The Neoclassical building was constructed in 1794 for a ship captain by master mason Andreas Hallander.

In 1864, Prior charged the architect Wilhelm Petersen with the design of a three-storey atalier building for the son.

It was after his death used by a number of other leading Danish artists of the late 19th and early 20th century, including Peder Severin Krøyer, Laurits Tuxen, Carl Bloch, Frants Henningsen and Edvard Weie.

In 1847, Bredgade 33 was acquired by Bruubn Rasmussen-founder Arne Bruun Rasmussen, whose auction house has since then been headquartered in the building.

The site was formerly part of the large gardens of the Gyldensteen Mansion at the corner of Norgesgade (now Bregdhade) and Dronningens Tværgade.

208 in St. Ann's East Quarter and belonged to Count Gyldensteen's illegitimate son Jean Henri Desmercières at that time.

[1] The present building on the site was constructed in 1794 by Andreas Hallander for ship captain Ole Gjødesen.

The owner resided in one of the apartments with his wife Johanne Magdalene Fielsted, their three sons (aged one to six), his mother-in-law Anne Birgitte Wildenrath, a coachman, a caretaker and four maids.

[5] Maren Hougaard (née Jørgensdatter), a widow, resided in the basement with her three children (aged five to 13), two maids and four lodgers (sailors).

[1] Adam Oehlenschläger (1779-1850) and his wife Christiane Heger (1782-1841) resided on the ground floor from their wedding in 1810 until 1821.

Johann Paul Høpp [da] (1782-1847), a civil servant in the Slesvig Holstensk Cancellie with title of kancelliråd, resided on the first floor with his wife Sophie Wilhelmine Høpp (née Hering, 1787–1871), one male servant and three maids.

Friedrich Nicolaus von Liliencron [de] (1806-1893), a civil servant in the Slesvig Holstensk Cancellie, resided on the second floor with his wife Emilie baronesse af Liliencron (née Damreicher), their two sons (aged one and four), one male sertvant and three maids.

Jørgen Jacobsen Brorfelte, a workman, resided in the basement with his wife Kirstine Charlotte Hanekjær and their two daughters (aged 12 and 15).

Friederick Niclai Paul Baron Liliencron, who had now become a widower, resided in the building with his sons Conrad and Frederik (aged nine and six), tutor Christopher Hans Thønssen, one male servant and three maids.

William W. Irwin, United States Ambassador to Denmark (1843–1847), resided in the third apartment with his wife Sophie Bache, their three children (aged two to seven), one male servant and four maids.

In 1865–66, Prior charged the architect Wilhelm Petersen with the design of a three-storey atelier building with studio facilities for his son and other artists.

Other artists to use the ateliers included Vilhelm Rosenstand (in around 1878), Frants Henningsen, Laurits Tuxen and Edvard Weie.

Jensens lædervarerhandel, a retailer of leather products, occupied the ground floor of the building in the 1900s.

The roof features a three-bays wide flat-roofed window dormer, topped by a balustrade with four sculptures.

The facade features three allegorical reliefs by Lauritz Prior, representing "sculpture", "painting" and "architecture".

[citation needed] In 2013–2015, Bredgade 33 featured prominently in the DR documentary series Auktionshuset ("The Auction House").