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Denmark’s Museum of National History has been located in Frederiksborg Castle since 1878. It illustrates 500 years of Danish history through its rich collection of portraits, history paintings, furniture, and applied arts – stories underpinned by the castle’s stunning historical setting. The Museum’s exquisite period interiors and the castle’s splendid rooms provide a sensory impression of changing styles and social conventions of former eras.
The museum’s portrait collection is the largest in Denmark, and the collection of paintings, busts, drawings, and photographs is constantly being expanded with new acquisitions. The first and second floors focus primarily on the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, with a marked emphasis on Flemish and Dutch artists including Hans Knieper, Master of the Legend of the Magdalen, Remmert Pietersz, Pieter Isaacsz, Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, Jacob van Doordt, Gerrit van Honthorst, and Karel van Mander.
Hans Fabricius-Rahbek, Exhibitions Assistant (March 2024)
Collection catalogues
Short guide: Frederiksborg Museum
Mentz, Søren, Mette Skougaard, Tove Thage, Steffen Heiberg
Hillerød 2003