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| Date | Events | Whereabouts | Works |
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| Not later than 22.4.1818 | Negotiations concerning the commission for Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, are initiated by Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen. | ||
| 8.8.1818 | Thorvaldsen delivers a drawing (unidentified today) of Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, to Vincenz Rüttimann as an initial sketch of the monument. | ||
| Begun May 1819 | The model of Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), A119, is begun. | ||
| Completed 3.7.1819 | Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), A119. | ||
| 2.8.1819 | A small model of the monumentet Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. the cast of the large model, A119, is sent from Rome, bound for Lucerne. | ||
| 7.8.1819 | The large model of the monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, is sent from Rome, bound for Lucerne. | ||
| 12.8.1819 | In the company of Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen Thorvaldsen visits the place where the monument Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, is to be erected. | ||
| 19.8.1819 | Pankraz Eggenschwyler starts hollowing out the cliff face in Lucerne, where the monument Dying Lion (the Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, is to be erected. | ||
| End of October 1819 | The two original models for Dying Lion (The Lucerne LIon), cf. A119, arrive separately at Lucerne. Today the models are in the Historisches Museum Luzern. | ||
| Begun 28.3.1820 - completed 7.8.1821 | Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, is carved from sandstone rock in Lucerne by Lucas Ahorn. | ||
| 10.8.1821 | Dying Lion (The Lucerne Lion), cf. A119, in Lucerne is unveiled in the presence of Prince Christian (8.) Frederik, among others. Thorvaldsen is not present. | ||
| 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. |