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Motif from Rome, 1951

Oil painting by Tyge Bendix from 1951, which represents the Janiculum in Rome with St Peter’s in the background.

Rome was of special importance to Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid. The couple stayed in Rome for a great deal of their honeymoon in 1935, and thereafter returned to the city almost every autumn. The Royal Couple could move about undisturbed in the Italian capital, and the holidays gave them the opportunity to enjoy each other’s company without children and official duties.

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Dolphin door handles

Handles found on the inner side of the doors in The Pompeian Chamber.

Allegory of Asia

Asia is symbolized by a woman in a turban with a camel.

Painted flower decoration

The flower decoration below the ceiling in The Blue Cabinet was rediscovered during a study of the architectural history in 1983.

Dance Scene from Tahiti

Painted by Nicolai Abildgaard, who led the renovation of the palace after the royal assumption of it. An almost identical motif is to be found in the English explorer James Cook’s travel journal, “A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean” from 1768-71, which inspired Abildgaard to paint this dance scene. Motifs from the great voyages of discovery were a popular form of decoration at the end of the 18th Century.

Allegory of Africa

The black woman and the lion symbolize Africa.

Allegory of Europe

The woman with a bull symbolizes Europe.

Klismos chair

Neoclassical chair designed by Nicolai Abildgaard, who designed a number of items of furniture in connection with his renovation of the palace.

Polar bear skin

The polar bear skin under the round table is placed in the study of Frederik VIII as a symbol of Greenland, as there is a polar bear depicted in Greenland's shield of arms.