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Sappho and the Mytilenian woman, Nicolai Abildgaard

Sappho and the Mytilenian woman

Sappho og Mytilenerinden (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish) (1743-1809)

Movement
Neoclassicism
Date
c. 1807–1808
Medium
White chalk, pen and brown ink on greyish-brown paper
Dimensions
12.6 × 19.7 cm (sheet)
Collection
Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Statens Museum for Kunst, public domain

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