page_title: Dronninggård
section_title: Frédéric de Coninck
hierarchical_section_title: Dronninggård / History / Frédéric de Coninck
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Frédéric de Coninck (1740-1811), Dutch-Danish trader
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: The main building stood as a ruin when the estate was acquired by Frédéric de Coninck  (1740–1811). Originally from the Netherlands, he had emigrated to Denmark in 1763 where he had set up a shipping company and made a fortune in foreign trade. He commissioned court architect Andreas Kirkerup to build a new house while the old building was rebuilt and converted into a farm.
  When Frédéric de Coninck acquired the Moltke's Mansion (now known as  Danneskiold-Laurvig Mansion) in Copenhagen  in 1783, to serve as his new residence during the winter season, he commissioned the painter Erik Pauelsen (1749–1790)  to create two large paintings and three overdoors with motifs of his Dronninggård estate.
  In 1804 Frédéric de Coninck built Frederikslund as a country home for his son  Louis Charles Frédéric de Coninck  (1779-1852).The building is located half a kilometer east of Dronninggaard and offered a view over Furesøen. It was designed by the French architect Joseph-Jacques Ramée  (1764–1842).
caption: Frédéric de Coninck  painted by Daniel Orme in 1799
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