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| Date | Events | Whereabouts | Works |
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| 6.5.1805 | Thorvaldsen becomes a member of the Academy of Fine Arts and is nominated for the vacant post of professor of sculpture. | ||
| 7.6.1805 | Christian 7. appoints Thorvaldsen professor of sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts. | ||
| 15.6.1817 | Shows Caroline von Humboldt the marble sculptures from the temple of Aphaia on the island of Aegina, that are being restored in a workshop near Piazza del Popolo and are almost finished. | ||
| Presumably 15.6.1818 - 30.6.1818 | Caroline von Humboldt poses twice for Thorvaldsen, who, to her disappointment, only spends two hours each time modelling a new portrait bust of her. | ||
| 15.6.1818 | Frederik 6. commissions Alexander the Great’s Entry into Babylon, cf. A503, in marble for Christiansborg Palace. | ||
| 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. |