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but only a ridge turret, H olm ens Church (9) looks as if it
were from the 1730 s and n ot from Christian IV 's days.
The tower of H elligánd skirken (the Church o f the H o ly
Ghost, 13) is in the w ro n g place, and furtherm ore, the
spire did not in reality lo ok like the one depicted here.
Nor is the spire of St. Petri Church correct. The etching
is copied after M arselis' v iew from 17 1 8 (cat. no. 26) w ith
the addition o f Christian sborg and the spires w h ich were
reerected after the fire in 172 8 , out o f w h ich that of V o r
Frue kirke (the Church o f O u r Lady) - completed D ecem
ber 1744 - is an example o f tempus post quern. Besides,
the chancel gable is left out.
41 COPENHAGEN FROM THE SO U THW E ST c. 174 5
This sheet is p u zzlin g because Christian sborg Palace has
been marked w ith a differen t colour o f in k than the rest
of the drawing so that it seems as if the Palace w as added
later. This leads to the th ou gh t that the v iew w as actu ally
older and then brou gh t up to date b y inserting the new
Palace. This conclusion is too easily reached, how ever,
since the spire o f V o r Frue kirke (the Church of O u r Lady)
has the shape in w h ich it w as bu ilt 17 4 4 -4 5 , after a p lan
from 1739, altered in 174 2. Furthermore, Christiansborg is
in accordance w ith a plan from 173 2 w h ich in m an y w ays
differs from the approved and completed draw ing. These
internal contradictions are n ot lig h tly dism issed; it must
be added, however, that the v iew comes from the library of
Christian V i's cousin, C ou n t C. E. Stolberg-W ernigerode.
The two cousins exchanged architectural draw ings, and it
is a well-known fact that there w ere draw ings for C hri
stiansborg in W ernigerode. T his v iew is m ost lik e ly done
by J- J- Bruun (see cat. no. 60).
Reproduced pp. 3 6 -3 7.
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THE T OW N H A L L 174 5
After the city fire in 1728 o n ly the w alls o f Christian IV 's
town hall remained. The reconstruction w as imm ediately
begun under the supervision o f J. C. Ernst, and in 1733 the
building was finished w ith, it must be admitted, several
alterations made by J. C. Krieger. But the part facing N y-
torv is entirely the w ork of Ernst; he kept four out of
seven arcades and above the ressauts he had gables put up
— the one in the middle carries the K ing's coat of arms,
the sides the city arms. The heavy mansard roof and the
ridge turret are the works of Krieger. In the square the
city scaffold w ith the cake to w hich the crim inals were
tied. The houses bordering on the square are typical of the
reconstruction period after the fire.
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ROSENBORG CASTLE A N D GARDEN S c. 1746
The view is from Gothersgade over the garden w all and in
the direction of the southwestern facade o f the castle, w ith
the large tower built in 16 17. The garden itself has the
same appearance as when its gardener, J. C. Krieger, laid
it out in the 1730s. O n the left we see more than h alf of
the long laurel greenhouse - which actually consisted of a
piecing together from 170 7 of two old greenhouses and
the "summ erhouse w ith the fdur buttons". From 17 2 1 it
served as a laurel greenhouse, and 1743 it was rebuilt
once more by Krieger. A particular roof construction per
m itted a partial or whole opening of the roof during pe
riods of hot weather. 1785 the house was replaced b y the
present barracks of the guards.
Reproduced p. 39.
44 THE D O C K c. 1746
Bruun's w ater colour shows the new dock a couple of
years after the opening. Like Roque's (cat. no. 32) this
view is taken from Gammelholm ; but Bruun's rendering
o f the scenery is more careful and discreet. A few new
buildings have been added, for example a big brickbuilt
warehouse, on the far left. The Royal pavilion has had its
roof construction changed so that it is n ow crowned by
a belvedere. One m ight be tempted to believe that Roque's
domed roof was on ly a provisional device. The Dock was
used in this place until 1918.
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