152 VISIT TO DENMARK [1799. 



(small), one a Venus, representing a lady actually 

 living at Stockholm ; the other a male statue, both by 

 Sergell. There are also several busts, particularly 

 one of the queen-dowager, by the same. We regretted 

 not having seen the large room called " La Salle des 

 Chevaliers" where the States assemble, and also the 

 private chapel, as both of these are said to be very 

 fine. On the north side of the palace there are two 

 bronze statues of lions, but this part is not finished. 

 In the Place des Nobles stands the Salle des Nobles 

 a very singular-looking old building, oblong, with 

 a light coach-roof, a statue at each corner, and plain 

 pilasters. There is a title on it, "Palatium equestris 

 ordinis," and a Latin inscription in a line running 

 along the top of the front, . . . Majorum con- 

 siliis atque Sapient ia virtute etfelicibus armis. The 

 staircase in the inside is very broad, above 12 feet, 

 with massive rails and lamps. The large room is 

 about 60 feet by 30, with a waggon-roof, on which is 

 a large painting, seemingly laid on and not projected. 

 The walls are completely covered with coats of arms, 

 every head of a noble family having his arms here. 

 I reckoned above 2000, but there are not half the 

 number at present. This building, as may easily be 

 imagined, is now of very little use since the dissolu- 

 tion of the Senate. Indeed we were present at a 

 concert held in the large room. 



Close to the Salle des Nobles are two other public 

 buildings, also old ; one is the town-house, where the 

 courts are held. 



