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The David Collection

December 01, 2023

The David Collection (Danish: Davids Samling) is a museum of fine and applied art in Copenhagen, Denmark, built around the private collections of lawyer, businessman and art collector C. L. David. The building at Kronprinsessegade 30 which houses the museum used to be the private home of the founder and was originally bought in 1810 by his great-grandfather, C. N. David, but sold again in 1830. In 1917 it was re-acquired by C. L. David, who took up residence in it but also made his collection available to the public at the upper floors of the building. Admission is free.

The David Collection
Davids Samling
Established1948
LocationCopenhagen, Denmark
Coordinates55°41′3.2″N 12°34′56.4″E / 55.684222°N 12.582333°E / 55.684222; 12.582333
TypeArt museum
Visitors44.258 (2014)[1]
FounderC.L. David
DirectorKjeld von Folsach
OwnerThe C. L. David Foundation and Collection
Websitewww.davidmus.dk/en

The museum is particularly noted for its collection of Islamic art from the 8th to the 19th century, which is one of the largest in Northern Europe.[2] The museum also holds fine and applied art from Europe in the 18th century and the Danish Golden Age as well as a small collection of Danish early modern art. All the works of art in the collection of Danish early modern art were acquired by C. L. David himself.

From 2006 to 2009 the collection was closed to the public while the premises underwent a major refurbishment and rearrangement. When it reopened on 15 May 2009, it was described as "the most exclusive museum in Denmark" in national Danish newspaper Politiken.[3]

History edit

The building, 1806–1917 edit

Following the Copenhagen fire of 1795 the king granted the city a strip of land which had been part of the Rosenborg Castle Gardens. It was on this land that Kronprinsessegade 30 was built in the years 1806–07 together with other houses in the street.

The building was constructed in the prevailing neo-classical style for Captain J. C. Krieger by his brother-in-law, the city surveyor, Jørgen Henrich Rawert. Kronprinsessegade 26–28 were also built by Eawert. The floor plan of the building along with that of the other houses in the street is a characteristic L-shape consisting of three rooms facing the street, the dining room in the corner of each floor — where the front building meets the side building — together with a series of smaller rooms in the latter section. The side building is further extended by means of a side annex of five storeys which originally included the kitchens and servants’ quarters.

In 1810, Joseph Nathan David bought the property. He shared his time between his apartment in Kronprinsessegade and his country house Søholm north of the city.[4]

David's tenants included royal historiographer Ove Malling (around 1811)

Engelke Margrethe Colbjørnsen (née Falbe) resided in one of the apartments with two of her daughters in the middle of the 1820s. In 1825, she was the first member of the bourgoisie to help a young Hans Christian Andersen.[5]

The royal physician Joachim Diederich Brandis resided in the building from 1831 to 1841. He lived in the first-floor apartment at the time of the 1834 census. He lived there with his wife Jane Brandis født Markoe, their daughters Marie Wilhelmine Brandis and Julie Henriette Brandis, volunteer in the Schleswig-Holstein Chancellery John Meyer Markoe, husjomfru Dore Hæring, three male servants and three maids.[6]

The civil servant and politician C. A. Bluhme (1794-1866) resided in another apartment in around 1832. The lawyer and politician Orla Lehmann was a resident in the building in the years around 1838.

The writer P. L. Møller (1814-1865) was a resident in 1843-44. The lawyer and politician Hother Hage was also a resident in the building in around 1843.

Anker Vilhelm Frederik von Bornemann, president of the Supreme Court, resided on the ground floor at the 1840 census. He lived there with his wife Harriet von Bornemann født Parsons, one male servant and two maids.[7] Carl Anthon Hyllested, a treasurer at the Kammerkollegium, resided on the second floor with his wife Emma Hyllested født Duritzfelt, their four children (aged 11 to 16), one male servant and two maids.[8]


Stine Petersen, a flour and bread seller, resided in the basement with her daughter Elise Petersen, four lodgers and the concierge Johanna Hansen.[9]

The property was home to 43 residents at the 1845 census. Frants Everloff, Swedish-Norwegian consul-general, resided on the first floor with his wife Nelly Everlofg, their two sons (aged two and four), their relative Mine Meyer, husjomfru Christine Malmløf, a nanny, a male servant, two maids and a coachman. Carl Anthon Hyllested, a justitsråd, resided on the same floor with his wife Emma Abigael Hyllested, their three children (aged 15 to 21), one male servant and two maids. Wilhelm Lerche, a 25-year-old law student, resided on the same floor with one servant, Master of Theology Niels Bertelsen and three other students.[10] Caroline Cecillie Smith, widow of a justitsråd, resided on the ground floor with Marie Ane Raasløff, Raasløff's two-year-old daughter Anna Johanne Caroline Raasløff, a nanny, husjomfru Ida Wilhelmine Frandsen, one male servant and two maids.[11] Jacob Jensen, a concierge, resided in the basement with his wife Anne Cathrine Jensen, a shoemaker and his wife, four soldiers and two workmen.[12]

F. A. Everløff resided in the side wing at the 1850 census. He lived there with his wife, their three children (aged 14 to 18), three unmarried women (aged 20 and 34), two male servants and three maids.[13] Nanna Fabritius de Tengnagel (née Bilsted), widow of Michael Conrad Fabritius de Tengnagel and the owner of Petersgaard at Vordingborg, resided on the first floor of the front wing with her daughters (aged two to 10), her cousins Henriette Rensing and Anine Munthe Morgenstjerne, one male servant and two maids.[14] Karen Christine Roulund, widow of Advocate-General (auditør) and owner of Restrup Manor Rasmus Roulund, resided on the ground floor of the front wing with six of her children (aged 21 to 38), her sister Laura Marie Rasmussen, one male servant and three maids.[15]

The master carpenter Julius Blom bought the building in 1971. He lived in one of the apartments until his death in 1900. The publisher and book printer Carl Berling resided in another apartment in 1862-63. The businessman C. F. Tietgen resided in the building from 1867 until his death in 1901. Blom worked for Tietgen on the completion of Frederick's Church. He thus created the timber structure of the dome.

C. L. David edit

In 1917, C. L. David re-acquired the building that had once belonged to his grandfather, He took up residence in it but also made his collection available to the public at the upper floors of the building.

The museum, 1845–present edit

On 12 December 1945, the collection, along with the building which houses it, became the independent institution, the C. L. David Foundation and Collection, and the museum opened in 1948. Over the years, the exhibition space was continuously expanded and rebuilt as the collections grew. In 1960, on the death of its founder, the Foundation became the sole heir to his fortune.

In 1986, the foundation acquired the adjacent property, 32 Kronprinsessegade, where the architect Vilhelm Wohlert, also known for the design of Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, designed a whole new gallery for the expanding collection of Islamic miniatures in 1990.

Further rebuildings have gradually included more rooms and improved facilities. In 2006 the museum was temporarily closed to the public when it embarked on a major refurbishment and rearrangement of the collections. It reopened on 15 May 2009.


The architect Carl Petersen was responsible for the first rebuilding of the top floor, where the roof was given a steeper pitch so as to create adequate space for two large, skylighted rooms. This rebuilding was completed around 1920.

Part of the top floor were made into three rooms, finished in neo-classical style with partly coffered ceilings, tall panels, and patterned parquet floors. Two of the rooms also had skylights since these rooms were used as galleries. The woodwork still attracts much attention. The wood comes from the King Christian VI's dock, which was broken up in 1918. The darker or lighter colour of the oak depends on the time it has spent in the water.

In 1928, the architect Kaare Klint designed two exhibition rooms for the growing collection of porcelain. The walls are covered with Douglas-fir and the exhibition cases were manufactured in Rudolf Rasmussen's workshop. The rooms and the exhibition cases are still in use, but now exclusively for the Islamic collection.

The current rebuilding of the museum, lasting until 15 May 2009, is undertaken by Wohlert Arkitekter.

Collections edit

The collection is most noted for its collection of Islamic art and contains works from almost the entire Islamic cultural sphere, from Spain in the West to India in the East and dating from the 7th to the 19th centuries.

The European and Danish collections include:

and paintings by:[16]

References edit

  1. ^ "Statistikbanken" (in Danish). Statistics Denmark. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  2. ^ "Davids Samling". AOK. Retrieved 2009-04-04."A Global Guide to Islamic Art". Saudi Aramco World.
  3. ^ "Islamisk skatkammer åbner i København". Politiken. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  4. ^ "Det ser så idyllisk ud, men blev brutalt plyndret af fjenden: Søholm - et landsted på Østerbro". kobenhavnliv.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Folketælling - 1834 - H.C. Andersens dagbog fra hans sidste Slagelse-år 1825—1826". Museum Odense (in Danish). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Folketælling - 1834 - Joachim Diederich Brandis". Danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Folketælling - 1840 - Anker Vilhelm Frederik von Bornemann". Danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Folketælling - 1840 - Carl Anthon Hyllested". Danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Folketælling - 1840 - Stine Petersen". Danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Folketælling - 1845 - Frants Ewerlof". Danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Folketælling - 1845 - Caroline Cecillie Smith". Danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Folketælling - 1845 - Jacob Jensen". Danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Folketælling - 1850 - F.A.Everløs". Danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  14. ^ "Nanna Felicie Augusta Bilsted, 1821.Kalvehave. Praesto". dis-danmark.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  15. ^ "Folketælling - 1850 - Karen Christine Roulund". Danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  16. ^ "Kunstnere på Davids samling". Kunststyrelsen. Retrieved 4 February 2013.

External links edit

 
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The David Collection Danish Davids Samling is a museum of fine and applied art in Copenhagen Denmark built around the private collections of lawyer businessman and art collector C L David The building at Kronprinsessegade 30 which houses the museum used to be the private home of the founder and was originally bought in 1810 by his great grandfather C N David but sold again in 1830 In 1917 it was re acquired by C L David who took up residence in it but also made his collection available to the public at the upper floors of the building Admission is free The David CollectionDavids SamlingEstablished1948LocationCopenhagen DenmarkCoordinates55 41 3 2 N 12 34 56 4 E 55 684222 N 12 582333 E 55 684222 12 582333TypeArt museumVisitors44 258 2014 1 FounderC L DavidDirectorKjeld von FolsachOwnerThe C L David Foundation and CollectionWebsitewww wbr davidmus wbr dk wbr enThe museum is particularly noted for its collection of Islamic art from the 8th to the 19th century which is one of the largest in Northern Europe 2 The museum also holds fine and applied art from Europe in the 18th century and the Danish Golden Age as well as a small collection of Danish early modern art All the works of art in the collection of Danish early modern art were acquired by C L David himself From 2006 to 2009 the collection was closed to the public while the premises underwent a major refurbishment and rearrangement When it reopened on 15 May 2009 it was described as the most exclusive museum in Denmark in national Danish newspaper Politiken 3 Contents 1 History 1 1 The building 1806 1917 1 2 C L David 1 3 The museum 1845 present 2 Collections 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe building 1806 1917 edit Following the Copenhagen fire of 1795 the king granted the city a strip of land which had been part of the Rosenborg Castle Gardens It was on this land that Kronprinsessegade 30 was built in the years 1806 07 together with other houses in the street The building was constructed in the prevailing neo classical style for Captain J C Krieger by his brother in law the city surveyor Jorgen Henrich Rawert Kronprinsessegade 26 28 were also built by Eawert The floor plan of the building along with that of the other houses in the street is a characteristic L shape consisting of three rooms facing the street the dining room in the corner of each floor where the front building meets the side building together with a series of smaller rooms in the latter section The side building is further extended by means of a side annex of five storeys which originally included the kitchens and servants quarters In 1810 Joseph Nathan David bought the property He shared his time between his apartment in Kronprinsessegade and his country house Soholm north of the city 4 David s tenants included royal historiographer Ove Malling around 1811 Engelke Margrethe Colbjornsen nee Falbe resided in one of the apartments with two of her daughters in the middle of the 1820s In 1825 she was the first member of the bourgoisie to help a young Hans Christian Andersen 5 The royal physician Joachim Diederich Brandis resided in the building from 1831 to 1841 He lived in the first floor apartment at the time of the 1834 census He lived there with his wife Jane Brandis fodt Markoe their daughters Marie Wilhelmine Brandis and Julie Henriette Brandis volunteer in the Schleswig Holstein Chancellery John Meyer Markoe husjomfru Dore Haering three male servants and three maids 6 The civil servant and politician C A Bluhme 1794 1866 resided in another apartment in around 1832 The lawyer and politician Orla Lehmann was a resident in the building in the years around 1838 The writer P L Moller 1814 1865 was a resident in 1843 44 The lawyer and politician Hother Hage was also a resident in the building in around 1843 Anker Vilhelm Frederik von Bornemann president of the Supreme Court resided on the ground floor at the 1840 census He lived there with his wife Harriet von Bornemann fodt Parsons one male servant and two maids 7 Carl Anthon Hyllested a treasurer at the Kammerkollegium resided on the second floor with his wife Emma Hyllested fodt Duritzfelt their four children aged 11 to 16 one male servant and two maids 8 Stine Petersen a flour and bread seller resided in the basement with her daughter Elise Petersen four lodgers and the concierge Johanna Hansen 9 The property was home to 43 residents at the 1845 census Frants Everloff Swedish Norwegian consul general resided on the first floor with his wife Nelly Everlofg their two sons aged two and four their relative Mine Meyer husjomfru Christine Malmlof a nanny a male servant two maids and a coachman Carl Anthon Hyllested a justitsrad resided on the same floor with his wife Emma Abigael Hyllested their three children aged 15 to 21 one male servant and two maids Wilhelm Lerche a 25 year old law student resided on the same floor with one servant Master of Theology Niels Bertelsen and three other students 10 Caroline Cecillie Smith widow of a justitsrad resided on the ground floor with Marie Ane Raasloff Raasloff s two year old daughter Anna Johanne Caroline Raasloff a nanny husjomfru Ida Wilhelmine Frandsen one male servant and two maids 11 Jacob Jensen a concierge resided in the basement with his wife Anne Cathrine Jensen a shoemaker and his wife four soldiers and two workmen 12 F A Everloff resided in the side wing at the 1850 census He lived there with his wife their three children aged 14 to 18 three unmarried women aged 20 and 34 two male servants and three maids 13 Nanna Fabritius de Tengnagel nee Bilsted widow of Michael Conrad Fabritius de Tengnagel and the owner of Petersgaard at Vordingborg resided on the first floor of the front wing with her daughters aged two to 10 her cousins Henriette Rensing and Anine Munthe Morgenstjerne one male servant and two maids 14 Karen Christine Roulund widow of Advocate General auditor and owner of Restrup Manor Rasmus Roulund resided on the ground floor of the front wing with six of her children aged 21 to 38 her sister Laura Marie Rasmussen one male servant and three maids 15 The master carpenter Julius Blom bought the building in 1971 He lived in one of the apartments until his death in 1900 The publisher and book printer Carl Berling resided in another apartment in 1862 63 The businessman C F Tietgen resided in the building from 1867 until his death in 1901 Blom worked for Tietgen on the completion of Frederick s Church He thus created the timber structure of the dome C L David edit In 1917 C L David re acquired the building that had once belonged to his grandfather He took up residence in it but also made his collection available to the public at the upper floors of the building The museum 1845 present edit On 12 December 1945 the collection along with the building which houses it became the independent institution the C L David Foundation and Collection and the museum opened in 1948 Over the years the exhibition space was continuously expanded and rebuilt as the collections grew In 1960 on the death of its founder the Foundation became the sole heir to his fortune In 1986 the foundation acquired the adjacent property 32 Kronprinsessegade where the architect Vilhelm Wohlert also known for the design of Louisiana Museum of Modern Art designed a whole new gallery for the expanding collection of Islamic miniatures in 1990 Further rebuildings have gradually included more rooms and improved facilities In 2006 the museum was temporarily closed to the public when it embarked on a major refurbishment and rearrangement of the collections It reopened on 15 May 2009 The architect Carl Petersen was responsible for the first rebuilding of the top floor where the roof was given a steeper pitch so as to create adequate space for two large skylighted rooms This rebuilding was completed around 1920 Part of the top floor were made into three rooms finished in neo classical style with partly coffered ceilings tall panels and patterned parquet floors Two of the rooms also had skylights since these rooms were used as galleries The woodwork still attracts much attention The wood comes from the King Christian VI s dock which was broken up in 1918 The darker or lighter colour of the oak depends on the time it has spent in the water In 1928 the architect Kaare Klint designed two exhibition rooms for the growing collection of porcelain The walls are covered with Douglas fir and the exhibition cases were manufactured in Rudolf Rasmussen s workshop The rooms and the exhibition cases are still in use but now exclusively for the Islamic collection The current rebuilding of the museum lasting until 15 May 2009 is undertaken by Wohlert Arkitekter Collections editThe collection is most noted for its collection of Islamic art and contains works from almost the entire Islamic cultural sphere from Spain in the West to India in the East and dating from the 7th to the 19th centuries The European and Danish collections include Furniture Chippendale works by David Roentgen Porcelain including early Meissen porcelain and faience Silverware Sculptures and ceramics made by Danish artists between c 1880 and 1950and paintings by 16 Peder Als Jan Asselyn Francois Boucher Poul S Christiansen Pieter Claesz Cornelis Gerritsz Decker C W Eckersberg Vigilius Eriksen Jean Gaugain Albert Gottschalk Jan Hackaert Vilhelm Hammershoi Constantin Hansen Peter Hansen H G F Holm Gillis van Hulsdonck Jens Juel P S Kroyer Christen Kobke Johannes Larsen Johan Thomas Lundbye Agnes Cathinka Wilhelmine Lunn J P Moller Julius Paulsen Jean Baptiste Perronneau Theodor Philipsen Svend Rathsack Jan Antonisz van Ravesteyn Jacques Saly Joakim Skovgaard Niels Skovgaard P C Skovgaard Fritz Syberg David Teniers II Hendrik Cornelisz van Vliet Jan Weenix Jens Ferdinand WillumsenReferences edit Statistikbanken in Danish Statistics Denmark Retrieved 2015 10 13 Davids Samling AOK Retrieved 2009 04 04 A Global Guide to Islamic Art Saudi Aramco World Islamisk skatkammer abner i Kobenhavn Politiken Retrieved 2009 09 08 Det ser sa idyllisk ud men blev brutalt plyndret af fjenden Soholm et landsted pa Osterbro kobenhavnliv dk in Danish Retrieved 16 June 2022 Folketaelling 1834 H C Andersens dagbog fra hans sidste Slagelse ar 1825 1826 Museum Odense in Danish Retrieved 21 August 2022 Folketaelling 1834 Joachim Diederich Brandis Danishfamilysearch dk in Danish Retrieved 21 August 2022 Folketaelling 1840 Anker Vilhelm Frederik von Bornemann Danishfamilysearch dk in Danish Retrieved 21 August 2022 Folketaelling 1840 Carl Anthon Hyllested Danishfamilysearch dk in Danish Retrieved 21 August 2022 Folketaelling 1840 Stine Petersen Danishfamilysearch dk in Danish Retrieved 21 August 2022 Folketaelling 1845 Frants Ewerlof Danishfamilysearch dk in Danish Retrieved 21 August 2022 Folketaelling 1845 Caroline Cecillie Smith Danishfamilysearch dk in Danish Retrieved 21 August 2022 Folketaelling 1845 Jacob Jensen Danishfamilysearch dk in Danish Retrieved 21 August 2022 Folketaelling 1850 F A Everlos Danishfamilysearch dk in Danish Retrieved 21 August 2022 Nanna Felicie Augusta Bilsted 1821 Kalvehave Praesto dis danmark dk in Danish Retrieved 21 August 2022 Folketaelling 1850 Karen Christine Roulund Danishfamilysearch dk in Danish Retrieved 21 August 2022 Kunstnere pa Davids samling Kunststyrelsen Retrieved 4 February 2013 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to The David Collection Official website 1840 resident Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The David Collection amp oldid 1186492396, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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