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HISTORY OF ROSENBORG CASTLE
and to erect a new „lo n g " , fo u r s id e d to w e r a t th e f r o n t
o f th e w e s t fa ça d e and h e ig h te n th e eas t p r o je c t io n s
c o r re s p o n d in g ly . During the course of the w inter of
1615—1616 the main building in its new height was roofed,
and the temporary roofing of the east towers was replaced
by the present spires, which now at last were erected and
tiled w ith slates (from A p ril 1916). Unfortunately, we cannot
follow the building of the big tower w ith equal clarity as to
dates ; we only know that the flagstaff had not yet been set
up in A p r il 1617. From the vertical joints in the door lea
ding to the tower cellars one can see that the tower is a
separate building and thus is later than the long-house.
Even in the first phase of this second Rosenborg (1613—
1615) the king took in hand the interior decoration of the
new apartments; and from that time the n o r th a p a r tm e n t
on the ground floor („The W in ter Apartment", „The King's
Lower Apartment") is preserved w ith the beautiful columned
panelling, where seventy-five Dutch paintings are le t in.
Christian the Fourth had already purchased some of these
in 1607— 1608 through Dr. Jonas Carisius in Holland. The
fireplace is dated „1615“ (1). This room was the king's
„liv ing room“ , and alongside it, in the tower to the east,
he had his cabinet, or „schriffue-kammer“ , and to the west,
in prolongation of the room, his bed-chamber, from which
there was access to the bathroom in the tower — a splendid
bath (1616), entirely covered in pewter and fitted w ith bathing
requisites of silver — and to a p rivy w ith running water.
(1) The ceiling paintings did not belong to this apartment, but to that above, and
were ordered by the king (1619) of Peter Isaacs; they were moved down here (1705)
by Frederik the Fourth. The two bays of the room were built out in 1758.