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A man with a magic lantern shows a theft taking place under the nose of the sleeping night watchman, Nicolai Abildgaard

A man with a magic lantern shows a theft taking place under the nose of the sleeping night watchman

En mand med en laterna magica viser et tyveri, der foregår for næsen af den sovende vægter (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish) (1743-1809)

Movement
Neoclassicism
Medium
Drawing
Dimensions
15.5 × 15.4 cm (sheet)
Collection
Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Statens Museum for Kunst, public domain

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