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Sappho, seated with her lyre, in the background a hermaphrodite reclines, Nicolai Abildgaard

Sappho, seated with her lyre, in the background a hermaphrodite reclines

Sappho, siddende med sin lyre, i baggrunden hviler en hermafrodit (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish) (1743-1809)

Movement
Neoclassicism
Medium
Pencil, pen, grey ink, brush and grey wash
Dimensions
19.7 × 15.2 cm (sheet)
Collection
Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Statens Museum for Kunst, public domain

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