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HISTORY OF ROSENBORG CASTLE
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In the middle on the first floor was a large anteroom, to
which a winding staircase of wood(l) led from the lower
front corridor; it ended inside a long wooden trellis w ith a
„po rta l“ , over which was an openwork ornament. I imagine
that King Christian the Fourth learned this motif from E ng
la n d , where he was twice on a visit to his sister and brother-
in-law, Queen Anne and King James (1606 and 1614). A t one
side there was access to the old „Red Ha ll“ , which was
repainted in 1617; at the other side to the new n o r th
a p a r tm e n t , the decoration of which the king commenced
in 1619; to this apartment belonged the handsome marble
fireplace that was bought at Amsterdam (1619); figured on
page 43. It is now in the south apartment on the ground
floor.
The longitudinal section gives an idea of this distribution
of the rooms circa 1615, w ith the addition of the winding
stair of 1617. The section is intended as facing east, the two
stories of the first Rosenborg being shown w ith dark hatching
on the r ig h t; in this part the apartments below were doubtless
altered, as shown by the stippled, new partition, whereby
the „Queen's Apartment“ in the south end of the castle was
shortened somewhat (circa 1616—1617). When the castle was
altered (1705—1706), both apartments on the first floor were
shortened by one window; and later (1724), the „Red Hall
was cut up in all directions into rooms, so that it no longer
exists as such. I t would be desirable if it could some day be
refashioned in its original form.
T h e lL o n g H a ll above was decorated (1619—1624) in
a most original manner, which I do not recall having seen
(1) I have found parts of this stair in the castle loft.