | Awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael, N11. | ||
| 19.7.1841 | Celebrated by young artists from Munich at a party in Knorr’s beer cellar in Marsfeld. Poems and a play are performed. | ||
| 20.7.1841 | Om formiddagen audiens hos kronprins Maximilian (2.) i München. | ||
| 21.7.1841 | Farewell party with Danish artists residing in Munich, e.g. Wilhelm Marstrand and Frederik Ludvig Storch (1805-1883). | ||
| 22.7.1841 | Travels from Munich to Hohenschwangau, where Thorvaldsen calls on the Bavarian Royal Family. | ||
| Presumably 24.7. - 25.7.1841 | Travels through Lindau to Friedrichshafen. From here crossing the Bodensee by boat. | ||
| Presumably 25.7.1841 | Arrives in Konstanz by boat. Travels on right away. | ||
| 26.7.1841 | Passes through Schaffhausen and sees the Rhine Falls. Onwards to Zürich. | ||
| Presumably 27.7.1841 | From Zürich to Goldau. | ||
| Presumably 28.7.1841 | Up the Rigi, Nysø125. | ||
| Presumably 28.7.1841 | Climbing Mount Rigi, from (Arth-)Goldau, with an overnight stop on the mountain. | ||
| Presumably 29.7.1841 | Down the Rigi, by boat to Lucerne. Visits Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119. | ||
| 30.7.1841 | Celebration in Thorvaldsen’s honour in Lucerne, at the Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119 music is played, and torches are lit. | ||
| Presumably 1.8.1841 | Leaves Luzern by steamboat on the Vierwaldstättersee. Arrives in Flüelen. | ||
| Presumably 1.8. - 2.8.1841 | Crosses the St. Gotthard pass. | ||
| Presumably 3.8.1841 | Arrives in Lugano. Crosses the Lake Lugano per boat. From here onwards to Como. | ||
| Presumably 4.8.1841 | Arrives in Milan. | ||
| 4.8.1841 | A board is formally elected to attend to the business of the commission for a monument to Frederik 6. in a general meeting at Skanderborg. | ||
| Presumably 5.8. - 7.8.1841 | During his stay in Milan, Thorvaldsen sees the Brera Art Museum and visits several artists, among others Giovanni Servi. Dines with Heinrich Mylius in Milan and at his country house at Sesto San Giovanni. | ||
| Presumably 7.8.1841 | Departs from Milan. | ||
| 9.8.1841 | Arrives at Genoa. | ||
| Presumably 12.8. - 14.8.1841 | Stays at Carrara for three days. | ||
| Presumably 13.8. - 14.8.1841 | Visits the marble quarries in Carrara and Seravezza. | ||
| Presumably 15.8. - 31.8.1841 | Stays at Leghorn at Christian Dalgas. Excursions to Montenero. | ||
| Autumn 1841 | Jude Thaddeus, A106, preparatory work for A105. | ||
| Autumn 1841 | The Days of the Week Dancing, C1046 and C1111 (sketch for C1046) and The Days of the Week Dancing, C1047. | ||
| Presumably 1.9.1841 | Travels from Leghorn to Pisa. | ||
| 2.9.1841 | Arrival in Florence. | ||
| Not earlier than 2.9. - not later than 4.9.1841 | Thorvaldsen visits the American sculptor Hiram Powers’ in his studio in Florence. | ||
| 2.9. - 3.9.1841 | Meets the merchant Alfred Hage (1803-1872) and his family in Florence. Invites for dinner. | ||
| 2.9. - 4.9.1841 | Visits engraver Luigi Bardi, who gives Thorvaldsen a print of Rafael’s Transfiguration, engraved by Raphael Morghen, E839. | ||
| 2.9. - 4.9.1841 | Dinner at the home of Pietro Benvenuti. | ||
| 3.9.1841 | Party hosted by the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Leopold II (1797-1870). | ||
| 4.9.1841 | Leaves Florence. | ||
| Presumably 8.9. - 9.9.1841 | Passes through Perugia and Asissi. Sees Johann Friedrich Overbeck’s fresco Frants’ Rosenunder, 1829, in Santa Maria degli Angeli near Assisi. | ||
| 12.9.1841 | Reaches La Storta, Rome, and is welcomed by Danish, German, Italian, and Russian artists, etc. Is also welcomed by a deputation at Ponte Molle, and presumably presented with the bajoccoorder of the Ponte Molle Society, N89. | ||
| 12.9.1841 |
Lodged in an apartment in Via di Capo le Case 75 close to Casa Buti with the Stampe family. Visits Elisa Paulsen. |
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| Not earlier than 12.9.1841 | Daily visits from the painters Albert Küchler, Constantin Hansen, Adam Müller and the writer H.P. Holst. | ||
| 13.9.1841 | Received in the Accademia di S. Luca. | ||
| 13.9.1841 | Thorvaldsen shows the Stampe family round Rome. Dinner at the home of Karl von Kolb. | ||
| Presumably 15.9.1841 | Is received in his workshop by his assistants. A bust of Thorvaldsen, crowned with a laurel wreath, is presented, and an unidentified assistant recites a poem in the sculptor’s honour. | ||
| 18.9.1841 | Celebrates Christian 8.’s birthday at Karl von Kolb’s. Also Jeanina Stampe’s birthday is celebrated. | ||
| 19.9.1841 | Celebration of Thorvaldsen’ return to Rome in Teatro Fiano, attended by international artists there. Thorvaldsen is carried in a torchlight procession to his home in Via Sistina. | ||
| 28.9.1841 | Visits the Pantheon with the Stampe family. Climbs the dome. | ||
| 29.9.1841 | Vincenzo Camuccini presents Christine Stampe with Luigi Durantini’s drawn copy of Camuccini’s portrait of Thorvaldsen, Nysø150. | ||
| 29.9.1841 | Attends the public art and craftsman examinations in Ospizio di San Michele. Meets here Vincenzo Camuccini and Alexandra von Dietrichstein. | ||
| End of September 1841 | Visits the painter Carl Werner. | ||
| 9.10.1841 | H.W. Bissen and his family arrive in Rom. | ||
| 9.10.1841 | Excursion to Albano, Castel Gandolfo, Ariccia, Genzano and Nemi ith the Stampe family and others. | ||
| Not earlier than 10.10.1841 | Thorvaldsen and Christine Stampe show Emilie Bissen, née Møller, (married to H.W. Bissen) round Rome. | ||
| 31.10.1841 | Godfather to Heinrich Eddelien’s son Viggo Thorvald Eddelien, in the German Protestant Chapel in Palazzo Caffarelli, Rome. Party in the evening for all Danes in Rome. | ||
| Presumably November 1841 | Visits J.F. Overbeck and sees the cartoon of Beweinung Christi, St. Marien zu Lübeck. | ||
| November 1841 | Thorvaldsen is ill. | ||
| November 1841 | Thorvaldsen and Christine Stampe burn “quite a few” of the sculptor’s “old things” in his rooms in Rome – probably letters and drawings. | ||
| Middle of November 1841 | Moves into his own apartment in Casa Buti from the rented rooms in which he has stayed since his arrival in Rome 12.9.1841. | ||
| 19.11.1841 | Celebrates his birthday with dinner at the home of Elisa and Fritz Paulsen. Later Danish artists perform H.P. Holst’s comedy The Fairy Felic’idea, written for the occasion, in the Roman apartment of the Stampe family. | ||
| 18.12.1841 | Topping-out ceremony at Thorvaldsen’s Museum. | ||
| 23.12.1841 - 13.1.1842 | Ludvig Müller goes to Rome with his mother and his sister to care for his sick brother, Adam Müller. He carries a letter from Christian 8. to Thorvaldsen. | ||
| 24.12.1841 | Christine Stampe holds a Christmas celebration for Thorvaldsen and a number of Danish artists, among them H.P. Holst, Küchler, Breinholm, Jerichau, Holbech, Petersen, Adam Müller, Constantin Hansen, Peter Raadsig, Jespersen, Bravo, Thøming and Henrik Stampe. | ||
| 24.12.1841 | H.P. Holst gives Thorvaldsen a modelling tool for Christmas. | ||
| 24.12.1841 | Portrayed by Henri Lehmann in Rome (pencil, 18,4×13,2 cm, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt). | ||
| 24.12.1841 | Gives Christine Stampe the drawing Mary with Jesus and John, Nysø129, for Christmas. | ||
| Presumably 1842 | Two Children, Nysø10, after A68. | ||
| 1842 | Day, A906. | ||
| 1842 | Head of an Angel, A908. | ||
| 1842 | Head of a child, Nysø83, 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. | ||
| 27.9.1842 | 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. | ||
| 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). | ||
| Presumably 1844 | Buys Emil Andersen’s (1817-1845) painting The Good Samaritan, B195. | ||
| Not earlier than 1844 | The Dance of the Muses on Helicon, A340, carved by Georg Christian Freund after A341 under the supervision of H.W. Bissen. | ||
| January - February 1844 | The Genius of Peace and Freedom, A529. | ||
| 12.1.1844 | Visits the painter C.W. Eckersberg in the company of Christine Stampe and her sister Susette Schouw. | ||
| 20.1.1844 | Honorary member of the British and Foreign Institute in London. | ||
| 7.2.1844 | Probably attends J.F. Schouw’s birthday party with, amomg others, Christine Stampe. | ||
| 12.2.1844 | Gives Christine and Henrik Stampe a version of Melpomene for their wedding anniversary. | ||
| Middle of February 1844 | The Genius of Poetry, A527. | ||
| 26.2.1844 | Attends an artists’ masquerade, which is held in a theatre in Lille Kannikestræde 14, Copenhagen. | ||
| 5.3.1844 | Christine Stampe’s sister Susette Schouw dies. | ||
| 8.3.1844 | Thorvaldsen’s Roman birthday is celebrated quietly. Sees Mozart’s Don Giovanni. | ||
| Completed 8.3.1844 | The Genius of Sculpture, A523. | ||
| 18.3.1844 | Italian flower girl, C1035. | ||
| 20.3.1844 | Thorvaldsen suffers from chest pain. | ||
| 21.3.1844 | The Genius of Sculpture, A524, chalk sketch on slate. | ||
| 22.3.1844 |
Dinner at Christine Stampe’s, with Julia Raben-Levetzau (1808-1888) and others. Followed by a concert in The Cathedral of Our Lady with the students’ choral society. |
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| 23.3.1844 | N.L. Høyen delivers his famous lecture On the Conditions for the Development of a National Art in Scandinavia in the Scandinavian Society in Copenhagen. Thorvaldsen is mentioned as a particularly Nordic artist. A song by H.P. Holst is sung in the sculptor’s honour, and he is toasted in absentia. | ||
| 23.3.1844 | Visits Ernst Meyer accompanied by Christine Stampe. Meets Gottlieb Bindesbøll at the museum. Then visits Louise Augusta Müller (1778-1852). | ||
| 23.3.1844 | Goes to meet the Crown Prince Frederik (7.), but he is not at home. | ||
| 23.3.1844 | Dinner at the home of A.C. Kierulff’s. Jørgen Koch accompanies Thorvaldsen home. | ||
| Not later than 24.3.1844 | Head of Martin Luther, Nysø79, preparatory work for A188. | ||
| 24.3.1844 | Martin Luther, A188, Thorvaldsen’s last work, not finished. | ||
| 24.3.1844 | Visits Martinus Rørbye with Christine Stampe. Sees Rørbye’s painting Harbour scene, Palermo, B287, which Thorvaldsen acquired. | ||
| 24.3.1844 | Dinner with Oehlenschläger, H.C. Andersen, Ernst Meyer, Constantin Hansen and others at Christine and Henrik Stampe. | ||
| 24.3.1844 | Happens to meet C.W. Eckersberg at 6pm in Kronprinsessegade. | ||
| 24.3.1844 | Thorvaldsen dies at 6.11 pm in the Royal Theatre during the 1st movement of the German composer Ferdinand Ries’ 6th symphony, – before the first performance of the play Griseldis by the Austrian poet and playwright Friedrich Halm (1806-1871). | ||
| 24.3.1844 | H.W. Bissen becomes one of the executors of Thorvaldsen’s estate. He executes and supervises the completion of Thorvaldsen’s unfinished works in marble. | ||
| 25.3.1844 | Thorvaldsen’s death mask, L668, is taken by Venanzio Orlandi. | ||
| 26.3.1844 | J.L. Lund and C.W. Eckersberg visit Thorvaldsen’s deathbed “in order to see [his] face once more”. | ||
| 26.3.1844 | Thorvaldsen’s body is examined postmortem. | ||
| 27.3.1844 | The preparation for the ceremonial hall of the Academy of Fine Arts at Charlottenborg for Thorvaldsen’s funeral begins. | ||
| 29.3.1844 | The ceremonial hall of the Academy of Fine Arts is prepared for Thorvaldsen’s funeral. The floor is covered in black, and the room is hung with black cloth. At noon Thorvaldsen’s dead body is placed in the hall. | ||
| 29.3.1844 | Thorvaldsen lies in state in the ceremonial hall of The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen. | ||
| 30.3.1844 | Thorvaldsen’s coffin is closed in the presence of among Crown Prins Frederik (7.) Christian, among others. Then the coffin is taken in monumental procession from Charlottenborg to the Church of Our Lady. | ||
| 30.3.1844 | Thorvaldsen’s funeral at the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen. | ||
| 31.3.1844 - 18.9.1848 | Victoria, executed by H.W. Bissen and placed on the roof of Thorvaldsen’s museum, cf. A48. | ||
| Presumably April 1844 | C.F. Wilckens is given Thorvaldsen’s Order of the Dannebrog by Christian 8. | ||
| 8.4.1844 | Memorial ceremony at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen. | ||
| 9.4.1844 | Memorial ceremony at the Royal Theatre: Prologue by J.L. Heiberg, recited by Johanne Luise Heiberg, overture by J.P.E. Hartmann and Adam Oehlenschläger’s Hakon Jarl. | ||
| 15.4.1844 | in an audience with Christian 8., Adam Oehlenschläger recites a poem about Thorvaldsen. | ||
| 7.5.1844 | Commemorated in a ceremony in the masonic lodges Friedrich zur gekrönten Hoffnung and Zorobabel til Nordstjernen in Copenhagen. | ||
| 13.5.1844 | Memorial ceremony for Thorvaldsen in Slagelse art society. | ||
| 24.5.1844 | Memorial ceremony for Thorvaldsen in Studenterforeningen (The Students’ Association) in Copenhagen with music, poems, and speeches. The ceremony took place at the University. | ||
| 28.5. - 8.6.1844 | H.C. Andersen completes his En biografisk Skizze (A Biographical Sketch) of Thorvaldsen. It is published 30.12.1844 – 3.1.1845. | ||
| Summer 1844 | Thiele finds the greater part of Thorvaldsen’s letters, documents etc. in the basement of Casa Buti. | ||
| 1.6.1844 | Memorial ceremony in the Academy of Fine Art in Berlin. | ||
| Middle of June 1844 | Frederik Barfod’s anthology of Danish source texts on Thorvaldsen – Thorvaldsensk Album (A Thorvaldsen Album) is published. | ||
| 23.6.1844 | Memorial ceremony in the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. | ||
| 26.6.1844 | Lermodellen til Æskulap, jf. skitsen A20, styrter sammen i Thorvaldsens værksted. Andreas Kolberg var i gang med modelleringen. Tidligere – antagelig i december 1843 – var en arm faldet af modellen. | ||
| 6.10.1844 | Fregatten Gefion sejler fra Livorno lastet med Thorvaldsens værker og ejendele fra hans dødsbo. | ||
| 17.11.1844 | Fregatten Gefion ankommer til København med nogle af Thorvaldsens værker og ejendele. | ||
| Not later than 1845 | Young Dancing Girl, A180, completed after Thorvaldsen’s death by an unknown artist after A181. | ||
| Presumably 1845 - 1846 | Minerva, cf. A17, executed under the supervision of H.W. Bissen. | ||
| 1845 - 1854 | Cupid Triumphant, Examining his Arrow, A23, carved by Johann Scholl after A24. | ||
| 20.4.1845 | Skibet Dania sejler fra Livorno lastet med bl.a. flere støbeforme til Thorvaldsens værker. | ||
| 18.6.1845 | Friedrich Wilhelm 4. is taken by Christian 8. to visit, among other things, the Church of Our Lady, Thorvaldsen’s coffin, and Thorvaldsen’s Museum. | ||
| 19.6.1845 | Friedrich Wilhelm 4. commissions a marble copy of one of Thorvaldsen’s works, A602, A29, or A32, from H.W. Bissen. It is not known whether the work was carried out. | ||
| 19.6.1845 | Friedrich Wilhelm 4. is taken by Christian 8. to see, among other things, several of Thorvaldsen’s works in a special exhibition at Charlottenborg. | ||
| 21.6.1845 | Friedrich Wilhelm 4. is taken by Christian 8. to see, among other things, those works by Thorvaldsen which are in storage in the Supplies Building on Slotsholmen. | ||
| 24.6.1845 | Scandinavian students’ meeting in Copenhagen with the participation of students from Uppsala, Lund, Oslo, and Copenhagen. The Church of Our Lady is visited, J.P.E. Hartmann plays the funeral march from Thorvaldsen’s funeral 30.3.1844 and other pieces. In the Christ hall in Thorvaldsens Museum, the guests are received with a song performed by Danish artists. | ||
| 31.7.1845 | The memorial column to Frederik 6. with bust and four reliefs (cf. A191, A604, A605, A606, A607) is unveiled on Skanderborg Palace Mound. 30.000 people are present including Christian 8., crown prince Frederik (7.) and prince Ferdinand. |
