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man. The map that w as first done is signed and dated 1768, and the cartouche at the bottom left-hand corner is filled out w ith a descriptive text; it is on a sm aller scale and not quite as accurate and correct as the one exhibited here. But they are both draw n in the same careful and naive manner, and th ey provide a good comm and o f the parts of the city w ith in the ramparts seen from the n orth­ west, contrary to G edde's perspective map, w h ich is taken from the south (see cat. no. 82). The m an y single view s of the exhibition can here be seen in their true perspective, and even if the map cannot in all its details stand the test of criticism, it is nevertheless a rather accurate reproduc­ tion of the various parts o f the city, the n etw ork of streets, the canals and the m onum ental buildings. Bansen him self writes (on the map n ot included in this exhibition) that it is "a free-hand draw in g in ink and pen, exhibiting if not the greatest accuracy, then at last some resemblance. Not everybody's eyes are found tru stw o rth y o f the fo rtifi­ cations." Tw o projects b y Jardin have been included: the Frederiks Church, w h ich , it m ay be remembered, w as never finished, and the barracks at Sølvgade, built 1 7 6 5 -7 1 . 113 CO PENHAGEN SEEN FROM V A L B Y HILL c. 1770 This view belongs to a series o f draw ings w ith m otifs from Royal palaces, official buildin gs, churches in C open­ hagen, and R oyal palaces in the provinces. The style of drawing is very peculiar, supposedly the artist's intention was to copy the en gravin g. A lth o u g h his sense of per­ spective is not w ell-developed, the draw in g does have certain characteristics o f carefullness. There is good reason to believe that this v iew , and w ith it the w hole mentioned series, have been executed b y the same hand as the per­ spective map (cat. no. 112 ). Incidentally, the view is taken from approximately the same position as that o f the large view of the city in Pontoppidan's A tla s (see cat. no. 84), and it may even be p a rtly copied after it. H ow ever, the drawing is more carefu lly done, especially as regards the buildings outside the ramparts. N ew are the barracks in Sølvgade, built 1 7 6 5 -7 1 (to the left o f Rosenborg).

1 1 4 THE PALA CE SQUARE W ITH THE ENTRY OF THE HEIR PRESUMPTIVE A N D HIS FIANCE 1774 The watercolour depicts the disembarkation ceremony shortly before the wedding of the heir presumptive Frede­ rik and princess Sophie Frederikke on October 21st, 1774. She arrived in Copenhagen on a m an-of-w ar and conse­ quently the landing place was adorned properly w ith fes­ tive decorations of wood, canvas and plaster. C. F. Hars- dorff had supplied the draw ings for these. He transformed the Slotholm s Canal and the canal along the Stock Ex­ change into a classical harbour, and at the landing place he set up a triumphal arch in colossal dimensions flanked b y balustrades and two columnae rostratae. In the back­ ground on the right it is seen that also the A siatic Com ­ pany decorated their grounds w ith two provisional obe­ lisks. A t the same time we get a view of the city as it looked through the w indow s of the Palace. On the left we see a row of dw elling houses in Ved Stranden which were all burnt down in 1795. Behind and to the right of H ol­ mens Church w e see Gammelholm , and aw ay, at the har­ bour entrance, the Bradebænke warehouse. Reproduced p. 71. Lund had been studying in Paris and Rome for a long time where he did a series of topographical and landscape studies (now in the Printroom of the Royal Museum of Fine A rts in Copenhagen). It seems as if he brought the ligh t and colours of Southern Europe back w ith him to Copenhagen where he drew and painted a number of pic­ tures o f the city, richly coloured and w ith a distinctive p lay of light and shade. Furthermore he treated the motifs rather freely so that the gouaches at times resemble capric- cios. In this view from the Palace Square one looks to­ wards Gamm elholm ; the figures on Holmen bridge are far too big, the chapel of Holmens Church extremely short, 115 G AMM ELHOLM A N D THE STOCK EXCHANGE c. 1775

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