Scene from Voltaire's "Le triumvirat", presumably Act 2, Scene 2, Nicolai Abildgaard

Scene from Voltaire's "Le triumvirat", presumably Act 2, Scene 2

Scene fra Voltaires "Le triumvirat", formodentlig 2.akt., 2.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: 25.5 × 22.6 cm (sheet)
Collection: Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Statens Museum for Kunst, public domain

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Drawing Ink Wash Pencil Gray Soldier Helmet War helmet Sword Weapon Breastplate Woman Man Group Standing Gesture Veil Drapery Tent Cloud Sky Lamp Bed Furniture Shadow Chiaroscuro Theater Literature Antiquity Conversation Candélabre Voltaire Writer Le Triumvirat

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