Eigtved's drawing for the main portal door at Christiansborg Palace, carved by Louis August le Clerc
Nicolai Eigtved (4 June 1701 – 7 June 1754), also known as Niels Eigtved, was a Danish architect. He introduced and was the leading proponent of the French rococo or late baroque style in Danish architecture during the 1730s–1740s. He designed and built some of the most prominent buildings of his time, a number of which still stand to this day. He also played an important role in the establishment of the Royal Danish Academy of Art (Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi), and was its first native-born leader.
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NicolaiEigtved (4 June 1701 – 7 June 1754), also known as Niels Eigtved, was a Danish architect. He introduced and was the leading proponent of the French...
one of the most powerful and influential men in the country, with NicolaiEigtved as royal architect and supervisor. The project consisted of four identical...
Orangery into a residential building for the ladies-in-waiting. In 1753 NicolaiEigtved extended the palace by adding four symmetrically positioned corner...
remodeled for them by the Danish architect and royal building master NicolaiEigtved in the new Rococo style. Their home quickly became the setting for...
guests. Amalienborg was originally built in the 1750s by architect NicolaiEigtved for four noble families; however, when Christiansborg Palace burned...
prestigious district of Frederiksstaden was initiated. Designed by NicolaiEigtved in the Rococo style, its centre contained the mansions which now form...
Design, were, along with the rest of Frederiksstaden, designed by NicolaiEigtved and Lauritz de Thurah and built in 1752-1757. It opened on March 31...
to the Danish throne. A. G. Moltke was in charge of the project and NicolaiEigtved was the main architect. Frederiksstaden has Amalienborg Palace, the...
remodeled for them by the Danish architect and royal building master NicolaiEigtved in Rococo style, and located just across the Frederiksholm's Canal...
Anthon was born in Northern Germany. He was student of Danish architect NicolaiEigtved (1701–1754) and graduated as a teacher of geometry and architecture...
1773) June 2 – Thomas Townshend, British politician (d. 1780) June 4 NicolaiEigtved, Danish architect (d. 1754) Theodoor Verhaegen, sculptor from the Southern...
Danish architectural circles, NicolaiEigtved, who would be Thura's colleague and rival throughout most of his career. Eigtved, who returned to Denmark from...
Dewez (1731–1812), Netherlandish John Douglas (c. 1709–1788), Scottish NicolaiEigtved (1701–1754), Danish Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656–1723)...
speech at the event, a snub to the current Academy Director architect NicolaiEigtved. Saly was made member of the Academy; was named professor, and received...
central Copenhagen, Denmark. Its original Baroque style architecture by NicolaiEigtved—who had also created the masterplan for the district—has later been...
left-hand side when entering the park, was converted into an orangery by NicolaiEigtved in 1744 and is now part of the Royal Danish Horticultural Society's...
Paris, by Germain Boffrand, 1740 Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark, by NicolaiEigtved, 1750-1754 Palace of Queluz, Lisbon, Portugal, by Mateus Vicente de...
From To Director 1754 1754 NicolaiEigtved 1754 1771 Jacques-François-Joseph Saly 1771 1772 Carl Gustaf Pilo 1772 1777 Johannes Wiedewelt 1777 1779 Caspar...
houses from the same years in the street designed by the architect NicolaiEigtved. Eigtved had also created the masterplan for the new district. On the rear...
the throne in Denmark. Leading the project was A. G. Moltke, with NicolaiEigtved as the main architect. Frederiksstaden has Amalienborg Palace and Marble...
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