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The Doctor´s Wife Reveals her Husband´s Intention of Anatomising Niels Klim, Nicolai Abildgaard

The Doctor´s Wife Reveals her Husband´s Intention of Anatomising Niels Klim

Lægens hustru røber, at hendes mand vil anatomere Niels Klim til videnskabens fremme (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish) (1743-1809)

Movement
Neoclassicism
Date
1785–1787
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
42 × 35.5 cm
Collection
Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Statens Museum for Kunst, public domain

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