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Statue of Frederick VI

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The inscriptions on the plinth was written by J.N. Madvig. The inscription on the front reads "Frederik den Sjette / født 28. januar 1768 / død 3. december 1839". The inscription on the rear side reads " Dette minde rejstes 1858". The inscription on the left-hand side (south) reads "Her følte han sig
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The statue offers a down-to-earth portrail of Frederick VI. He is not mounted on a horse and is not wearing a toga or a galla uniform as is normal in older portrails of monarchs. He is instead seen in a relaxed pose, wearing an everyday uniform with long coat and boots, with his right hand rested on
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his waist and the left hand on his sword. The unsentimental presentation of the king reflects his personality and relationship with the park and may also have been influenced by the recent transition from absolute to constitutional monarchy that was realized with the adoption of the
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The committee was finally revived in 1848 after an anonymously published letter to the editor in a newspaper had brought the project back on the agenda. The money from the concert with interests had now reached 2,321
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and is considered one of his best works. It is the first public depiction of a Danish monarch in everyday, contemporary attire, rather than that of antiquity, or galla uniform, popular in earlier sculpture.
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began to work on a monument to Frederick VI at his own initiative. It depicted the king on his throne wearing his coronation gown and was intended for a location in
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lykkelig i sit trofaste folks midte". The inscription on the right-hand side (north) reads "Han styrede riget som kronprins og som konge i henved 56 år".
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Frederick VI died on 3 December 1839. The initial preparations of a monument to his honour had already started prior to his death. C.F. Wilckens and
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was held on the one year's anniversary of the king's death to raise money for the monument but then nothing happened for several years.
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and 90 skilling. Thorvaldsen had died in 1844 and the task of designing the monument was instead assigned to
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but Thorvaldsen ignored this proposal and continued work on his Rosenborg proposal.
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on 10 September 1858, the monument was finally unveiled in the presence of
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did however not like Thorvaldsen's proposal and a committee headed by
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in 1849. The statue is considered one of Bissen's best works.
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Christmas plate. The plate was designed by Oluf Jensen.
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Bronze statue of King Frederick VI at the entrance to
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Frederiksberg Park
Herman Wilhelm Bissen
Bronze
Copenhagen
Frederick VI
Frederiksberg Park
Frederiksberg Runddel
Frederiksberg
Copenhagen
Denmark
Herman Wilhelm Bissen

Constitution of Denmark

Just Mathias Thiele
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Rosenborg Castle Gardens
Esplanaden
Christian VIII
Jonas Collin
Church of Our Lady

Danish rigsdaler
Herman Wilhelm Bissen
Thorvaldsens Museum
Rosenborg Castle Gardens
Esplanaden
Christiansborg Slotsplads
Frederick VII

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