Copenhagen

T H E SIGHTS OF COPENHAGEN.

apostles, he feels that this court and tom b are the real heart of the b u ild ing and that everything a round exists for the sole pu rpo se of m inistering to the glo ry of him who rests here. Yes, to his glory! Turn where you will in this museum , y o u r m ind is filled w ith adm iration, for each w ork and for the whole g reat collection, which bears such speaking witness to the fruitful artistic activity untiringly continued to the last h o u r of the old man's life. E ighty statues, 130 busts, 240 reliefs, and 3 large friezes, along with a num b er of models, rem o d e l­ led works, and sketches, fill the halls and room s of the m u ­ seum. It is unfortunately impossible here to give any detailed account, but a short summ ary of the collection will give some idea of its riches. In the vestibule are the models for the large m onum ents — the equestrian statue of Poniatow sky w hich was destined for W arsaw , bu t was carried off to Russia after the Polish rising in 1830; the sepulchral m onum en t of Pius VII., with the ex­ cellent portrait-statue of that unh appy P ope; the splendid equestrian statue of the Elector M axim ilian, which is in M u­ nich; and the statues of Schiller, G utenberg, and the Duke of L euchtenberg. Am ong the objects in the co rrido r beyond is the model of the famous "Swiss Lion", hewn in a rock at Lucerne in m em ory of the Swiss G uard 's defence of the Tui- leries, August 10. 1792. In the left sid e-co rrido r are the mo-

dels for the g ro u p of John the Baptist in the Church of O u r Lady — St. John in the centre, preaching; on both sides g roup s of listeners. In the room s beh ind this co r­ rido r are magnificent m arble statues of G reek god s and h e ­ roes and the statues of Princess Bariatinska and C oun tessO ster- mann. In the right side-co rrido r

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