Rosenborg

HISTORY OF ROSENBORG CASTLE 135 In the middle on the first floor was a large anteroom, to which a winding staircase of wood(l) led from the lower front corridor; it ended inside a long wooden trellis w ith a „po rta l“ , over which was an openwork ornament. I imagine that King Christian the Fourth learned this motif from E ng ­ la n d , where he was twice on a visit to his sister and brother- in-law, Queen Anne and King James (1606 and 1614). A t one side there was access to the old „Red Ha ll“ , which was repainted in 1617; at the other side to the new n o r th a p a r tm e n t , the decoration of which the king commenced in 1619; to this apartment belonged the handsome marble fireplace that was bought at Amsterdam (1619); figured on page 43. It is now in the south apartment on the ground floor. The longitudinal section gives an idea of this distribution of the rooms circa 1615, w ith the addition of the winding stair of 1617. The section is intended as facing east, the two stories of the first Rosenborg being shown w ith dark hatching on the r ig h t; in this part the apartments below were doubtless altered, as shown by the stippled, new partition, whereby the „Queen's Apartment“ in the south end of the castle was shortened somewhat (circa 1616—1617). When the castle was altered (1705—1706), both apartments on the first floor were shortened by one window; and later (1724), the „Red Hall was cut up in all directions into rooms, so that it no longer exists as such. I t would be desirable if it could some day be refashioned in its original form. T h e lL o n g H a ll above was decorated (1619—1624) in a most original manner, which I do not recall having seen (1) I have found parts of this stair in the castle loft.