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Scene from Voltaire's "Le Triumvirat", probably Act 1, Scene 1, Nicolai Abildgaard

Scene from Voltaire's "Le Triumvirat", probably Act 1, Scene 1

Scene fra Voltaires "Le triumvirat", formodentlig 1.akt, 1.scene (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish) (1743-1809)

Movement
Neoclassicism
Date
c. 1798–1801
Medium
Pencil, white chalk, pen and Indian ink on brown paper
Dimensions
25.1 × 23.4 cm (sheet)
Collection
Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Statens Museum for Kunst, public domain

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