Caspar Frederik Harsdorff

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Caspar Frederik Harsdorff

Caspar Frederik Harsdorff (born May 26, 1735 in Copenhagen , † May 24, 1799 in Frederiksberg ) was an architect of Danish classicism .

Life

Caspar Frederik Harsdorff studied with the French architect Nicolas-Henri Jardin at the newly founded Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen ( Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi ), which opened in 1754 in Charlottenborg Palace . In 1756 he was the first Dane to win the Academy’s Grand Gold Medal for designing a city gate, which was accompanied by a six-year travel grant. So Harsdorff traveled to Paris in 1757 , where he spent the next four years with Jacques-François Blondel , an architect of King Louis XV. , could train. In 1762 he traveled on to Rome and got to know the classic at one of its origins.

Returned to Denmark in 1764, Harsdorff became a member of the academy in 1765. Here he taught - after he had won another competition - since 1766. In 1771 he succeeded his teacher Jardin Professor of Architecture at the Academy, whose director he was 1777-79. His students included:

buildings

  • 1766–69: Grave chapel for Count Adam Gottlob von Moltke in the Karise Kirke in the parish of Faxe .
  • 1768–1777, completed in 1825: Frederik V's burial chapel in Roskilde .
  • 1773: Pulpit for the Church of Our Savior in Christianshavn, Copenhagen .
  • 1773: Decoration of the gardens at Rosenborg Castle , in particular the Hercules Pavilion.
  • 1773–74: Expansion of the Royal Theater at Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen; associated with this was the approval between the theater and Charlottenborg Palace - as the seat of the academy - to build a private home for himself and his family.
  • 1774–79: funerary chapels for the kings Christian VI. and Frederik V in Roskilde Cathedral ; however, the work was stopped due to lack of money and only completed in 1820-25 by his student CF Hansen.
  • 1794–95: Colonnades for Amalienborg Palace .

literature

  • Frederik Weilbach: Architects CF Harsdorff . Selskabet til Udgivelse af Danske Mindesmaerker, Copenhagen, 1928.
  • Dansk Biografisk Leksikon: CF Harsdorff , online .

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personal data
SURNAME Harsdorff, Caspar Frederik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Architect of Danish Classicism
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1735
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 1799
Place of death Frederiksberg