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| Date | Events | Whereabouts | Works |
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| May 1820 | A series of sculptures for the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen: Christ, cf. A82, and the pediment above the main entrance of the church John the Baptist Preaching, cf. A59-A70, and the 12 apostles, cf. A86-A109, are commissioned in plaster. | ||
| 2.3.1821 | Christian (8.) Frederik proposes other work for Hermann Ernst Freund as compensation for the lost commission for the Apostles. Thorvaldsen promises to set to work at once on Christ, cf. A82, and the twelve Apostles for the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen, cf. A86, A87, A89, A91, A93, A96, A98, A99, A101, A103, A105, A108. | ||
| 2.3.1821 - 19.3.1821 | Peter, preliminary work for A86. | ||
| 19.3.1821 | Thorvaldsen has modelled Christ, cf. A82, and the apostles Peter, cf. A86 and _Paul, cf. A103, in clay. | ||
| June 1821 | Luigi Bienaimé starts Peter, A86, after a sketch by Thorvaldsen. | ||
| Not earlier than April 1828 - not later than December 1828 |
Plaster casts of Christ, cf. A82, and the twelve apostles, cf. Peter, A86, Matthew, A87, John, A89, James the Younger, A91, Philip, A93, Thomas, A96, James the Elder, A98, Bartholomew, A99, Simon the Zealot, A101, Paul, A103, Judas Thaddaeus, A105 and Andrew, A108, are placed in the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen. It turns out that the statues of the apostles are too big for the intended niches. |
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| Presumably 1831 - 1832 | Dissatisfied with not having received a commission for the 12 apostles for the Church of Our Lady in marble, Thorvaldsen decides to let them carve at his own expense, cf. A86, A87, A89, A91, A93, A96, A98, A99, A101, A103, A105, A108. | ||
| Spring 1831 | Peter, cf. A86, and Paul, cf. A103, are sent to Carrara to be carved in marble. |