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The starting signal was given in 1888. On March 8th, the brewer
Carl Jacobsen and his wife Ottilia signed a deed of gift which
made the Danish population - via the Danish State and the City
of Copenhagen - the owners of his collection of Danish and
French art. In return, the public authorities were to provide a
building to house the works of art. The City of Copenhagen
donated the lot behind the "rather plebeian Tivoli" as a
displeased Jacobsen put it - he himself had suggested
Rådhuspladsen - the Town Hall Square.
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