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but only a ridge turret, H olm ens Church (9) looks as if it were from the 1730 s and n ot from Christian IV 's days. The tower of H elligánd skirken (the Church o f the H o ly Ghost, 13) is in the w ro n g place, and furtherm ore, the spire did not in reality lo ok like the one depicted here. Nor is the spire of St. Petri Church correct. The etching is copied after M arselis' v iew from 17 1 8 (cat. no. 26) w ith the addition o f Christian sborg and the spires w h ich were reerected after the fire in 172 8 , out o f w h ich that of V o r Frue kirke (the Church o f O u r Lady) - completed D ecem ­ ber 1744 - is an example o f tempus post quern. Besides, the chancel gable is left out. This sheet is p u zzlin g because Christian sborg Palace has been marked w ith a differen t colour o f in k than the rest of the drawing so that it seems as if the Palace w as added later. This leads to the th ou gh t that the v iew w as actu ally older and then brou gh t up to date b y inserting the new Palace. This conclusion is too easily reached, how ever, since the spire o f V o r Frue kirke (the Church of O u r Lady) has the shape in w h ich it w as bu ilt 17 4 4 -4 5 , after a p lan from 1739, altered in 174 2. Furthermore, Christiansborg is in accordance w ith a plan from 173 2 w h ich in m an y w ays differs from the approved and completed draw ing. These internal contradictions are n ot lig h tly dism issed; it must be added, however, that the v iew comes from the library of Christian V i's cousin, C ou n t C. E. Stolberg-W ernigerode. The two cousins exchanged architectural draw ings, and it is a well-known fact that there w ere draw ings for C hri­ stiansborg in W ernigerode. T his v iew is m ost lik e ly done by J- J- Bruun (see cat. no. 60). Reproduced pp. 3 6 -3 7. 41 COPENHAGEN FROM THE SO U THW E ST c. 174 5

building was finished w ith, it must be admitted, several alterations made by J. C. Krieger. But the part facing N y- torv is entirely the w ork of Ernst; he kept four out of seven arcades and above the ressauts he had gables put up — the one in the middle carries the K ing's coat of arms, the sides the city arms. The heavy mansard roof and the ridge turret are the works of Krieger. In the square the city scaffold w ith the cake to w hich the crim inals were tied. The houses bordering on the square are typical of the reconstruction period after the fire. The view is from Gothersgade over the garden w all and in the direction of the southwestern facade o f the castle, w ith the large tower built in 16 17. The garden itself has the same appearance as when its gardener, J. C. Krieger, laid it out in the 1730s. O n the left we see more than h alf of the long laurel greenhouse - which actually consisted of a piecing together from 170 7 of two old greenhouses and the "summ erhouse w ith the fdur buttons". From 17 2 1 it served as a laurel greenhouse, and 1743 it was rebuilt once more by Krieger. A particular roof construction per­ m itted a partial or whole opening of the roof during pe­ riods of hot weather. 1785 the house was replaced b y the present barracks of the guards. Reproduced p. 39. 44 THE D O C K c. 1746 Bruun's w ater colour shows the new dock a couple of years after the opening. Like Roque's (cat. no. 32) this view is taken from Gammelholm ; but Bruun's rendering o f the scenery is more careful and discreet. A few new buildings have been added, for example a big brickbuilt warehouse, on the far left. The Royal pavilion has had its roof construction changed so that it is n ow crowned by a belvedere. One m ight be tempted to believe that Roque's domed roof was on ly a provisional device. The Dock was used in this place until 1918. 43 ROSENBORG CASTLE A N D GARDEN S c. 1746

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After the city fire in 1728 o n ly the w alls o f Christian IV 's town hall remained. The reconstruction w as imm ediately begun under the supervision o f J. C. Ernst, and in 1733 the

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