DOI issue:
Nr. 198 (August 1913)
DOI article:Bröchner, Georg: The château of Rosenborg, Copenhagen, and its collections
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43453#0145
The Chateau of Rosenborg, Copenhagen
navian kingdoms, within round medallions, the two
side walls. It contains several exquisite cabinets
and objets d'art, some alterations in the placing
of the furniture having taken place after the date of
our illustration, of which more anon. The Marble
Hall in its time was not infrequently used for
court and social functions, but its cold splendour
in my opinion cannot by a long way vie with the
rich, mellow, and more self-contained hues of some
of the apartments preserved in their original style;
still the hall is a true child of its time and as such
highly interesting.
Another handsome room from the same period
is the King’s Apartment, at the opposite end of the
building to that of the Audience Chamber and of the
same size. The walls are covered with handsome
haute-lisse tapestries, which are supposed to hail
from Belgium, being signed in two places with the
name of the manufacturer, M. Wauters. The ceil-
ing, a portion of the room to the embellishment of
which much attention was given at the time, is
decorated with paintings representing, it is sur-
mised, the band of King Christian IV with a por-
trait of his bandmaster, Melchior Borchgrevinck,
dancing genii surrounding the musicians. The
handsome marble fireplace was for upwards of a
century ruthlessly bricked up, but in the ’seventies
of last century it was restored to its original beauty.
Above the fireplace is the portrait of Christian V,
painted by d’Agar and set in a marble frame.
The floor was originally covered with black and
white marble slabs; these in the year 1722 were
removed to the newly erected Castle of Fredensborg,
which received its name of Castle of Peace on
October 11 that year, when the king celebrated
his birthday there, in commemoration of the peace
with Sweden concluded two years previously—one
instance amongst many of the fickleness of royal
builders. The chapel at Frederiksborg in its turn
had to give up its white marble slabs, which
replaced the intermediate wooden floor in the year
1877. In the time of Christian V this apartment
contained but a limited quantity of furniture, but
under subsequent kings several additions were
made, some of this furniture having since been
transferred to other rooms in the chateau. It now
THE KING’S APARTMENT
112
navian kingdoms, within round medallions, the two
side walls. It contains several exquisite cabinets
and objets d'art, some alterations in the placing
of the furniture having taken place after the date of
our illustration, of which more anon. The Marble
Hall in its time was not infrequently used for
court and social functions, but its cold splendour
in my opinion cannot by a long way vie with the
rich, mellow, and more self-contained hues of some
of the apartments preserved in their original style;
still the hall is a true child of its time and as such
highly interesting.
Another handsome room from the same period
is the King’s Apartment, at the opposite end of the
building to that of the Audience Chamber and of the
same size. The walls are covered with handsome
haute-lisse tapestries, which are supposed to hail
from Belgium, being signed in two places with the
name of the manufacturer, M. Wauters. The ceil-
ing, a portion of the room to the embellishment of
which much attention was given at the time, is
decorated with paintings representing, it is sur-
mised, the band of King Christian IV with a por-
trait of his bandmaster, Melchior Borchgrevinck,
dancing genii surrounding the musicians. The
handsome marble fireplace was for upwards of a
century ruthlessly bricked up, but in the ’seventies
of last century it was restored to its original beauty.
Above the fireplace is the portrait of Christian V,
painted by d’Agar and set in a marble frame.
The floor was originally covered with black and
white marble slabs; these in the year 1722 were
removed to the newly erected Castle of Fredensborg,
which received its name of Castle of Peace on
October 11 that year, when the king celebrated
his birthday there, in commemoration of the peace
with Sweden concluded two years previously—one
instance amongst many of the fickleness of royal
builders. The chapel at Frederiksborg in its turn
had to give up its white marble slabs, which
replaced the intermediate wooden floor in the year
1877. In the time of Christian V this apartment
contained but a limited quantity of furniture, but
under subsequent kings several additions were
made, some of this furniture having since been
transferred to other rooms in the chateau. It now
THE KING’S APARTMENT
112