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Ancient Group of Figures: an Old Man Sitting and Sleeping, a Woman and a Child. A Decoration Above, Nicolai Abildgaard

Ancient Group of Figures: an Old Man Sitting and Sleeping, a Woman and a Child. A Decoration Above

Antik figurgruppe, en gammel mand, der sidder og sover, en kvinde og et barn. Foroven en dekoration (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish) (1743-1809)

Movement
Neoclassicism
Medium
Pencil, pen and brown ink
Dimensions
18 × 16.9 cm (sheet)
Collection
Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Statens Museum for Kunst, public domain

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