KøbenhanskeMotiver_1587-1807

of the picture were military warehouses - the so-called Grønland houses. On the Rosenkrantz bastion the Grøn­ land and Queen's mills. On the far right the inner side of Østerport.

E. D. Hausser and remained here until 18 7 4 when a new building was erected in the Citadel for that purpose. On the left we catch a glimpse of the corner of the old Hotel d'Angleterre which was completely rebuilt in the 1 8 7 0 s. Reproduced p. 90 . 1 4 6 HALMTORVET 180 9 Inside Vesterport (the western gate) lay Halmtorvet, a market to which the farmers came with their bundles of straw (hence its name: straw market). To the right of the gate the guardhouse, and beyond it the engine house. On the rampart the Store Kongen wind mill. Vesterport was the first of the city gates to be torn down in 1 8 5 6 . Reproduced p. 9 1 . 1 4 7 VOLDGADEN A T NØRREPORT 18 0 7 On either side of the gate slopes lead up to the ridge of the rampart on which there were trees. To the left of the gate the guardhouse and in the background a small engine house. The broad street is crowded with carriages, horsemen, and strolling people. Like a pen-and-ink draw­ ing from 18 0 7 (at the Printroom of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Copenhagen) this sheet is a prepatory draw­ ing for an oil painting which is at Frederiksborg Museum. 1 4 8 GRØNLAND 18 0 7 The lot of unbuilt ground within the ramparts between Nyboder and the Citadel was originally called Grønland or Grønneland (green land). A s Nyboder gradually expanded and various military buildings were built outside the Cita­ del itself, Grønland was reduced to include only the area in front of Østerport (the eastern gate) that can be seen in this picture. On the left a corner of the hussar barracks standing along Store Kongensgade, and in the background some of the Nyboder gables and a few facades in Rigens- gade. The large buildings along the rampart in the middle

1 4 9 AMAGERPORT RAVELIN 180 9 The foundation of Christianshavn 1 6 1 8 necessitated the building of a fourth town gate, placed at the end of the present Torvegade. It was renewed several times, for the last time in 1 7 2 4 , and demolished like the others 18 5 6 - 57 . In this view we see the Ravelin - a redoubt in the middle of the city moat - from it two drawbridges lead to Amager and Christianshavn in the background. On the right the still existing guardhouse, behind that Vor Frelsers kirke (the Church of Our Saviour) and Little mill on the Lion's bastion. This mill still exists although in another shape. A s ornamental figures we see some Amager farmers and watchmen. ATLAS DAN ICUS , COPENHAGEN c. 1 6 7 7 To-day this book exists only in five copies - each with a different number of plates - exhibiting motifs from Copen­ hagen and the Kingdom of Denmark. The title page has the year 1 6 7 7 , but it is unlikely that all the sheets were done at the same time, and the engraving of Copenhagen Castle for example carries the inscription 1 6 7 9 . It is not known for sure when the five books were bound, and it does not seem probable that it happened simultaneously. Originally Resen, who was president of Copenhagen, plan­ ned a gigantic topographical work covering the whole King­ dom, but as the data grew a complete edition could no longer be realized. During the fire in 17 2 8 the prepatory studies were destroyed, but a few abridged editions sur­ vived. The five mentioned copies of Atlas Danicus, of which one is exhibited here, contain only plates and are therefore not in accordance with the original idea of the 15 0 PEDER HANSEN RESEN:

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