With direct inspiration from the equestrian statue of Louis XIII at the centre of Place des Vosges, it depicts the king dressed like a Roman imperator with a Laurel wreathed helmet.

Facing Charlottenborg Palace stand two figures of Minerva and Herkules, representing prudence and strength, while the opposite side features statues of Alexander the Great and Artemisia, personifications of fortitude and honour.

Shortly after Christian V was crowned in 1670, Kongens Nytorv was laid out as a place royale with inspiration from France.

[3] The French sculptor Abraham-César Lamoureux was commissioned to create an equestrian statue of Christian V for the centre of the square.

In 1688, a Baroque garden complex with trees around a parterre and the gilded equestrian statue of Christian V in its centre, was inaugurated.