KøbenhanskeMotiver_1587-1807

has been som ewhat expanded in order to include the entire gardens. These w ere laid out b y K rieger 1 7 1 1 and filled the square in a beautiful and orderly manner. Here the trees have grow n , and the fou r beds bear the initials C A, the Queen D ow ager C harlotte Am a lie's monogram . She lived at C harlottenborg (A) until her death in 1714 (see cat. no. 21). O n the left-hand side the square is bordered b y a row o f typ ical private houses w ith gable attics; at the end o f these N iels Juel's m ansion (H), at this time belonging to D orthe K rag. T he house on the right (F), w h ich served as residence o f the comm andant and now housed general G regers Juel, had been built in the 1680s b y A dm iral Christian Bielke. E very d ay the changing of the guard took place in the square in fron t of the com­ m andant's house. T h o u gh the en gravin g on the whole is more or less correct, it is n ot an exam ple of the greatest accuracy, there is fo r instance no indication of the con­ quered enem y crushed b y the horse on the Lamoreux eque­ strian monument. The engravin g show s the city from Rosenborg Castle to C hristianshavn and is a reliable rendering o f the town sil­ houette in the years before the great fire of 1728, when such characteristic spires as that of V o r Frue kirke (the Church o f O u r Lady), St. Petri, H elligándskirken (the Church o f the H o ly G host), and the T ow n Hall were consumed b y the flam es. A ll in all about 1450 houses were burnt dow n on this occasion. 30 CO PENH AG EN FROM THE NO RTHW E ST c. 1720 This engravin g is ob vio u sly a cop y o f the preceding cat. no. since the approaching h ighw ays as w ell as the view of the city itself are identical. But the ornamental figures and the landscape in the foreground differ from those of the model. 29 CO PENH AG EN FROM THE NO R THW E ST c. 1720

26 CO PENH AG EN FROM THE N O R THW E ST 17 18

Seen from this direction the city is clearly divided into tw o parts: the m edieval centre on the right-hand side and N ew Copenhagen on the left. In the horizon the Sound and the dismantled fleet (B). Then the Citadel w ith its church from 1704 (A ), and follow in g that the Opera House (C), which, how ever, at this time w as being cleared in order to make room for the land cadets. The m ilitary church, G arnisonskirken (D), built 170 3 -0 6 and Rosen­ borg C astle (E), St. N icolai Church (F), the Castle (G), T rinitatis Church (H), H elligándskirken (the Church of the H o ly Ghost, I), V o r Frue kirke (the Church of Our Lady, K), and St. Petri Church (L). A lth o u gh the artist was very fam iliar w ith the depicted buildings from his w ork as R oyal master builder, th ey seem nevertheless a little over-sim plified. Reproduced p. 30. The residence of Frederik IV w as a conglomerate o f irre­ gu lar buildings to w h ich m an y generations had contri­ buted. 1703 the K in g had an old gallery leading to the extension of the C abinet of Curiosities (the later state ar­ chives) replaced b y a modern gallery (B), and 1 7 1 5 - 2 1 an adm inistration buildin g - the Red Building - w as built on the site of Boldhuset (the sportshouse - see cat. no. 12). W hen this v iew w as drawn, the n ew Chancellery was under construction, and instead o f the triangular fronton show n here, it w as provided w ith a large segm ental pedi­ ment (D). The house to the left o f this building (G) was called ,,ein Fiirstlich H aus" ow ing to the fact that this was where the K in g put up A n n a Sophie Reventlow , whom he w as later to m arry m organatically. 27 THE CA ST LE SQU A R E 17 18

28 KONGEN S N Y T O R V 1718

The square is seen from approxim ately the same angle as in cat. no. 25, on ly in this engravin g the field of vision

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