KøbenhanskeMotiver_1587-1807

colour, which, how ever, recurs in a p ainting depicting the burning o f the Castle - G avno). He also left out the pilas­ ters betw een the w indow s. The gardens, too, seem to have undergone certain alterations.

after the rebuildings o f Christian IV and the layin g out of N yto rv 16 0 6 -10 . In fron t of the tow n hall at G amm eltorv, the w ell-preserved fountain, erected 1609, still stands w ith a bronze figure of Caritas, the w o rk of Statius O tto.

20 ST. PETRI CHUR CH 1692

18 THE CA ST LE OF CO PENH AG EN 1679 In 1 1 6 7 A bsalon had a castle built on w h at is n ow Slots­ holm en; remains of it can still be seen beneath the Chri­ stiansborg. It w as pulled down in 1369 b y the Hanseatics. D urin g the 1380s the castle w as rebuilt in another shape, and b y the m iddle o f the 16th century it had more or less achieved the appearance and dim ensions of the one in the engraving. In the top left-hand corner the Castle is seen from somewhere near Holmens Church, in the top right- hand corner from the street w hich is n ow called V ed Stranden. The h eavy tow er in the m iddle of the ensemble o f buildings is Blåtårn (the blue tow er), w h ich achieved this shape 1596. To the right Højbro, the drawbridge, to the left the Chancellery and behind it the Stock Exchange. The picture below in the m iddle is the one w h ich most clearly illustrates the groundplan of the Castle. To the right o f Blåtårn the R oyal w in g can be seen, then the guards' w in g, the kitchen w in g, the church, the banquet­ in g hall w in g, and to the left o f the tow er the Council w ing. 19 SOPH IE AM A L IEN BO R G 168 1 16 6 7 -7 3 Frederik Ills w ife, Queen Sophie Am alie, had a country seat built south o f the present Fredericiagade. Surrounding the palace w as a huge park stretching down to w h at w as later to be laid out as St. A n næ Square. The architect of the palace is unknow n, and as it w as burnt down in 1689, w e on ly have contradictory reproductions o f it. This gouache is, together w ith other draw ings and engravings after the same artist, based upon an unknow n picture from 168 1. If w e compare Bruun's gouache w ith a contem porary painting at Ledreborg, it seems as if he changed the colour of the building from red to y ellow (a

St. Petri is one o f the oldest churches o f Copenhagen. It is mentioned the first time in 1304, but is probably even older than that. The first church w as burnt down in 1386, w hich means that the church in this engravin g must be the rebuilt and repeatedly enlarged version of St. Petri. O rigin ally it o n ly had one nave and a h eavy spireless tow er (see cat. no. 1). The tw o transepts were added in the 1630 s; the southern one, w h ich is the one depicted here, w as completed in 1634. The spire w as erected 1609-10 by D irich Frij. The church served as a canon foundry from 15 3 7 till 158 5 w hen it w as given over to the German congregation to w h ich it still belongs. In the years 16 7 2 -8 3 Christian V 's half-brother, U. F. G yld enlove, built an im pressive m ansion facing Kongens N y to rv (the K in g's n ew square), w h ich had just been laid out. It w as a fo u r-w in g structure surrounded by a large garden stretching alon g N y h a v n dow n towards the har­ bour entrance. Ewert Janssen is supposed to have been the architect. A n older d raw in g and a medal struck on the occasion o f the ston elayin g both sh ow that the house changed in appearance in the course o f the building pro­ cess. O rig in a lly tw o domed corner tow ers should have flanked the entrance at the square, and it w as also designed w ithout the fourth w in g closing o ff the house from the garden. In 1700 G yld en lo ve sold his house to the Queen D ow ager, Charlotte Am alie, w h o resided here until her death, and it is after her that the bu ildin g has its present name. Reproduced p. 28. 21 CH A R LO TT EN BO RG SEEN FROM THE G AR D EN 1693

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