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Diogenes lighting up the darkness with a lantern, Nicolai Abildgaard

Diogenes lighting up the darkness with a lantern

Diogenes der lyser i mørket med en lygte (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish) (1743-1809)

Movement
Neoclassicism
Date
1780s
Medium
Drawing
Dimensions
14.6 × 13.1 cm (sheet)
Collection
Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Statens Museum for Kunst, public domain

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