The Oath of Fealty in 1660, Nicolai Abildgaard

The Oath of Fealty in 1660

Arvehyldningen i 1660 (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish) (1743-1809)

Movement: Neoclassicism
Date: 1806
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 47 × 41 cm
Collection: Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Statens Museum for Kunst, public domain

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Sketch for a scene from Apuleius' "The Golden Ass", book 4. The robber band's housekeeper tells the young girl the myth of Cupid and Psyche. Below, a pair of dolphins and a nude figure, possibly Aquarius, zodiac signs for February and January

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The Slave Davus and the Maid Mysis. From Terence´s Andria

The Slave Davus and the Maid Mysis. From Terence´s Andria

Simo and his former slave Sosia. From Terence´s Andria

Simo and his former slave Sosia. From Terence´s Andria

Profile portrait of the artist's second wife, Juliane Marie Abildgaard, née Ottesen, pregnant, seated in an armchair with her chin resting on her hand and her elbow on her knee

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Pamphilius and his sevant Davus. From Terence´s Andria

The Midwife Taking Leave of the girl from Andros. From Terence´s Andria

The Midwife Taking Leave of the girl from Andros. From Terence´s Andria

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Julia and Fulvia