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Alcyone's Farewell to her Husband. From Ovid's Metamorphoses, Song XI, C.W. Eckersberg

Alcyone's Farewell to her Husband. From Ovid's Metamorphoses, Song XI

Alkyones afskedshilsen til sin bortsejlende ægtefælle (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish) (1783-1853)

Movement
Danish Golden Age
Date
1813
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
72.5 × 48.5 cm
Collection
Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Statens Museum for Kunst, public domain

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