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Allegorical composition: Athena before an altar with a smoking tripod, from which an old female figure flees, C.W. Eckersberg

Allegorical composition: Athena before an altar with a smoking tripod, from which an old female figure flees

Allegorisk komposition: Athena foran et alter med rygende trefod, hvorfra en gammel kvindeskikkelse flygter (museum title)

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

Movement
Danish Golden Age
Medium
Pencil, pen, grey ink, brush and grey wash
Dimensions
23.7 × 18 cm
Collection
Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Statens Museum for Kunst, public domain

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