Nessus Abducting Dejanira, Bertel Thorvaldsen, modeled 1814–15, carved 1821–23 or 1826
Bertel Thorvaldsen, portraitBertel ThorvaldsenDanemark, 1770–1844

Nessus Abducting Dejanira

modeled 1814–15, carved 1821–23 or 1826 · Sculpture

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2004.174

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  1. 1797–1838

    “Restores” the Aegina marbles for Prince Ludwig

    In his Roman workshop in the Palazzo Barberini Thorvaldsen “restored” the recently discovered Aegina marbles, adding lost arms and heads. On his recommendation the fragments were bought by Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, the future King Ludwig I; the reconstructed pediment groups of the Aegina temple can now be seen in Munich’s Glyptothek.

  2. 1813

    Birth of his daughter Elisa

    In 1813 Anna Maria von Uhden bore Thorvaldsen a daughter, Elisa.

  3. 1819

    A triumphal visit to Copenhagen

    In 1819 Thorvaldsen visited his native Denmark, and the visit to Copenhagen turned into a genuine triumphal procession. He was also received with enthusiasm in Vienna, Berlin and Warsaw.

  4. 1819

    Commission for statues of Christ and the Twelve Apostles

    In Denmark Thorvaldsen was commissioned to make a colossal series of statues of Christ and the Twelve Apostles for the rebuilding of the Church of Our Lady, destroyed in the British bombardment of Copenhagen in 1807. The statues were executed after his return to Rome and completed only in 1838.

  5. 29 March 1819

    Proposes to Frances Mackenzie; the engagement is broken

    On 29 March 1819 Thorvaldsen proposed to Miss Mackenzie, but a month later the engagement was cancelled: he had fallen in love with another woman, Fanny Caspers. Torn between Mackenzie and Anna Maria von Uhden, the mother of his daughter, he never succeeded in making Caspers his wife.

  6. from 1825

    President of the Academy of Saint Luke

    From 1825 Thorvaldsen was president of the Academy of Saint Luke in Rome.

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