A mother playing with her child, who reaches for an apple, Nicolai Abildgaard

A mother playing with her child, who reaches for an apple

En moder leger med sit barn, der griber efter et æble (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish) (1743-1809)

Movement: Neoclassicism
Medium: Pencil, pen and brown ink
Dimensions: 11.5 × 18.4 cm (sheet)
Collection: Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Statens Museum for Kunst, public domain

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Woman Mother Child Group Seated Game Playing Apple Fruit Food Bench Furniture Drapery Dress Arm Hand Hair Motherhood Tenderness Gentleness Intimacy Domestic scene Interior Drawing Ink Pencil Brown Beige Complicity

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