47 / 222
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c a rria g e -h o ife e s, s ta b le s , and rid in g -h o u se. T h ese
buildings escaped th e fire of 1T94.
O ver the p rin cip al en tran ce from the S lo tsp lads
is the follow ing in sc rip tio n :
R egiarn hanc C hristianus S extus exstru x it
incendio funesto p o st L IV annos v astatam
denuo erigi C hristianu s Septim us ju ssit
splendidam restitu it et in ter P ublica vo ta
dicavit F redericus Sextus M D C C CX X V III.
on each side of w hich are two
basreliefs
by T h o r
vald sen : M inerva an d P ro m e th e u s, H ercules an d
H e b e ; Ju p ite r an d N em esis, H iscu lap iu s and H y g se a :
an d in niches on each side of - the entran ce are
fo u r colossal figures o f H e rcu le s, M inerva, vE scu -
lapius, and N em esis; the first by T ho rvald sen, the
others from his d raw ings by P ro f. B is s e n , an d
cast in m etal by D alhoff.
JE scu lap iu s arid H ygiea are indebted to th eir
a p p earan ce in th e
basrclief
to an am u sin g circum
stance.
In th e list of suitable deities sent in to
T h o rv ald se n w as Som dhedsgudinde (G oddess o f
T r u th ) ; b u t the S c u lp to r, unable to im agine any
allegorical figure satisfacto ry to h im self by w hich
he could rep resen t the G oddess,
chose
to read the
w ord as Sw ndhedsgudinde (Goddess o f H e a lth );
an d th u s it w as th a t iE scu la p iu s and Hygsea form ed
the subject of th e b a srelief!
Am ong the m an y su perb apartm en ts, the m ost