Nicolai Eigtved - in Service To Denmark

In Service To Denmark

He was made Danish Lieutenant in 1732, and Christian VI let Eigtved further educate himself in Italy between 1732 and 1735 in civil architecture. On his travel back to Denmark he stayed and made drawings in Vienna and Munich, where he became familiar with the rococo style seen in French architect François de Cuvilliés’s newly built Amalienburg Palace near Nymphenburg

Eigtved returned to Denmark in 1735 after twelve years’ absence. Building construction was at a fever pitch, with construction of Christiansborg Palace having been begun three years earlier. He was named Captain in the Engineer Corps, and named Royal Building Master with supervisory responsibility for Jutland and Funen in 1735.