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26
CO PENH AG EN FROM THE N O R THW E ST 17 18
Seen from this direction the city is clearly divided into
tw o parts: the m edieval centre on the right-hand side and
N ew Copenhagen on the left. In the horizon the Sound
and the dismantled fleet (B). Then the Citadel w ith its
church from 1704 (A ), and follow in g that the Opera House
(C), which, how ever, at this time w as being cleared in
order to make room for the land cadets. The m ilitary
church, G arnisonskirken (D), built 170 3 -0 6 and Rosen
borg C astle (E), St. N icolai Church (F), the Castle (G),
T rinitatis Church (H), H elligándskirken (the Church of
the H o ly Ghost, I), V o r Frue kirke (the Church of Our
Lady, K), and St. Petri Church (L). A lth o u gh the artist was
very fam iliar w ith the depicted buildings from his w ork
as R oyal master builder, th ey seem nevertheless a little
over-sim plified.
Reproduced p. 30.
27 THE CA ST LE SQU A R E 17 18
The residence of Frederik IV w as a conglomerate o f irre
gu lar buildings to w h ich m an y generations had contri
buted. 1703 the K in g had an old gallery leading to the
extension of the C abinet of Curiosities (the later state ar
chives) replaced b y a modern gallery (B), and 1 7 1 5 - 2 1 an
adm inistration buildin g - the Red Building - w as built on
the site of Boldhuset (the sportshouse - see cat. no. 12).
W hen this v iew w as drawn, the n ew Chancellery was
under construction, and instead o f the triangular fronton
show n here, it w as provided w ith a large segm ental pedi
ment (D). The house to the left o f this building (G) was
called ,,ein Fiirstlich H aus" ow ing to the fact that this
was where the K in g put up A n n a Sophie Reventlow ,
whom he w as later to m arry m organatically.
28
KONGEN S N Y T O R V 1718
The square is seen from approxim ately the same angle as
in cat. no. 25, on ly in this engravin g the field of vision
has been som ewhat expanded in order to include the entire
gardens. These w ere laid out b y K rieger 1 7 1 1 and filled
the square in a beautiful and orderly manner. Here the
trees have grow n , and the fou r beds bear the initials C A,
the Queen D ow ager C harlotte Am a lie's monogram . She
lived at C harlottenborg (A) until her death in 1714 (see
cat. no. 21). O n the left-hand side the square is bordered
b y a row o f typ ical private houses w ith gable attics; at
the end o f these N iels Juel's m ansion (H), at this time
belonging to D orthe K rag. T he house on the right (F),
w h ich served as residence o f the comm andant and now
housed general G regers Juel, had been built in the 1680s
b y A dm iral Christian Bielke. E very d ay the changing of
the guard took place in the square in fron t of the com
m andant's house. T h o u gh the en gravin g on the whole is
more or less correct, it is n ot an exam ple of the greatest
accuracy, there is fo r instance no indication of the con
quered enem y crushed b y the horse on the Lamoreux eque
strian monument.
29
CO PENH AG EN FROM THE NO R THW E ST
c. 1720
The engravin g show s the city from Rosenborg Castle to
C hristianshavn and is a reliable rendering o f the town sil
houette in the years before the great fire of 1728, when
such characteristic spires as that of V o r Frue kirke (the
Church o f O u r Lady), St. Petri, H elligándskirken (the
Church o f the H o ly G host), and the T ow n Hall were
consumed b y the flam es. A ll in all about 1450 houses were
burnt dow n on this occasion.
30
CO PENH AG EN FROM THE NO RTHW E ST
c. 1720
This engravin g is ob vio u sly a cop y o f the preceding cat.
no. since the approaching h ighw ays as w ell as the view
of the city itself are identical. But the ornamental figures
and the landscape in the foreground differ from those of
the model.
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