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Presumably summer 1811 A marble quarry with white marble is discovered in Norway.
4.4.1818 Christian (8.) Frederik commissions plaster copies of all Thorvaldsen’s works for the study collection of the Academy of Fine Arts.
3.5.1818 Hermann Ernst Freund arrives in Rome.
Summer 1818 - August 1818 Is ill and recuperates in Albano, nursed by Frances Mackenzie.
Not later than 13.6.1818 Mercury about to Kill Argus, A5.
Presumably 1.9. - 4.9.1819 Short stay in in Bad Ems. Meets Prince Christian (8.) Frederik for the first time.
14.11.1819 Christian (8.) Frederik asks Thorvaldsen to model busts of the royal family.
23.12.1819 Christian (8.) Frederik and Caroline Amalie arrive in Rome with their retinue.
25.12.1819 Christian (8.) Frederik visits Thorvaldsen’s studio in Rome. Returns to the studios several times during his stay in the city.
6.1.1820 Christian (8.) Frederik visits Thorvaldsen’s workshops in Vicolo delle Colonnette.
6.1.1820 Christian (8.) Frederik writes from Rome to Thorvaldsen in Copenhagen, requesting him to consider a funerary monument to Abildgaard.
20.4.1820 Thorvaldsen suggests Frederik 6. a drastic restructuring of some royal institutions, which among other things shall release some more space to the Academy’s collection of plaster casts of Thorvaldsen’s works.
Not earlier than 11.5.1820 - not later than 12.8.1821 Shepherd Boy, cf. A177, for Christian 8.’s Table Decoration is cast by Wilhelm Hopfgarten.
12.12.1820 Christian (8.) Frederik rides out (in vain) to meet Thorvaldsen, who is on his way to Rome.
16.12.1820 Has tea in the evening with Christian (8.) Frederik and the Duchess of Westmoreland, Jane Fane (1775-1857).
17.12.1820 Christian (8.) Frederik visits Thorvaldsens workshops and views the damages after the collapse of a floor. Afterwards, he has dinner with Thorvaldsen and other Danes in Rome.
21.12.1820 Thorvaldsen and Claus Christian Bang have dinner with Christian (8.) Frederik.
24.12.1820 Celebrates Christmas Eve with Christian (8.) Frederik and other Danes in Rome, among others Claus Christian Bang. They have rice pudding, exchange gifts, and play lotto.
28.12.1820 Begins the modeling of Caroline Amalie, A716, in Palazzo Negroni.
28.12.1820 Celebration in Thorvaldsen’s honour in the Palazzo Fiano, Piazza di San Lorenzo, with, among others, Prince Christian (8.) Frederik.
30.12.1820 Works on Caroline Amalie’s bust, A716, in Palazzo Negroni.
2.1.1821 Dinner with Christian (8.) Frederik, with Claus Christian Bang, P.O. Brøndsted, Carl Otto and Jacob Svitzer.
7.1.1821 Shows Christian (8.) Frederik round in the Vatican Museum, where they admire the Roman marble statue of Apollo Belvedere, among others.
7.1. - 13.1.1821 Christian (8.) Frederik, cf. A197.
17.1.1821 Christian (8.) Frederik meets the Russian general Alexander Ivanovich Osterman-Tolstoy in Thorvaldsen’s workshop.
Completed not later than 24.1.1821 Karl Philipp von Schwarzenberg, A236.
27.1.1821 Christian (8.) Frederik visits Thorvaldsen in his workshop.
28.1.1821 Celebrates Frederik 6.s birthday in Christian (8.) Frederik’s Roman residence in the company of nobelmen and artists.
1.2.1821 Dinner with Christian (8.) Frederik, with Vincenzo Camuccini, C.F. Rumohr and Luigi Godard.
22.2.1821 Christian (8.) Frederik visits Thorvaldsen, who is working on the marble version of Ludwig (1.), cf. A233.
Presumably 23.2.1821 - 26.2.1821 Thorvaldsen and Rudolf Schadow model, while other artists draw the beautiful Vittoria Caldoni in Franz Ludwig Wilhelm von Reden’s home in Rome, cf. Vittoria Caldoni, A279.
25.2.1821 Dinner with Christian (8.) Frederik, with Vincenzo Camuccini, C.F. Rumohr, Wolf Heinrich Friedrich Karl von Baudissin, Friederica Juliane von Baudissin and Otto Friedrich Magnus von Baudissin.
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 Christ, A83, preparatory work for A82.
2.3.1821 - 19.3.1821 Christ, A84, preparatory work for A82.
2.3.1821 - 19.3.1821 Christ, A85, preparatory work for A82.
2.3.1821 - 19.3.1821 Paul, A104, preparatory work for A103.
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.
Not earlier than 19.3.1821 James the Less, A92, preparatory work for A91.
Not earlier than 19.3.1821 John, A90, preparatory work for A89.
Not earlier than 19.3.1821 Matthew, A88, preparatory work for A87.
Not earlier than 19.3.1821 Simon Zelotes, A102, preparatory work for A101.
Not earlier than 19.3.1821 Thomas, A97, preparatory work for A96.
22.3.1821 Soirée with Christian (8.) Frederik, with Wolf Heinrich Friedrich Karl von Baudissin, Friederica Juliane von Baudissin, Otto Friedrich Magnus von Baudissin, Franz Ludwig Wilhelm von Reden, Elisa von Reden and the Riepenhausen brothers.
30.3.1821 Christian (8.) Frederik visits Thorvaldsen.
1.4.1821 Christian (8.) Frederik borrows 9,000 Roman scudi from Thorvaldsen.
2.4.1821 Christian (8.) Frederik visits Thorvaldsen and is pleased with the model, Nysø34, for Caroline Amalie’s portrait statue, A164.
6.4.1821 Attends a farewell party for Christian (8.) Frederik and Caroline Amalie before their departure from Rome.
7.4.1821 Christian (8.) Frederik presents portrait busts in plaster of himself, cf. A197 or A753, and his wife Caroline Amalie, cf. A716 or A754, to eleven named persons in connection with his departure from Rome.
7.4.1821 Thorvaldsen and other artists take leave of Christian (8.) Frederik, Caroline Amalie and their servants at La Storta, an inn 15 kilometres north of Rome. Thorvaldsen is presented with a snuffbox, N40, as a farewell gift from the Prince.
17.4.1821 Christian (8.) Frederik sends Thorvaldsen the measurements of the Princess for the portrait statue Caroline Amalie, A164.
June 1821 Christian (8.) Frederik presents marble busts of himself and Caroline Amalie, cf. A753 and cf. A754, to Giovanni Battista Sommariva. Present location unknown.
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.
Not later than 12.8.1821 Christian (8.) Frederik commissions a table decoration in bronze of Thorvaldsen’s: Mercury about to Kill Argus, cf. A5, Venus with the Apple, cf. A12, Cupid Triumphant, cf. A22, Cupid and the Graces, cf. A29, Hebe, cf. A39, Jason with the Golden Fleece , cf. 52, Adonis, cf. A53, Mars Bringing Peace, cf. D174, Shepherd Boy, cf. A177, Dancing Girl, cf. A178, and Pietro Tenerani’s: Psiche abbandonata.
Not earlier than 12.8.1821 - not later than 10.5.1825 Christian 8.’s table decoration is cast by Wilhelm Hopfgarten: Mercury about to Kill Argus, cf. A5, Venus with the Apple, cf. A12, Cupid Triumphant, cf. A22, Cupid and the Graces, cf. A29, Hebe, cf. A39, Jason with the Golden Fleece , cf. 52, Adonis, cf. A53, Mars Bringing Peace, cf. D174, Dancing Girl, cf. A178, and Pietro Tenerani’s: Psiche abbandonata.
28.3.1823 Thorvaldsen is shot accidentally by the young Cesare Buti and wounded in the side and a finger.
2.6.1823 Christian (8.) Frederik recommends H.W. Bissen to Thorvaldsen.
Not earlier than 25.9.1824 - not later than 10.10.1824 H.W. Bissen arrives in Rome and visits Thorvaldsen.
9.12.1826 Calls in 9,000 Roman scudi that Christian (8.) Frederik borrowed from Thorvaldsen in 1821. Christian (8.) Frederik has problems repaying the money.
1827 Caroline Amalie, A164.
Not later than 4.2.1827 Marble version of Baptismal Font, cf. A555,1, A555,2, A555,3, A555,4, completed for a church in Iceland, maybe in two copies, one of which may have been sold to the 2nd Earl of Caledon, Du Pré Alexander.
26.6.1829 Receives, through Torlonia, the first instalment (2,000 scudi) of the 9,000 Roman scudi that Christian (8.) Frederik borrowed from Thorvaldsen in 1821.
8.10.1829 Receives, through Torlonia, the second instalment (2,000 scudi) of the 9,000 Roman scudi that Christian (8.) Frederik borrowed from Thorvaldsen in 1821.
18.1.1830 Receives a written request from H.W. Bissen for the loan of the bust of Christian (8.) Frederik to be executed in marble (cf. A753 og A197), commissioned by Joseph Hambro.
20.10.1831 Receives, through Torlonia, the third and last instalment (5,000 scudi) of the 9,000 Roman scudi that Christian (8.) Frederik borrowed from Thorvaldsen in 1821.
1833 - 1846 Thorvaldsen’s “studio museum” in his extended residence at Charlottenborg.
1.5.1833 The corvette Galathea leaves Copenhagen bound for Tangier, Tripoli, Malta, Naples, and Leghorn.
22.10.1833 Awarded the silver cross of the Order of Dannebrog.
Middle of November 1833 Christ in marble, cf. A82, is taken to the Church of Our Lady but is not erected until spring 1839.
8.3.1834 Thorvaldsen’s Roman birthday is celebrated by the Society of Danish Romans at Christianshavns Borgerdydsskole without the sculptor’s presence. 31 men attend. A song by Christian Winther and a song to Thorvaldsen by F.C. Hillerup are sung.
20.1.1838 Accepts the offer to sail to Copenhagen on board the frigate Rota in the summer of 1838.
18.9.1838 Joins the Academy of Fine Arts in a picnic to Sorgenfri and Bellevue celebrating the birthday of Christian (8.) Frederik.
20.9.1838 Dines at Court with Christian 8. and Caroline Amalie.
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.
11.7.1839 Travels from Elsinore to Copenhagen via Sorgenfri, where he visits Prince Christian (8.) Frederik and Caroline Amalie.
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.
2.9.1839 Visit from Christian (8.) Frederik at Charlottenborg during the unpacking of plaster casts from Rome.
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.
18.1.1840 Christian 8. commissions a statue of Christian 4., cf. A152, for Roskilde Cathedral.
28.6.1840 Does not participate in the coronation of Christian 8. in Frederiksborg Chapel, allegedly because problems with dress regulations.
Not earlier than 26.11.1840 Christian 4., A152, is cast in bronze and chased by Jørgen Dalhoff.
End of 1840 Refuses to pay the tax on rank and titles. Christian 8. complies with Thorvaldsen’s demand.
Not later than 2.12.1842 Buys Adam Müller’s still unfinished painting Christ and The Evangelists, B276.
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.
Presumably April 1844 C.F. Wilckens is given Thorvaldsen’s Order of the Dannebrog by Christian 8.
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.