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from the left: the Castle, St. N icolai w ith its pyram idal
roof after the d ow n fall o f the spire 1628, the Church of
the H o ly Ghost, the Church of O u r Lady, Trinitatis Church
w ith the Round Tow er, St. Petri Church, and the spire of
N ørreport (the northern gate) w h ich w as taken down
during the siege. Then the Rosenborg Castle in its final
version, but w ith a balustrade on the roof ridge w h ich was
supposed to serve as a kind of prim itive belvedere and
w h ich w as taken down before 1690. The unfinished build
in g to the right of Rosenborg is St. A n n a Rotunda, begun
b y Christian IV in 1640, an enormous round church w hich
reached the height of 14 m ., but w as levelled w ith the
ground after the w ars against Sweden. Between St. Petri
Church and Nørreport w e see the roofs and house-ends of
N yboder, a residential area for the personnel of the N a v y
- then consisting of 20 one-storeyed houses (1631 and on).
Reproduced pp. 2 0 -2 1.
1 1 THE SIEGE OF CO PENH AG EN 1658
O n land the Swedes have surrounded the city w ith re
bouts. The view o f the glacis is taken from Brønshøj where
Carlstad, Carl G ustav's quarters, were situated. In the
m iddle-distance the Sortedam , Peblinge, and St. Jørgen
lakes w ith the rebouts N y V artov, R avnsborg, and Lade
gården. N o doubt the view is correct, since the artist,
engineering officer Erik D ahlberg, had spent some time in
Copenhagen sp yin g for Carl Gustav. His task w as to de
lineate the city and especially its fortifications, and in
Stockholm there still exist such espionage charts from his
hand. St. A n n a Rotunda m ight be copied after an archi
tectural draw ing or architectural model - in any case it
differs from that of van de V elde's version (cp. the pre
ceding cat. no.). It is hardly correct that the steeple of
Nørreport (the northern gate) can be seen since it w as
demolished shortly after the initiation of the siege.
Reproduced p. 23.
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THE O A T H OF F E A L TY O N THE CASTLE
SQ U A R E 1660
This engravin g, done about 100 years after the event, is
an exact reproduction of a p ainting b y W olfgan g Heim-
bach from 1666, and it gives us a good impression of the
Castle Square and the bu ildin gs surrounding it during
those years. The anchor sm ith y o f Frederik II had under
gone certain changes in the course o f some major rebuild
ings in 16 19 and 16 4 0 -4 1, con vertin g it into a church for
the personnel of the N a vy. It w as called Holmens Church.
It can be seen on the left-hand side o f the engraving, and
near it is the H olm ens bridge leading across the canal to
Slotsholm en. This is where the Stock Exchange is situated
and behind it in the distance w e see "D e seks Søstre" (the
six sisters), a continuous row o f sim ilar stone-built houses
put up in 1645 b y H enrik M üller, the Treasurer. He also
constructed the large Boldhus (sportshouse) at the end of
w h at is n ow Slotsholm sgade. It w as joined to the next
house w h ich w as also ow ned b y M üller, and together
the tw o houses served as sportshouse, inn, and hotel.
The actual cerem ony takes place on a platform in front of
the ramp of the Stock Exchange, and from here a red
carpet leads to the C astle o f w h ich w e on ly see part of
the archw ay and the R oyal w in g. Heimbach, the painter,
has placed him self in the bottom left-hand corner, from
where he asks us to join him w ith an in vitin g gesture of
the hand.
Reproduced p. 24.
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D OM U S A N A T O M IC A 1662
1644 the first anatom ical theatre w as established in Co
penhagen. It w as housed in an old bu ildin g in the
square
next to the Church o f O u r Lady. The house was from
1545 and origin ally intended as a kind of dormitory for
students, and it stood approxim ately where the west wing
of the m ain buildin g o f the U n iversity is now. The ana
tom ical theatre occupied the ground floor, while the first
floor held the U n iversity Library until this was
moved
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