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the construction of the n ew Ø stervold (1606) this island
w as divided into the R oyal kitchen garden on the left and
the n avel dockyard on the right w ith Frederik II's long
ropew alk on land, ending in the p artially preserved sail
loft. A b o ve the city there are h overin g genii carrying the
crowned monogram s o f the K in g and his w ife, Queen
A n n a Catherine. A t the bottom , the city arms w ith lions
as supporters. The engravin g is n ow kn ow n in three copies
on ly, and throughout the 17 th century it has served as a
model for innum erable copies in different sizes.
Reproduced p. 17.
4 CO PENH AG EN SEEN FROM CH R IST IAN SH A V N
c. 16 2 7
The ornam ental figures in front m ove across the picture
plane towards the left. A t the centre, how ever, a pool of
calm surrounds the painter and his tw o boys holdin g the
piece of paper or canvas on w h ich he is m arking the motif.
The curved gable to the right of this group is the back
o f a house on Christianshavn. This part o f town, named
after its founder, w as built during the years after 16 1 7 ,
and the first houses to be erected were precisely those in
Strandgade. O u t in the w ater people are fillin g up part of
the basin in order to provide a harbour for the houseow
ners o f Christianshavn. O n the left the first version of
Knippelsbro bridge, constructed 1618-20 , connecting the
old city to Christianshavn. In line w ith the bridge w e see
the Stock Exchange begun in 16 19 - the steeple put up in
1625. The large buildin g to the left on the Copenhagen
side is Christian IV 's brew -house (1618-20). W hen we
date this v iew back to about 16 2 7 it is due to the fact that
in spite of the portraits of Frederik III (crowned 1648)
and Queen Sophie Am alie w e have an example o f tempus
ante quern: the pyram idal spire of St. N icolai Church
w h ich fell down in a storm the n igh t betw een January
28th and 29th, 1628.
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CO PENH AG EN SEEN FROM CH R IST IAN SH AVN
1642
The model (from 1642) for this engravin g is a copy of
van W ick's v iew (cat. no. 3) w ith the addition of the
Stock Exchange, the construction o f w h ich on a dam
w as begun in 16 19 . From here there is a bridge out into
the harbour - it should actu ally have been Knippelsbro
bridge connecting Copenhagen to Christianshavn. The
picture is dated in more than one respect, for example
St. N icolai still has the spire w h ich w as blow n down in
1628, and likew ise the chancel from 1630 is not depicted.
F inally Rundetårn (the round tow er), completed 1642, is
left out. Beneath the scroll w ith the title and date of the
engravin g the fo llow in g is to be read: "W h en the Stock
Exchange had been built - but n ot the bridge to Chri
stian shavn ". A s w e have seen, the latter w as not true.
6 CO PENH AG EN SEEN FROM CHR IST IAN SHAVN
1642
A s mentioned under the preceding cat. no., there has been
a n ow unkn ow n v iew copied 1642 after van Wick, in
w hich the on ly difference w as the addition o f the Stock
Exchange. Huusm an w as on ly one am ong m any who used
this. W hat these copies have in common is the propor
tioning. The v iew in cat. no. 6 differs from the others in
that it openly acknow ledges the influence o f van Wick;
this can be seen not o n ly from the elongated format,
but
also in a great number of details and the whole compo
sition w h ich is in precise accordance w ith van W ick. But
compared to Huusm an and other copies this one seems to
have been done b y a more skilled hand. The most out
standing spires have been provided w ith names in
German
- on the roof of the Stock Exchange w e read "D ie
Nieuwe
Beurse". The rendering of its ornam ented eastern gable
from 1640 is not quite accurate in the details. In the har
bour there are D anish, Dutch, and French ships.
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