Amaliegade 45

Amaliegade 45 is a Neoclassical property situated at the northern end of Amaliegade in the Frederiksstaden district of central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is part of a row of adjoining buildings constructed at the site by master builder Andreas Hallander in the 1780s but owes it current appearance to an adaption most likely undertaken by Jørgen Henrich Rawert in 1801. The building was from 1817 owned by the painter Martin Rørbye's parents. His first significant painting, View from the Artist's Window, from [[circa}} 1825, shows the view from the family's apartment on the second floor. It was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918.

Amaliegade 45
General information
Architectural styleAndreas Hallander / Jørgen Henrich Rawert
LocationCopenhagen
CountryDenmark
Coordinates55°41′15.29″N 12°35′45.35″E
Completed1791
Renovated1857
ClientHinrich Ladiges

History

Early history
Oeder's Botanical Garden in Amaliegade

Copenhagen's second botanical garden was from 1752 situated at the site. It was created by Georg Christian Oeder in the newly founded Frederiksstaden district at the request of Frederik V at a site bisected by Amaliegade just north of Frederik's Hospital. The smaller western section, covering just under half a hectare, was equipped with a greenhouse while the eastern section remained largely unplanted. The garden was opened to the public in 1763.

The area was after eight years reacquired by the king and the botanical garden was then moved to Gammelholm. In 1781, the site in Amaliegade was instead donated to royal building inspector Caspar Frederik Harsdorff on condition that he would "built it over with good and permanent buildings within a period of eight years". His plans for the site was a terrace with eight individual houses. He embarked on the construction later the same year but ran into economic difficulties and eventurally had to give them up altogether. Andreas Hallander and Johan Martin Quist, two of his former students, saved him from bankruptcy by acquiring the Amaliegade lots. Hallander acquired the northnmost part of the area. He commenced with the building at the corner of Toldbodvej and then worked his way south. Amaliegade 45 (then Amaliegade 136) was constructed in 1790–1791.

In 1795, it was acquired by Swedish court secretary Carl Adolf Andersson Boheman. Boheman, who was a personal friend of Andreas Peter Bernstorff, was already the owner of the country house Frydenlund.[1] He kept the property in Amaliegade until at least 1806.[2]

Rørbye family
Martinus Rørbye.s View from the Artist's Window, c. 1825

In c., 1817, Amaliegade 45 (than Amaliegade 136) was acquired by Ferdinand Henrik Rørbye (1765-1818) . He had worked as a materials manager at Kongsberg Silver Mines in Norway. On his return to Denmark, in 1814, he had initially owned a property on Vimmelskaftet.[3]

Rørbye's mother painted by him in 1834.

Rørbye's widow Frederikke Eleonora Cathrine Stockfleth (1773-1851), kept the property following her husband's death in 1818. Their son, Martinus Rørbye, enrolled at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1820. In 1825, he painted a the view from his window in Amaliegade. He lived in the building until 1831.

At the time of the 1840 census, Mrs. Rørbye was still a resident in the building together with the unmarried daughters Elise (born 1802), Emma (born 1912) and Cecilie (born 1917) as well as the 30-year-old maid Line Petersen and the 22-year-old servant Niels Larsen.[4] Countess Juel Wind Friis (1795-1861), widow of Karl Ludvigm Count Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs of Juellinge (1780-1838), was a tenant in one of the apartments. She lived there with a chambermaid (kammerjomfru), a maid and a servant.[5]

Later history
J. l. Schoubue, Amaliegade 135, 3rd yard from Toldbodvejen.

In 1856, Amaliegade (then Amaliegade 136 and from 1859 No. 39) was acquired by Joh. Jac. Leonhard Schouboe. He operated his combined Ship chandler business and colonial goods shop in one of the rear wings. He kept the property until 1901.

Analiegade 45 (then No. 39( photographed by Johannes Hauerslev .

In 1902, Schouboe's heirs sold the property to Emil Falck (1865-1914). He carried out significant expands and alterations on the part of the property that faced Toldbodvej. He was also the owner of the country house Flynderupgård near Helsingør.

In 1918, the property was acquired by vintner Georg Bestle for DKK 525,000.

The composer and chamber musician Fini Henriques (1867-1940) resided at Esplanaden 46 from 1934. Toldbodcaféen, a restaurant, was in the 1930s based in the building in. In 2008, Amaliegade 45 was owned by Ejdsselskabet Frederiksstad APS.

Architecture
Drawing of the original facade

The facade was most likely designed by Jørgen Henrich Rawert. The seven-bay facade features a three-bay median risalit and two single-bay lateral risalits. All of the risalits have rusticated finishing on the ground floor. The median risalit is decorated with Giant order Ionic pilasters on the upper storeys, blind balustradess under the windows on the first storey, and a Meander frieze. It was originally tipped by a triangular pediment. It was replaced by the current three-bay wall dormer in 1857. The windows of the lateral risalits are on the first storey topped by hood moulds. A brown gate topped by a fanlight is located in the southern corner risalit. The cellar entrance and ground storey window in the northern corner risalit is placed in a shallow, arched niche to create an impression of symmetry.[6]

The interior walls of the gateway are decorated with pilasters and relief medaillons with motifs by Bertel Thorvaldsen. A door in the northern wall of the gateway opens to the principal staircase of the building.

An eight-bay perpendicular side wing extends from the rear side of the building. It was heightened by with one storey in 1857. The red tile roof is penetrated by a tall chimney. The central of the three doors is topped by a hood mould supported by two elephant heads.

Today

The building was in 2008 owned by the property company Frederiksstad Aps. It has been converted into office space.[7]

Commemorative plaque

A plaque on the building commemorates Helmuth Neumann (1911-1944( who was killed at the site during World War II.[8]

References
  1. Frederik Weilbach. "Ejendommene i Nr. 31-43 Amaliegade" (PDF) (in Danish). Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  2. "Amaliegade 45 / Esplanaden 46". indenforvoldene.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  3. H. Struer. "Optegnelser om Sognepræst John Rørbye's Og Martha Simonsdatter Wedseltoft's Slægt" (PDF). DIS-Danmark (in Danish). Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  4. "1840 - Fredericke Eleonora Catharine Rørbye". Danish Family Search (in Danish). Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  5. "1840 - Charlotte Frederiche Juel Wind Friis f. Roepsdorff". Danish Family Search (in Danish). Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  6. "Sag: Amaliegade 45" (in Danish). Kulturstyrelsen. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  7. "Københavnske Jævnførelsesregistre 1689-2008". Selskabet for Københavns Historie (in Danish). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  8. "Mindetavler i Indre By". Københavns Biblioteker (in Danish). Retrieved 13 January 2021.
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