Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard was a Danish neoclassical and royal history painter, sculptor, architect, and professor of painting, mythology, and anatomy at the New Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen, Denmark. Many of his works were in the royal Christiansborg Palace, Fredensborg Palace, and Levetzau Palace at Amalienborg.
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg was a Danish painter. He was born in Blåkrog in the Duchy of Schleswig. He went on to lay the foundation for the period of art known as the Golden Age of Danish Painting, and is referred to as the "Father of Danish painting".
Jens Juel was a Danish painter, primarily known for his many portraits, of which the largest collection is on display at Frederiksborg Castle. He is regarded as the leading Danish portrait painter of the 18th century.
Johan Frederik Clemens was a Pomeranian-Danish printmaker in etching.
Martin Henrichsen Vahl was a Danish-Norwegian botanist, herbalist and zoologist.
Erik Nissen Viborg was a Danish veterinarian and botanist.
Christian Horneman was a Danish miniature and pastels painter, mainly known for portraits. He was the father of the composer Emil Horneman and grandfather of C. F. E. Horneman, also a composer.
Events from the year 1790 in Denmark.
The Moltke's Mansion is a town mansion on the corner of Bredgade and Dronningens Tværgade in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is one of several town mansions in Frederiksstaden, although it actually predates the neighbourhood by half a century. It was built for Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve between 1700 and 1702 and was originally known as Gyldenløve's Little Mansion. It received its current name in 1842, after it was acquired by Adam Wilhelm Moltke, the first Danish Prime Minister under the Danish constitutional monarchy.
Meno Haas aka Johann Meno Haas was a German-born copperplate engraver, miniaturist, illustrator and painter. He was the brother of George and Peter Haas (1754–1804), and father of Jean Meno Haas. Meno was the son and student of the engraver Jonas Haas (1720–1775). He also trained under Johann Georg Preisler (1757–1831) at the Academy of Copenhagen
Næsseslottet is an 18th-century country house located on the shores of lake Furesøen at Holte north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The name, which translates as "Peninsula House", is a reference to the buildings setting on a narrow peninsula which extends from the east shore of the lake. The estate had previously been a royal farm known as Dronningegård and this name has long been associated with the locale.
Olof Samuel Tempelman was a Swedish architect and, from 1779, professor at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. He was appointed royal architect in 1799.
Hans Hansen was a Danish portrait painter. He is best known for his portraits of the Mozart family, painted during his second stay in Vienna: Constanze Mozart and a double portrait of her sons, Karl Thomas and Franz Xaver, which are currently on display in Salzburg.
Protector was a frigate of the Massachusetts Navy, launched in 1779. She fought a notable single-ship action against a British privateer General Duff before the British Royal Navy captured her in 1781. The Royal Navy took her into service as the sixth-rate post ship HMS Hussar. Hussar too engaged in a notable action against the French 32-gun frigate Sybille. The Royal Navy sold Hussar in 1783 and a Dutch ship-owner operating from Copenhagen purchased her. She made one voyage to the East Indies for him before he sold her to British owners circa 1786. She leaves Lloyd's Register by 1790.
Cathrine Marie Gielstrup née Morell was a Danish stage actress. She was active at the Royal Danish Theatre in 1773–1792, and a member of the Det Dramatiske Selskab in 1777-79.
Peter Meyn was a Danish architect.
Henrik Gerner (1742–1787) was a Danish naval officer who specialised in shipbuilding and naval architecture. His interests as an entrepreneurial engineer led to unsinkable gun platforms, horse-driven dredging machines, and desalination equipment for Orient-bound trading ships.
Jean de Coninck (1744–1807) was a Dutch-Danish merchant and ship-owner. In 1785, he joined his elder brother, Frédéric de Coninck, as partner in the Copenhagen-based trading house Coninck & Reiersen. He purchased the country house Marienborg in 1803 and was from 1806 a co-owner of the Royal Danish Silk Manufactury in Bredgade. He served as Russian consul in Copenhagen.
Peter Leonhard Gianelli was a Danish medallist and sculptor. His most notable works include two medels commemorating the Danish Abolition of the Slave Trade (1792) and the Battle of Copenhagen (1801), both of which were based on drawings by Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard.
