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man. The map that w as first done is signed and dated
1768, and the cartouche at the bottom left-hand corner is
filled out w ith a descriptive text; it is on a sm aller scale
and not quite as accurate and correct as the one exhibited
here. But they are both draw n in the same careful and
naive manner, and th ey provide a good comm and o f the
parts of the city w ith in the ramparts seen from the n orth
west, contrary to G edde's perspective map, w h ich is taken
from the south (see cat. no. 82). The m an y single view s
of the exhibition can here be seen in their true perspective,
and even if the map cannot in all its details stand the test
of criticism, it is nevertheless a rather accurate reproduc
tion of the various parts o f the city, the n etw ork of streets,
the canals and the m onum ental buildings. Bansen him self
writes (on the map n ot included in this exhibition) that it
is "a free-hand draw in g in ink and pen, exhibiting if
not the greatest accuracy, then at last some resemblance.
Not everybody's eyes are found tru stw o rth y o f the fo rtifi
cations." Tw o projects b y Jardin have been included: the
Frederiks Church, w h ich , it m ay be remembered, w as never
finished, and the barracks at Sølvgade, built 1 7 6 5 -7 1 .
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CO PENHAGEN SEEN FROM V A L B Y HILL c. 1770
This view belongs to a series o f draw ings w ith m otifs
from Royal palaces, official buildin gs, churches in C open
hagen, and R oyal palaces in the provinces. The style of
drawing is very peculiar, supposedly the artist's intention
was to copy the en gravin g. A lth o u g h his sense of per
spective is not w ell-developed, the draw in g does have
certain characteristics o f carefullness. There is good reason
to believe that this v iew , and w ith it the w hole mentioned
series, have been executed b y the same hand as the per
spective map (cat. no. 112 ). Incidentally, the view is taken
from approximately the same position as that o f the large
view of the city in Pontoppidan's A tla s (see cat. no. 84),
and it may even be p a rtly copied after it. H ow ever, the
drawing is more carefu lly done, especially as regards the
buildings outside the ramparts. N ew are the barracks in
Sølvgade, built 1 7 6 5 -7 1 (to the left o f Rosenborg).
1 1 4 THE PALA CE SQUARE W ITH THE ENTRY
OF THE HEIR PRESUMPTIVE A N D HIS
FIANCE 1774
The watercolour depicts the disembarkation ceremony
shortly before the wedding of the heir presumptive Frede
rik and princess Sophie Frederikke on October 21st, 1774.
She arrived in Copenhagen on a m an-of-w ar and conse
quently the landing place was adorned properly w ith fes
tive decorations of wood, canvas and plaster. C. F. Hars-
dorff had supplied the draw ings for these. He transformed
the Slotholm s Canal and the canal along the Stock Ex
change into a classical harbour, and at the landing place
he set up a triumphal arch in colossal dimensions flanked
b y balustrades and two columnae rostratae. In the back
ground on the right it is seen that also the A siatic Com
pany decorated their grounds w ith two provisional obe
lisks. A t the same time we get a view of the city as it
looked through the w indow s of the Palace. On the left we
see a row of dw elling houses in Ved Stranden which were
all burnt down in 1795. Behind and to the right of H ol
mens Church w e see Gammelholm , and aw ay, at the har
bour entrance, the Bradebænke warehouse.
Reproduced p. 71.
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G AMM ELHOLM A N D THE STOCK
EXCHANGE c. 1775
Lund had been studying in Paris and Rome for a long time
where he did a series of topographical and landscape
studies (now in the Printroom of the Royal Museum of
Fine A rts in Copenhagen). It seems as if he brought the
ligh t and colours of Southern Europe back w ith him to
Copenhagen where he drew and painted a number of pic
tures o f the city, richly coloured and w ith a distinctive
p lay of light and shade. Furthermore he treated the motifs
rather freely so that the gouaches at times resemble capric-
cios. In this view from the Palace Square one looks to
wards Gamm elholm ; the figures on Holmen bridge are far
too big, the chapel of Holmens Church extremely short,
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