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w alls in w hich to place the statues o f the tw elve
apostles.
Intelligence o f this a rra n g em e n t reaching
T h o rv ald sen a t R om e, h e , anno yed and in d ig n an t
a t w h a t he knew w ould m uch dim inish the effect
w hich his statues w ould produce if stan ding free,
obtained from hom e the h eig h t o f the n ic h e s , and
then, w ith a shrew dness p e c u lia
r.tohim , m ade his
statues so large th a t they could no t be placed in
them .
T h e arch itect w a s , th e re fo re , obliged to
w all up the niches, and the sculptor obtained, w h a t
w as really necessary for th eir p ro p e r effect, pedestals
and free stan ding for his statues.
T h e statu e o f
o u r S aviour w as originally m ade for th e P alace
c h a p e l, b u t, as no su itab le site there offered, an d
the apostles h a v in g been o rdered fo r F ru c k irk e, it
w as deem ed b etter n o t to sep arate the S aviour from
them , and thus th a t statue cam e to be placed in
th e sam e church.
B u t it seem s th a t T ho rv ald sen
could not save it from th e u n fo rtu n ate niche,
w hich is acknow ledged by D an ish and all ju d g es
o f a rt to be very in ju riou s to its effect.
St. Petrikirkc, St. Peter’sy
the church o f
th e G erm an L utherans, in N orregade, n early opposite
F ru e k irk e, b uilt in a
quasi
G othic sty le , w ith a
spire 2 6 0 feet in height. In the chapel and vaults
are deposited the bodies o f several E nglish. Am ong
them is th a t o f
Waiter Titiey
,
E sq r .
, B ritish
M inister to this C ourt fo r m any y ears , w h ere he