A standing woman reads from a book while a naked boy reaches his hand up to her, Nicolai Abildgaard

A standing woman reads from a book while a naked boy reaches his hand up to her

En stående kvinde læser i en bog, mens en nøgen dreng rækker hånden op til hende (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish) (1743-1809)

Movement: Neoclassicism
Medium: Pencil, pen and brown ink
Dimensions: 21 × 25.8 cm (sheet)
Collection: Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Statens Museum for Kunst, public domain

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Drawing Feather Ink Pencil Woman Boy Child Nude Group Figure Standing Kneeling Reading Reading Book Crown Dress Clothing Drapery Bun Hair Shadow Cast shadow Antiquity Inscription Brown

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