DOI Heft:
Nr. 198 (August 1913)
DOI Artikel:Bröchner, Georg: The château of Rosenborg, Copenhagen, and its collections
DOI Artikel:Some water-colour drawings of Mount Athos by Georges Kossiakoff
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43453#0149
Drawings of Mount Athos
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THE KNIGHTS’ HALL
instance of King Christian V, and are of a very
striking and picturesque effect. The stucco ceiling,
an example of the finest craftsmanship, dates from
the years 1706 and 1707, among the names of the
eight artists who worked upon it being several
Italians. The four paintings in the ceiling are by
Heinrich Krock and represent the Royal Regalia.
A marble bust of King Christian IV ornaments
the fireplace at the south end of the hall. At the
opposite end stand the throne chairs of the King and
Queen of Denmark, respectively of narwhal teeth
and of wood covered with solid silver, and guarded
by the three famous silver lions of the Danish
coat-of-arms, while at the other end again is the
still more interesting royal font, of silver-gilt, a
splendid example of the silversmith’s craft. This
hall also contains some very handsome chairs,
silver mirrors, silver candelabras and gueridons.
Needless to add that it was used, on special oc-
casions, for banquets and balls. Along its sides
are three turret chambers, one containing the
Crown Regalia, the other two exquisite collections
of old glass and china. A more detailed account
of these must stand over for the present.
116
SOME WATER-COLOUR DRAW¬
INGS OF MOUNT ATHOS BY
GEORGES KOSSIAKOFF.
A few years back we had the pleasure of intro-
ducing to readers of this magazine the work of the
Russian artist whose name appears at the head of
this note. The drawings we then reproduced
formed part of a particularly interesting series
depicting interiors in the ancient palace of the Czars
of Russia within the precincts of the Kremlin in
Moscow. M. Kossiakoff was trained as an architect,
but these and other water-colour drawings of his
showed that he also possessed the gift of pictorial
expression in a marked degree. That in the mean-
time he has not receded in this respect is amply
proved by a very attractive series of drawings recently
executed in which he has recorded various aspects
of that remarkable religious settlement known
generally as Mount Athos and less often as the
Holy Mountain, which, after being for some cen-
turies subject to Turkey, has recently secured its
complete independence. It is to this series that
the four water-colour drawings we now reproduce in
j
THE KNIGHTS’ HALL
instance of King Christian V, and are of a very
striking and picturesque effect. The stucco ceiling,
an example of the finest craftsmanship, dates from
the years 1706 and 1707, among the names of the
eight artists who worked upon it being several
Italians. The four paintings in the ceiling are by
Heinrich Krock and represent the Royal Regalia.
A marble bust of King Christian IV ornaments
the fireplace at the south end of the hall. At the
opposite end stand the throne chairs of the King and
Queen of Denmark, respectively of narwhal teeth
and of wood covered with solid silver, and guarded
by the three famous silver lions of the Danish
coat-of-arms, while at the other end again is the
still more interesting royal font, of silver-gilt, a
splendid example of the silversmith’s craft. This
hall also contains some very handsome chairs,
silver mirrors, silver candelabras and gueridons.
Needless to add that it was used, on special oc-
casions, for banquets and balls. Along its sides
are three turret chambers, one containing the
Crown Regalia, the other two exquisite collections
of old glass and china. A more detailed account
of these must stand over for the present.
116
SOME WATER-COLOUR DRAW¬
INGS OF MOUNT ATHOS BY
GEORGES KOSSIAKOFF.
A few years back we had the pleasure of intro-
ducing to readers of this magazine the work of the
Russian artist whose name appears at the head of
this note. The drawings we then reproduced
formed part of a particularly interesting series
depicting interiors in the ancient palace of the Czars
of Russia within the precincts of the Kremlin in
Moscow. M. Kossiakoff was trained as an architect,
but these and other water-colour drawings of his
showed that he also possessed the gift of pictorial
expression in a marked degree. That in the mean-
time he has not receded in this respect is amply
proved by a very attractive series of drawings recently
executed in which he has recorded various aspects
of that remarkable religious settlement known
generally as Mount Athos and less often as the
Holy Mountain, which, after being for some cen-
turies subject to Turkey, has recently secured its
complete independence. It is to this series that
the four water-colour drawings we now reproduce in