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prince and the Guard. O n Frederiksholm w e see Prinsens palæ on the right and the counterpart w h ich was never put up (see cat. no. 56). Behind the bastions of the forti­ fication K alvebod and Am ager. Reproduced p. 46.

w in g in N y Vestergade. The structure is an example of French architecture w ith the m ain building standing back from the others and a cour d'honneur in front, closed o ff to the street b y a low w in g crowned w ith a balustrade.

56 CH R IST IAN SBO RG c. 174 6 The R oyal residence is seen from N y Vestergade. O n the left-hand side it is flanked b y Prinsens palæ (partly "d e ­ m olished" in order to provide a better view ) and a sort of counterpart on the right-hand side, which, how ever, was never built. There were plans of rem oving Vesterport (the western gate) from the present T ow n H all Square to the west-end of N y Vestergade, w h ich w ould thus form a splendid entrance to the city. Christiansborg, w hich is a xially connected to N y Vestergade, is here seen w ith E. D. H åusser's riding grounds and N. Eigtved's pavilions and M arm orbroen (the marble bridge). To the left of the main buildin g the chapel, w h ile the corresponding building on the right is entirely im aginary. 5 7 CH R IST IAN SBO RG c. 174 6 From the Palace Square w e look through the p artially "d e ­ m olished" w in g into the palace courtyard. The view is not in all respects in accordance w ith reality, among other things the tow er is one storey too high, and the w indow s w ere v ertica lly closer to each other, connected athw art the storeys b y ornamented frames. This cannot possibly be due to the artist's unacquaintance w ith the architecture of the Palace, since he w as the leading sculptor of the building activities, and besides, his words carried w eigh t w ith the questions regarding architecture.

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This view is stro n gly idealized. The counterpart of the chapel on the grounds o f the Red Building to the left of the Palace did not exist. The same is true o f the house in the foreground in fron t o f H olm ens Church. The canal had a simple w ooden qu ay and n o t m arble squares as the pic­ ture pretends. Likew ise H olm ens bridge w as much more prim itive. The street in the foreground w as then called Storrestræde, but is n ow called H olm ens Canal (see cat. no. 37). The point of v iew and the scale are exactly the same as in the draw ing cat. no. 4 1, w ith the one exception that in this engravin g the v iew is cut a little at the sides. The only difference o f importance is C hristian sborg which here is depicted as it actu ally looked. Incidentally, a comparison betw een the tw o sheets reveals h o w much is lost by the transference from draw in g to engravin g. Naturally, it cannot be proved that precisely the draw ing cat. no. 41 served as model for the en gravin g - v ery likely yet an­ other d raw ing w as made b y the same artist, undoubtedly J. J. Bruun, w h o is k n ow n to have supplied Thurah's books w ith illustrations. 61 V O R FRELSERS KIRKE 175 0 The church w as bu ilt 16 8 2 -9 6 after Lambert von Haven s draw ings, w h ile the plans he had for the spire were not realised. N ot until 17 4 9 -5 0 w as T hu rah's spiral spire erec­ ted, to w h ich he in his ow n w ords had been influenced 60 CO PENH AG EN FROM THE SOU THW E ST 1748

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The bird's-eye v iew of Slotsholmen is taken from N ybro- gade. The buildings in fron t o f the palace are from the le ft: the chapel, the cart shed, and the stables of the crown

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