created two plans, and made a model of one of them. The project was approved, but Harsdorff health was now weak. The work eventually was developed according to plans by Ferdinand Meldahl (1827–1908). Personal life In May 1770 Harsdorff married the widow Elisabeth (Elsebeth) Margrethe Braun, daughter of Building Master to the royal court Jacob Fortling. The couple had three children of whom two daughters survived In May 1799 he became sick at his country home Rosenlund on Gammel Kongevej, Frederiksberg, and he died there on 24 May 1799. He was buried in Assistens Cemetery (Assistens Kirkegård), Copenhagen. He was survived by his wife. Aftermath Art historian and critic Niels Lauritz Høyen’s Nordic Art Society (Selskabet for nordisk Kunst) published the book "C. F. Harsdorffs Værker" (1871). In 1985, a memorial plaque in his memory was erected at Assistens Kirkegård. An exhibition devoted to his work was held in Copenahgen’s Kunstindustrimuseet September 1985. References External links KID Kunst Index Danmark ("Art Index Denmark") Danish Biographical Encyclopedia ("Dansk biografisk Leksikion") 1735 births 1799 deaths Danish architects Danish neoclassical architects Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni Directors of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts