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| Date | Events | Whereabouts | Works |
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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. |