CopenhagenAndItsEnvirons

from 11— 2 o’clock.

A nd on every Sunday from

11 — 2 o’clock th ro u g h o u t the year.

Den Kongelige Malerisamling, The Boy at Gallery o f Paintings , occupies the u p p e r sto ry o f C h ristiansborg P alace. F ounded by C hristian I V . , and g reatly augm ented by succeeding K in g s th ro u g h the p u rch ase o f different priv ate collections, it contains ab o ut 1 0 0 0 P aintin gs, am ong w hich are m an y of m uch value o f th e I ta lia n , D u tc h , and F lem ish schools. It is w o rth y o f a visit w ere it on ly to view Salvator Rosa’s splendid p icture o f Jonah preaching to the Ninevites , painted ex­ p ressly for the K ing o f D enm ark. D r. Clarke, sp eak in g o f this pain tin g in his "S can d in av ia," says, " T h e talen ts o f S alv ato r are often estim ated from his w orks in la n d sca p e-p a in tin g ; b u t his landscapes afford very inadequate proofs o f his sup erio r m erit. H is m ain excellence consisted in the delineation of s to ry ; w itness his Conspiracy o f Catiline; w itness also his inspiring picture in the royal gallery of D enm ark , which represents The preaching o f Jonah to the Ninevites. It contains sixteen figures, all a s large as l if e , y et th ey are no t in th e least crow ded. A t first sig h t, a perso n m ight suppose th ere w ere not m ore th an h a lf a dozen figures in